adolescence : Social and Emotional Challenges in Adolescence

 NURUL FITRIYA BINTI SUKIMAN
PTM140716786
SECTION 08

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Social and Emotional Challenges in Adolescence

Most teenagers have concerns about being accepted by their peers, but many teens with ADHD have come to expect some social rejection due to their difficulties with controlling their behavior and understanding others’ social signals. Social issues encountered in childhood can become worse in adolescence, with the intensity of any rejection or bullying increasing during the teenage years. This rejection can negatively affect both academic performance and emotional health—and can be, in fact, much more troubling to him than making poor grades in school. He also may appear emotionally immature compared with classmates, and sometimes he’ll be more comfortable interacting with younger peers or when spending time with adults who may show greater acceptance of his immature actions.

As with academic challenges, however, difficulties with social interaction can often be helped by having adolescents learn specific skills. You learned a number of ways to teach younger children how to interact positively with others, including role modeling, role-playing, analyzing interaction, and practicing new techniques. Now, in adolescence, your child is likely to experience new motivation to improve his social life, and advice about social issues is now more often sought from peers than from parents.

Friendships

Teenagers with ADHD can certainly have the close friendships that are important for their happiness and self-esteem. A teenager’s targeted efforts to increase the accuracy of his social perceptions and monitor his social interactions may make this easier for him. As he develops friendships, support this by allowing his friends to hang out in your home and help to provide the kind of supportive environment that facilitates all friendships. Observe how the friends relate to one another, and provide tactful feedback later if you feel that it will be received in a positive and constructive manner. Teenagers with ADHD need to be increasingly aware that friendships take organizational skills too—returning phone calls, arriving at meeting places on time, and following through on plans.

Conflict resolution.

It is important for your teenager to learn how to resolve conflict without resorting to physical fights, and how to avoid becoming the target of others’ aggression. Again, resolving conflict can be a difficult teenage task if his impulsiveness causes him to strike out when he gets upset. An important step in avoiding this problem is to identify his own anger cues and to brainstorm in advance about the kinds of positive solutions he can apply to future conflicts.

If this is an issue with your teenager, through discussions with you and peers; post-conflict analysis; and sessions with a counselor, therapist, or social-skills instructor, he can learn to “talk himself down” when he finds himself in a frustrating clash of wills (“I’m going to take three deep breaths and think about my best choice in this situation before lashing out.”). He can also practice conflict-prevention techniques, such as providing an alternative (“How about if we go bowling first and then see a movie?”), adding provisions (“OK, you can drive, but then I get to decide on the restaurant.”), or changing the subject (“I’m starving. You want to get some pizza?”).

Once your child has learned a few of these specific techniques, he may be surprised at how effective they are in helping him avoid the crises that used to disrupt his social life. If you are seeking counseling in this area, the most proven approach is through cognitive-behavioral therapy—this is a type of talk therapy that views behavioral issues as related to the interaction of thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. In cognitive-behavioral therapy, the therapist and adolescent will work on identifying and directly changing behaviors that are problematic.

 Work on Social Skills

As with other learning processes, your teenager can hone his social skills and interaction by

Developing a list of specific target behaviors to work onOutlining a step-by-step plan to address each oneReceiving consistent, tactful feedback from you, his peers, and his teachersLearning such techniques as identifying cues that set off his anger, analysis of others’ social interaction, social role-playing, etcGetting training in anger management or social skills, or treatment in individual or group therapy, when appropriateReceiving treatment for any coexisting conditions that may affect his social interactionGetting positive feedback for improvement in targeted social skillsStaying involved in rewarding prosocial activities

That said, it is also true that many people with ADHD continue to have trouble with certain social interactions throughout adolescence and into adulthood. Whether or not this is the case with your teenager, make it clear that you support him no matter what. Nothing will be more difficult for him than overcoming social rejection. It will mean a lot to your teenager to know that you will always be in his corner. Keep in mind that even teenagers who are socially unhappy in high school go on to find rewarding friendships in college or work situations.

adolescents: behavior problem

         Many adolescents today have problems and are getting into trouble. After all, there are a lot of pressures for kids to deal with among friends and family. For some youth, pressures include poverty, violence, parental problems, and gangs. Kids may also be concerned about significant issues such as religion, gender roles, values, or ethnicity. Some children are having difficulty dealing with past traumas they have experienced, like abuse. Parents and their teenagers are struggling between the youth's wanting independence while still needing parental guidance. Sometimes all these conflicts result in behavior problems. 

