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Adolescence How do you grow?. What is Adolescence? Stage between childhood and adulthood. Around Age eleven to seventeen. Time of many changes!

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1 Adolescence How do you grow?

2 What is Adolescence? Stage between childhood and adulthood. Around Age eleven to seventeen. Time of many changes!

3 Types of changes Physical –The shape of your body –Individual rate of growth –Growth spurts rapid periods of growth –Hormones Chemicals in the body that cause changes Intellectual –How the brain is functioning –Problem solving and reasoning develops –School becomes important for your future career choices Between 13 -15

4 More changes Emotional –Feelings about people and places in your life –More intense –Change quickly (mood swings) –Need to find ways to deal with both negative and positive emotions Social –How you relate to other people –Peers persons your age ( become very important –Developing friendships and dating relations –Learn to Choose appropriate behaviors for different places

5 One main Goal Develop independence to discover who you are! Remember: It’s a slow process, it doesn’t happen all at once!

6 Being Independent Responsible for your actions In control of your own life Gives you more freedom

7 Responsibility When you are trusted to carry through a duty or job Where???? –At home ( help with housework ( Help with a sibling, etc… –At school ( Attend school, be on time, complete work

8 How can you show you are becoming a responsible person?


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