Teenage stage is a time of great change. Amount of conflict, confusion, anticipation and anxiety is to be expected. It’s a time of great transition, from brain and body changes to how a young person relates to the world. It’s a crucial time for developing cognitive, social, and emotional skills essential for well-being in adulthood.
During teenage stage, it’s typical for young people to begin to separate from their parents; to create their own identity; to establish their sexual identity; to come to terms with their body and sexual feelings; to feel an increased need for privacy.
As teen begin to separate and make their own identity, it may lead to conflict in some families as parents try to maintain control. At this stage of development, friends become increasingly important. A teenage peer group takes priority over family relationships. It becomes stronger and more complex. It may become a safe haven for sharing new ideas. It consists of non-romantic friendships. It expands to include romantic relationships in mid-adolescence.
Great physical, social and emotional change is also taking place during this time. Teens become more aware of their body and experience more peer pressure.
They may be self-conscious and sensitive about their rapidly changing body and compare themselves to their peers. Body image and eating problems sometimes begin at this time.
The most dramatic and important changes to the human brain occur during this stage. It's notable that an adult’s brain is fully developed, typically around their mid-20s, an adolescent’s brain is still growing.
The frontal cortex is the last area of the brain to mature. Since teenagers don’t yet have access to the thoughtful, logical frontal cortex, they rely on their brain’s fully formed amygdala to solve problems and make decisions. The amygdala is responsible for processing emotions and plays a role in fear and aggression.
As a result, teens may engage in impulsive, irrational or harmful behaviors, especially as they look for independence and peer approval.
They may be less likely to think before they act or stop to consider the consequences. For example, they may want to practicalise what they have been taught in school.
Teenagers act abnormally, they are easily convinced to do certain things in the society. They are easily lured to join cult, smoke marijuana, joins armed rubbery, rape and a host of others. Respect is far from most of them. Most girls among them are going to night clubs wearing different clothes at home and outside.
With all of the physical, cognitive, social and emotional changes of teenagers, they are especially vulnerable to mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.
Pressures or conflicts in family, school and peer groups can put teenagers at increased risk for depression and potential suicide.
If you know a teen who is thinking about suicide, the suicide and crisis it shows that it's just by the grace of God that his/her life can be amended.
Furthermore, teenagers are developing their own unique personality and opinions, they see themselves as being on top of the world. While peer relationships are key, teenagers are also more focused on themselves, developing their own interests and a clearer sense of who they are.
As they find ways to achieve, they may go back and forth between high expectations and a lack of confidence.
Teenagers have a stronger sense of their individuality and values. They are:
*better able to gauge risks and rewards.
*more focused on the future.
*able to base decisions on their hopes and ideals.
*more emotionally and physically separated from parents.
*in more of an “adult” relationship with parents.
These are few happenings I can pinpoint among the teenagers today. It is quite disappointing that some teenagers don’t listen to their parents' advise because many adults are irrational, arrogant, entitled, self-centered, ignorant, uninformed, rude and immature and teens, recognizing that sometimes adults are wrong, rightfully reject and ignore that. Perhaps you should become a person worthy of being listened to first.
Not to mention, just in general, it’s pretty natural and common for teens to begin questioning what the adults in their lives tell them and to rely on their peers for advice, support and assistance. That’s perfectly fine and honestly to be expected. It’s actually a good thing that they are starting to listen less, it means they are developed like typical teenagers and will be better equipped to challenge authority figures in the future. It’s a good thing that teens listen to adults less often than when they were younger. Sometimes it can be problematic, of course, but overall, it’s fine.
Some claimed that their parents are uneducated and that, a lot of things that are happening now did not happen in their days, therefore, their advise is not reasonable.
Understanding what to expect at this stage can help parents, guardians and caregivers support their teens and promote healthy development in their homes.
Most importantly, some parents don’t know how to teach their children about sex education. This is a very sensitive stage this should be taught in every home. However, teenager is learn sex education from their male teachers in school. Some Biology teachers practically teach female students about sex education in the toilet thereby impregnating many of them. Many adolescents have been misled by their peers. They proof to have been wiser than their parents.
To be frank, some parents don't know when their girl child gets pregnant because they are very busy at work. In fact, it's another person outside the family that will notice that a teen carries pregnancy and call the attention of the parents.
A parent proclaimed that her son is 17 years old. He does not listen to her and fights her for everything. He only talks properly when he needs work to be done or money.
Nevertheless, my own opinion in this matter is that Parents should communicate effectively with their children. They should engage in open and honest discussions about sex, relationships and pregnancy. They should listen actively to concerns and questions from their teens. Most importantly, teens should be encouraged that transparency and trust can make them an edge in life. Parents should not be shy at teaching their children sex education etc.
As a parent, if the girl child gets pregnant while seeking admission into university, I will not kill her or drive her out of the home, but encourage her to deliver the child and continue her education. Though, it's quite annoying and distracted, she can still make it academically. They should monitor their children at home and at school. These are my advise. Thanks for reading.
Pure fact😂.
Even when I was coming up then, I used to discard most of my parent's warnings. How much more this era when social media and technology are ruling everything
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