Any number of isolated behavior problems can represent adolescent problems and delinquency-shoplifting, truancy, a fight in school, drug or alcohol ingestion. Sometimes, kids can't easily explain why they act the way they do. They may be just as confused about it as the adults, or they simply see delinquent behaviors as appropriate ways to deal with what they experience. Parents and loved ones may feel scared, angry, frustrated, or hopeless. They may feel guilty and wonder where they went wrong. All these feelings are normal, but it is important to understand that there is help available to troubled kids and their families.

How do you know when to seek help?

What are the signs of trouble? Many adolescents get into trouble sometimes. A big question for parents (whether they be "traditional," single, step, or grand-parents), though, is how to know when a youth is headed for more serious problems, or when bad behavior is just "a kid being a kid." Try to focus on patterns rather than an isolated event. In other words, does the behavior happen repeatedly despite efforts to change it?

The patterns signaling the need for help include not only deviant behaviors by the adolescent, but also the presence of other problems in the family or tensions at home. For example, problems in the parents' marriage or frequent fighting or hostility among the family members can also be involved in the youth's behavior problems. The problem behaviors and other family issues can interact and feed off each other, so that it is hard to tell where it started.

Of course, there are also some obvious signs that indicate the need for immediate and effective intervention, including violence against other persons or animals, or when peers are involved in destructive processes (crime, truancy, drugs). Or, a parent may simply have an instinctive feeling that something serious is happening. An important first step to find out what is going on is to try to talk to the adolescent and other family members about what is happening, possible reasons, and potential solutions. Others who know the adolescent and family, like teachers or caregivers, may also be able to provide information about the youth's mood or behaviors outside of the home to help assess the severity of the problem.

Many factors put youth and families at risk for juvenile delinquency, though they do not necessarily cause delinquency. Such factors include youth attention and hyperactivity problems and learning disorders, volatile temperament, and even the early onset of puberty and sexual development. All these factors affect the way an adolescent feels and acts and also how peers, family, and society view the adolescent. Similarly, parental problems, such as depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence can interact negatively with a youth's developing path of delinquency. Rather than causing delinquency, factors such as these tend to place youth at increased risk, intensify the downward spiral, and in turn add to the difficulty in changing these processes for the better.

What kinds of treatments will work?
Once you have determined that you and your loved ones need help, there are many kinds of treatment that you should explore. First, there are popular group-based, residential, and "life-experiential" options, like survival camps, boot camps, and "scared straight" programs, which have had some limited success. Research indicates that the most effective treatments, even with very difficult youth, are programs and treatments that are family-based and multisystemic. That means treatment that involves the adolescent and his or her family, and that also addresses other aspects of their lives, such as the school system, the neighborhood, peers, juvenile justice system, and even employers. In other words, it is treatment that focuses on all the parts of the youth's life that shape how he or she views the world, emphasizing family and parental support.

Treatments that focus on the family can also be useful in helping adults develop their parenting skills, deal with stress, and work on marital relationships. Many parent aids have demonstrated promising positive results. Professionals, such as family therapists, are there to help the adolescent and family gain understanding of the relationship dynamics and background issues that may be influencing the problem, and come up with solutions.

Adolescences : Challange of Adolescences

 Zharif Safiuddin Bin ABdul Halim (PTM140716755)
Section 08

Adolescence is a period that extends over a substantial part of a person’s life. However, each adolescent experiences individual changes and growth at differing rates, with some moving through the adolescent phase quicker and more smoothly than others. Some adolescents have supportive families, others face this daunting period of their lives alone. Some adolescents may remain at home with their families, but their families are emotionally distant so the adolescent can feel as if they are “alone in a crowd”.
No-one can deny that for any one person facing changes in their lives in the biological, cognitive, psychological, social, moral and spiritual sense, could find this time both exciting and daunting. With the increase in independence comes increases in freedom, but with that freedom, comes responsibilities. Attitudes and perspectives change and close family members often feel they are suddenly living with a stranger.

Biological Challenges
Adolescence begins with the first well-defined maturation event called puberty. Included in the biological challenges are the changes that occur due to the release of the sexual hormones that affect emotions. Mood changes can increase, which can impact on relationships both at home with parents and siblings and socially or at school.

Cognitive Challenges
Piaget, in his theory of social development believed that adolescence is the time when young people develop cognitively from “concrete operations” to “formal operations”.  So they are able to deal with ideas, concepts and abstract theories. However, it takes time for confidence to build with using these newly acquired skills, and they may make mistakes in judgement. Learning through success and failure is part of the challenge of the learning process for the adolescent.
Adolescents are egocentric, they can become self conscious; thinking they are being watched by others, and at other times want to behave as if they were on a centre stage and perform for a non existent audience. For example, acting like a music idol, singing their favourites songs in their room, with all the accompanying dance steps.
Adolescents live in their private world where they may think they are invincible and cannot be hurt. However, this could also be because at their age, they have not had to deal with many deaths and the mortality of the human spirit is not a reality yet. This is all a part of the complex process of becoming a separate and unique individual.
Unfortunately, these beliefs can lead them to believe that no-one is capable of understanding them, or know how they are feeling. This aspect could have important implications for counsellors.

Psyhcological Challenges
The psychological challenges that the adolescent must cope with are moving from childhood to adulthood. A new person is emerging, where rules will change, maybe more responsibilities will be placed on him/her so that a certain standard of behaviour is now required to be maintained. Accountability is becoming an expectation from both a parental and legal concept.
During adolescence the process of individuation occurs, which involves the development of relative independence from family relationships, with the weakening ties to objects and people who were previously important to the young person, coupled by an increased capacity and societal expectation to assume a functional role as a member of adult society.
As adolescents continue their journey of self-discovery, they continually have to adjust to new experiences as well as the other changes happening to them biologically and socially. This can be both stressful and anxiety provoking. It therefore is not surprising that adolescents can have a decreased tolerance for change; hence it becomes increasingly more difficult for them to modulate their behaviours which are sometimes displayed by inappropriate mood swings and angry outbursts.
 

Adolescenes

Zharif Safiuddin Bin Abdul Halim (PTM140716755)
Section 08

Until now, a child’s life has revolved mainly around the family. Adolescence has the effect of a stone dropped in water, as her social circle ripples outward to include friendships with members of the same sex, the opposite sex, different social and ethnic groups, and other adults, like a favorite teacher or coach. Eventually teenagers develop the capacity for falling in love and forming romantic relationship.
Not all teenagers enter and exit adolescence at the same age or display these same behaviors. What’s more, throughout much of adolescence, a youngster can be farther along in some areas of development than in others. For example, a fifteen-year-old girl may physically resemble a young adult but she may still act very much like a child since it isn’t until late adolescence that intellectual, emotional and social development begin to catch up with physical development.
Is it any wonder that teenagers sometimes feel confused and conflicted, especially given the limbo that society imposes on them for six to ten years, or longer? Prior to World War II, only about one in four youngsters finished high school. It was commonplace for young people still in their teens to be working full-time and married with children. Today close to three in four youngsters receive high-school diplomas, with two in five graduates going on to college. “As more and more teens have extended their education,” says Dr. Joseph Rauh, a specialist in adolescent medicine since the 1950s, “the age range of adolescence has been stretched into the twenties.”
Reflect back on your own teenage years, and perhaps you’ll recall the frustration of longing to strike out on your own but still being financially dependent on Mom and Dad. Or striving to be your own person yet at the same time wanting desperately to fit in among your peers.
Adolescence can be a confusing time for parents, too. For one thing, they must contend with their children’s often paradoxical behavior. How is it that the same son given to arias about saving the rain forest has to be nagged repeatedly to sort the recycling? Or that in the course of an hour your daughter can accuse you of treating her “like a baby,” then act wounded that you would expect her to clear the table after dinner?
But beyond learning to anticipate the shifting currents of adolescent emotion, mothers and fathers may be struggling with some conflicting emotions of their own. The pride you feel as you watch your youngster become independent can be countered by a sense of displacement. As much as you may accept intellectually that withdrawing from one’s parents is an integral part of growing up, it hurts when the child who used to beg to join you on errands now rarely consents to being seen in public with you, and then only if the destination is a minimum of one area code away.
It’s comforting to know that feeling a sense of loss is a normal response one that is probably shared by half the moms and dads standing next to you at soccer practice. For pediatricians, offering guidance and advice to parents makes up a considerable and rewarding part of each day.

Adolescence: Why does every girl want to be thin ?

 Name : Nur Alia Nabilah Bt Ibrahim
 No ID : PTM140716791



    Today , many young girls want to be thin and the strange thing is , many of them are thin but do not see themselves at that. Many girls treated for anorexia nervosa , a type of eating disorder that mainly affects adolescence nowadays ,feel like they have never been thin and their idea of themselves is not how others see them. They have an intense fear of gaining weight and thus, they limit the food they eat.


    Why do many girls today want to be thin ? A writer online blog wrote : "oh to be thin ! I keep reminding myself that there are other things I would much rather be an artist ,a writer , fun loved but then I see a magazine or a billboard and my wish becomes .. to be thin ." Many of the advertisements today would portray models who are literally moving "clothes hangers ,"human sticks that are covered in clothes parading down a walkway to music. But to the impressionable young women watching them , these models epitomize beauty and perfection because they are slim.Hence , these young girls want to be sucessful like these models and think that if they are thin enough , they could be successful as them.

     Another reason why every girl wants to be thin is because of influence and certain demands from society and families. For many individuals with anorexia , the destructive cycle begins with the pressure to be thin  and attractive. A poor self-image compounds the problem. We are living in a world where there is an ideal for thinness.Teenagers define themselves on how beautiful and thin they are. Sometimes , the success of one's social life is based upon such factors like weight . Young girls are constantly forced , degraded , demeaned by images flashing all around them of models thinner than they are. People too are constantly seeking new fad diets just to keep thin .Hence, it really does not help when people put such hard pressure on children to look thin to be perfect.

    However, not every girl seems to think being skinny is something  good. There are many young girls who have good head on their shoulders and realise that an attractive personality, being happy and having a sense of pride and accomplishment would definitely be better than being thin.This is true , i agree with this statement.


    Certainly, in our society today too much emphasis is placed on the importance of being thin. As we become educated we should be thinking less about how people look and we should place more importance on who they really are . Kate Moss and just about every other super skinny model are not really realistic to the rest society.
 

ADOLESCENCE

MUHAMMAD IFTAR MUBARAK BIN ABD SAMAT   (PTM140716772)

Idiopathic Scoliosis

Scoiosis in patients between 10 and 18 years of age is termed adolescent scoliosis. By far the most common type of scoliosis is one is which the cause is not known. It is called "idiopathic" or adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Although significant ongoing research continues in this area, including the genetic basis for AIS, there are no identifiable causes for this condition today. Despite this, Ministry of Health have accurate methods to determine the risk for curve progression of scoliosis and good methods of treatment.

Causes

There are significant effort being made toward identifying the cause of AIS, but to date there are no well-accepted causes for this particular type of scoliosis. The vast majority of patients are otherwise healthy and have no previous medical history. There are many theories about the cause of AIS including hormonal imbalance, asymmetric growth and muscle imbalance. Approximately 30% of AIS patients have some family history of scoliosis, and therefore these seems to be a genetic connection. Many Scoliosis Research Society members are working to identify the genes that cause AIS, and this knowledge continues to expand at a rapid pace. Most likely, there will be many genes associated with scoliosis and each may be helpful in detecting scoliosis and determining the risk for progression of the curve. A genetic screening test, called the ScoliScore is available as an adjunct to clinical and x-ray information to determine risk of progression in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. It is currenctly used in Caucasian (North American, European, Eastern European, Middle Eastern) patients between the ages of 9 and 13 years with a mind scoliotic curve (less than 25 degrees). The stated goal of the test is to determine the rik that the curve will increase to 40 degrees or more. Thus far independent verification of the test has not been done.

Symptoms

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis generally does not result in pain or neurologic symptoms. The curve of the spine does not put pressure on organs, including the lung or heart, and symptoms such as shortness of breath are not been with AIS. When scolio begins in adolescence patients often have some back pain, typically in the low back area. Although it is often associated with scoliosis, it is generally felt that the curvature does not result in pain. Low back pain is not uncommon in adolescences in general. Many teens experience back pain due to participating in a large number of activities without having good core abdominal and back strength, as well as flexibility of the hamstrings. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis generally does not result in pain or neurologic problem. If these symptoms occur, futher evaluating and testing may be necessary to include an MRI.

Adolescence : Challenges that teenagers face in life

Name : Nur Alia Nabilah Bt Ibrahim

No ID : PTM140716791

  The teenagers of today  face rapidly changing world with many challanges .They are confronted with many social issues in life . These young people are at a stage their lives where they have a sense of critical perspective in what they see across the world.Challanges come in various forms : neglect , peer pressuere , identify problems ,drugs ,eating disorders and others .Our young people need to be encouraged to grow to be productive citizens of the country but first ,we need to know the challenges that these teenagers face on a daily basic.

 It is generally believed that the teenage years are characterized by rebellion and confusion ,the need for social acceptance by one's peers as the teenagers struggle to define their identity to get a focus in life.This has proven to be one of the biggest challenges that teenagers will face today .They evaluate their performances according to the judgments of others and when they fall short , they are angry ,depressed and they blame themselves for falling short of the expectations of others . Young people ,  who dress differently , think differently .They act differently and may be consumed with self-reproach , anxiety and fear .They think that to be accepted ,they must be like others. They then struggle to be like others and often end up unhappy and stressed  because they are not able to keep up the charade.

  Besides peer pressure , other challanges faced by teenagers include personal matters of the heart .Because teenagers are include personal matters of the heart .Because teenagers are growing up between the stage of being not quite adults and growing up between the stage of being not quite adults and  not being children , they have a roller coaster of emotions buried deep within them .Being in love and falling out of love is a challenge faced by teenagers today .Although the teen years offer new experiences amd challanges that can be exciting , this period of time can also be stressful.The stress of adolescence is one of many factors that can make young people unhappy.Because teenagers face hormonal changes ,these can  affect their moods.To be able to handle the different mood swings is also challenging to the teenagers .Teenagers may become pressurized, stressed out or worse , be depressed.

  Beside that , the biggest challange faced by many teenagers is the need to succeed academically . Studies are a major challenge for most teenagers and this is by no means getting easier with the stiff competition in the world of education.Students are becoming smarter and the drive to be the best is the constant challenge faced by many teenagers.

To conclude , all of us need to recognize these challenges faced by the young people and we have to find ways to help them overcome their problems .I agree with this statement ,the teenagers who are going through difficult and tough times  need positive, caring people who can steer them to the right direction so their lives can be shaped into something positive and meaningful .Teenagers , like all of us , sometimes just need help and guidance and ears to listen their problems.

ADOLESCENCE

MUHAMMAD IFTAR MUBARAK BIN ABD SAMAT   PTM140716772

Many scholars have written expannsively pertaining adolescence, and while they have focused on the changes that occur or the problems that adolescents face, they o

ften forget to point out how to deal with the problems that come about during this vital stage in the development of the person. This topic will focus on some of the tribulations associated with adolescence and how to deal with them.

Rebelliousness towards authority figures

Many young people whilst undergoing the transition from chilhood to adulthood tend t be rebellious, perhaps because of the rapid biological changes occuring in their bodies, or according to Sigmund Freud, because of fixation at either stage in the development of personality, especially at the anal stage. When toilet training is initiated during the second year of life, the child has now been introduced to external regulations of instinctual impulses to postpone gratification. How this new development affects the child will depend on the method of toilet training the mother uses. If the mother is understanding and pleasant in her approach to the toilet training, the child is likely to develop into a healthy and productive individual. On the other hand, if the mother is excessively strict and repressive, the child may develop rebelliousness.

Drug abuse

When one takes drugs, either for medical purposes or recreation, there is a benefit or reward that one is trying to achieve. There are many factors that can cause drug addiction, and such as, they range from lineliness, family problems, anxiety stress, peer presure, curiosity, and sensation seeking and so on. Adolescence are most prone to drug abuse, especially through peer pressure and because of the desire to fit in. Such as, there ought to be effective ways of dealing with the manace of drug abuse, and as the abuse can be quite an uphill tasks, not to mention that the costs incurred in good rehabilitation centers are astronomical.

What ought to be done, therefore, is to engage  adolescents in activities that would ensure that they are not idle, productive and engaging activities like sports are highly recommended, and also productive hobbies.

Depression

Some people describe depression as "living in a black hole" or having a feeling of impending doom. However, some depressed people dont feel sad at all-they may fee lifeless, empty, and apathetic, or adolescents in particular may even feel angry, aggressive, and restless.

Whatever the symptoms, depression is different from normal sadnessin that it engulfs one's day-to-day hopelessness, and worthlessness are intense and unrelenting, with little, if any, relief.

Depression is a major risk factor for suicide. The deep despair and hopelessness that goes along with depression can make suicide feel like the only way to escape the pain. Thoughts of death or suicide are a serious symptom of depression; it is advisable that one takes any suicidal talk or behavior seriously. It's not just a warning sign that the person is thinking about suicide:it's a cry for help.

What parent ought to do curb depression among adolescents is to try to talk to them and create a relaxed atmosphere with their adolescent teens so that as they go through some of the changes that are accordingly. Lack of a figure to advise teenagers appropriately can cause them to engage in vices such as drug abuse or others and later regret, and the whole process can lead to depression.

I agree with this topic because depression like make a person become more worst at all.

Adolesence

Zharif Safiuddin Bin Abdul Halim (PTM140716755)
Section 08

Adolescence is in the period time between childhood and adulthood . It is in years between onset of puberty and assumption of adult responsibilities . Adolescence are happen in 13 until 18 years old . It may be can extended . There was three development tasks . One of the tasks is individuation . It develop personal identity . For example , we will be become own unique person that were not parents child . Seconds is  separation . We will learn to think by ourselves , without adult influence . Autonomy is one of three development tasks . It's right to self-govern . For example , the adolescence are the beginning to challenge parental values .  it now typically begins prior to the teenage years and there has been a normative shift of it occurring in preadolescences , particularly in females . Physical growth, as distinct from puberty  and cognitive development generally seen in adolescence, can also extend into the early twenties. Thus chronological age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have found it difficult to agree upon a precise definition of adolescence.

A thorough understanding of adolescence in society depends on information from various perspectives, including physyology, biology,history, sociology, education, and anthropology. Within all of these perspectives, adolescence is viewed as a transitional period between childhood and adulthood, whose cultural purpose is the preparation of children for adult roles. It is a period of multiple transitions involving education , training, employment and unemployment, as well as transitions from one living circumstance to another.
The end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood varies by country and by function, and furthermore even within a single nation state or culture there can be different ages at which an individual is considered mature enough for society to entrust them with certain privileges and responsibilities. Such milestones include driving a vehicle, having legal sexual relations, serving in the armed forces or on a jury, purchasing and drinking alcohol, voting, entering into contracts, finishing certain levels of education, and marriage. Adolescence is usually accompanied by an increased independence allowed by the parents or legal guardians and less supervision as compared to preadolescences.

ADOLESCENCE

MUHAMMAD IFTAR MUBARAK BIN ABD SAMAT  PTM140716772

Adolescence is a stage of life that will not last forever. Yes , i agree with this topic. When adolescence comes to mind many people think of rebellion, parties, drugs, sex, hanging out with friends, having "good times", and having fun. However when i think of adolescence i take it for whaqt it really is, simply a time where our bodies and mind mature. Most people have a view on adolescence including: i wish i could be ad adolescence forever, and i am glad this is just a phase and will not last forever. I particularly feel that only the second part of that statement applies to me at this point in time.

Many people wish that they could be an adolescence forever. Adolescence is a time where we go through puberty and evolve and mature mentally and physically. During this time we have physical development. Everyone has a little bit different maturation and i believe that because of this, this would be the reason why people would want to be a adolescent forever. For most adolescents and teenagers being an adolescents is a time to rebel and to have fun. The main reason for this would be that many adolescences have not reached their peak of maturity. Even though they yearn to be known as adults by adults and their parents, they actually fear the responsibilities of growing up such as working and supporting a spouse and kids. They feel that they want to be more independent but fear being totally independent, it's actually almost an oxymoron.

Even though as earlier stated i don't want to be an adolescent forever now, i did at one point feel that way. When i was youger at about the age twelve years old, i was nearly done my physical and sexual development but i was far behind in my social development. I've always had a good strong relationship with my parents but i had never had a strong romantic relationship until the current one which started two years ago . I also as many still do i was still somewhat afraid of the idea of having to support myself working a job to make all the money to support even myself, although i now accept and look foward to the idea of being able to make enough money that i will never have to worrk about money problems for me or family.

With the wisdom and the knowledge that i had acquired in my times of being a child and an adolescence i look forward to the future of being an adult and being able to support my family. By now i am both physically and mentally mature, and i have also developed socially in these short years. I truly an glad that being an adolescence is just a phase and that i am reaching the very end of adolescence and the begining of the rest of my life.

adolescence :definition

NURUL FITRIYA BINTI SUKIMAN

PTM140716786

SECTION 08

 Adolescence is a phase separate from both early childhood and adulthood. It is a transitional period that requires special attention and protection. Physically, children go through a number of transitions while they mature. We now know that the brain undergoes quite substantial developments in early adolescence, which affect emotional skills as well as physical and mental abilities. Adolescence is also when gender norms are either solidified, rejected or transformed.As adolescent girls and boys grow, they take on additional responsibilities, experiment with new ways of doing things and push for independence. It is a time in which values and skills are developed that have great impact on well-being.

adults.

During adolescence, preteens and teens going through puberty become increasingly conscious of their body image. They develop their sexual, gender, and ethnic identities. Peer relationships become increasingly important. School responsibilities increase and some teens get a job. Many teens experiment with drugs and alcohol. The teen years have unique stresses and pressures. Teens may not always let on but parents and other caring adults play a vital role in providing support and helping teens achieve their best on their way to adulthood.

BEHAVIOR

The sudden and rapid physical changes that adolescents go through make adolescents very self-conscious, sensitive, and worried about their own body changes. They may make painful comparisons about themselves with their peers.

Because physical changes may not occur in a smooth, regular schedule, adolescents may go through awkward stages, both about their appearance and physical coordination. Girls may be anxious if they are not ready for the beginning of their menstrual periods. Boys may worry if they do not know about nocturnal emissions.

During adolescence, it is normal for young people to begin to separate from their parents and establish their own identity. In some cases, this may occur without a problem from their parents and other family members. However, in some families, the adolescent's rebellion may lead to conflict as the parents try to keep control.

As adolescents pull away from their parents in a search for their own identity, their friends become more important.

Their peer group may become a safe haven, in which the adolescent can test new ideas.In early adolescence, the peer group usually consists of non-romantic friendships, often including "cliques," gangs, or clubs. Members of the peer group often try to act alike, dress alike, have secret codes or rituals, and participate in the same activities.As the youth moves into mid-adolescence (14 to 16 years) and beyond, the peer group expands to include romantic friendships.

In mid- to late adolescence, young people often feel the need to establish their sexual identity by becoming comfortable with their body and sexual feelings. Through romantic friendships, dating, and experimenting, adolescents learn to express and receive intimate or sexual advances. Young people who do not have the opportunity for such experiences may have more difficulty with intimate relationships when they are adults.

Adolescents usually have behaviors that are consistent with several of adolescence:

The first is that they are "on stage" and other people's attention is constantly centered on their appearance or actions. This normal self-centeredness may appear (especially to adults) to border on paranoia, self-love (narcissism), or even hysteria.Another myth of adolescence is the idea that "it will never happen to me, only the other person." "It" may represent becoming pregnant or catching a sexually-transmitted disease after having unprotected sex, causing a car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or any of the many other negative effects of risk-taking behaviors.

Yes, i agree with this topic.

Adolescence

 Name : Nur Alia Nabilah Bt Ibrahim
 No ID : PTM140716791


 


  Adolescence is defined as a time from 12 to 16 years of age which every young person experiences.
During this time every individual goes through physical changes and experience emotional ups and down .Every boy and girl faces many problems which experts term as 'growing up pains '.


  The first problem of an adolescent is physical appearance . Many girls and boys experience acne or voice changes . They want to be attractive and smart like the adults . They want to be dress in style .Today's teenagers are obsessed with their appearance .Imperfection is unacceptable .Some adolescents can be fat , even obese .So many teenage girls suffer from bulimia , an eating disorder to keep slim .Even young teenage boys find themselves to be either obese or too thin .They crave for bodies like the  WWF star Rock or Sylvester  Stallone .They make a bee line to the nearest gym or fitness center to build up the perfect muscles or " abs ."


  Secondly, many adolescents experience emotional upheavals. They are afraid of some uncertainties , so they tend to be come over sensitive and get angry for the slightest reason. Therefore , to express their frustration ,some of them become violent and in many schools there are gang fights . Discipline has become a big issue in middle and high schools. Some youngsters become moody, others experience puppy love .They have a lot of pent up energy that needs to be channeled into sports and other constructive activities .Many adolescents experience mood swing as there are hormonal changes in their bodies.
  During adolescence , the most important issue is peer pressure .Teenagers want to belong and they want to be recognized .They identify with their peers very easily because they speak the same language and have the same problems .But peer pressure results in some teens smoking and sometimes even taking drugs. Many adolescents like to dress and possess things with their friends have,for example hand-phone and game-boys.It is a period when they move away from their parents which is mainly due to the generation gap. They want to belong to the gang. Some adolescents get acceptance, others face rejection. This can break a young person's heart.

  In conclusion, adolescence is a period when the youngster need our understanding and support. It is a very sensitive period during which many teens need role -models and mentors.Teacher and parents must be vigilant to any changes in adolescents' behavior, so that they can help them and guide them at this time of upheaval.

Rules and Discipline

Muhammad Iftar Mubarak Bin Abd Samat (PTM140716772)

There's value of discipline in all walks of life. Whether at college or at home, in the office or in the factory, in the playground or in the battlefield, discipline is a necessity. Without discipline, there will be complete chaos and disorder. There will be no peace and progress.

To be guided by rules, to pay due regard to elders and superior officers, to obey them and to behave in an orderly manner, all these come under the term discipline.

In college, if the boys are not disciplined, the boys themselves will learn nothing and the very purpose of education will be defeated.

Similarly, if the subordinates do not obey their senior officers in offices and factories, it will become difficult to carry on the work of production and administration.

The country will not succeed if its public servant are not disciplined. there will be no plan and no organization.

Similarly, if the army and the police refuse to carry out the orders of their generals and commanders, the enemy and the hooligans will have no difficulty in establishing their sway in the country.

Thus, an undisciplined nation cannot expect to remain independent even for a moment.

Even in minor spheres, such as the home and the playground, people cannot do without discipline. If there be not discipline in the family, all the members of the family will go their own way. Then, there will be no peace and order in the family.

Discipline is a good thing and there's no evil in it. It builds character, develops strength and unity and fosters co-operation. It is, therefore, necessary, that boys should be taught discipline from their very childhood. It should never be overlooked, as it is the secret of success in life.

Rules And Dicipline

Zharif Safiuddin Bin Abdul Halim (PTM140716755)
Section 8

Rules and dicipline is training thinking and behavior so that they can control themselves and abide by the disciplinary rules set for English and train a person to behave in a good library, adherence to the rules. Regulations that directly control the behavior of students. One form of exercise that develop mental, physical and attitude values ​​of discipline should be sown, nurtured and applied to create a society with moral, united, democratic, fair liberal and progressive. Discipline is very important to students. When the disciples abide by school rules, this means that they have discipline. The school rules that must be followed is punctual, wear a badge, short hair and many others.
Disciplined pupils will create a more comfortable environment in the classroom. They will always keep the behavior from breaking school rules, such as make a noise, fighting, bullying and the like. This condition can also prevent them from getting into trouble as a fine teacher, is not trusted, behind in education and so on which can interfere with their studies .
Pupils will normally also maintain discipline to excel in their studies. Certainly students will be more comfortable learning in a controlled environment of their discipline. This allows them to concentrate fully on their studies and will encourage them to study hard to get success. Thus, this will brighten their future.
In addition, students who are disciplined to be liked and loved by teachers and friends. Therefore, they will be selected as the leader as prefects, monitors, monitor library and others. This is very useful to them as future leaders.
In conclusion, it is clear that without rules, is definitely someone will not develop self-discipline . The discipline is very important to students. Students will be disciplined, while students who do not excel discipline will hurt yourself. Thus, the practice of self-discipline for the benefit of themselves and protect the good name of the school.