My body, my turn.
So cool it comes to bow down on my shoulder,
It wears itself on me like the weather.
Whether I like it or not, I am grooving like a lover.
It is so cool, I can't deny, the reaction of a little bit of salt to a 7up radiated in my body, either salt is added or any I don't know, I just feel the changes, the smooth forming of a brew that I know will become calm later, tells me I must use it effectively before then.
Adolescence is a time of needs and rights that has been lowered by scientist to begin at ages of 10 due to improved health and nutrition and extended to the age of 24 due to late marriage and parenthood being practiced this days and as such physical and psychological development differ from one teenager to the other likewise their display of behaviour that indicate this stage.
During adolescence, different changes that always warrant emotion management and relationships fostering occur and most of the time it is clouded by the call for autonomy as a result of peer group influence, and the characteristics of the environment in which the teenager lives. Most teenager exhibit actions that are seem frustrating to parent in such that parents complain about their teenagers constant attention to their body, clothings and the decisions they make - it is characterized by exploration and experimentation which on a long run have consequence on their future.
The March toward autonomy can take myriad forms such as being less overt,affection seeking, more time being spent with friends, contentious behaviour and pushing the limits- unwanted pregnancy likewise they could be swayed by drugs and the rest. At this stage teenagers are vulnerable and for better treatment of this situation they need to be aware, they need to know what adolescent is and how their actions now will have consequence over their life course.
Adolescence is a time for needs and right; satisfy them.
Adolescence is a time to develop knowledge and skills; guide them
Adolescence is a time to manage relationships and emotions; love them.
It is a time to acquire attributes that will be important for assuming adult roles; never neglect them.
Oh parents and elders! Reflect on your teenage years and perhaps you will recall the frustration of longing to strike out on your own, striving to be your own person and at the same time wanting to desperately fit in among your peers. Oh! You got it already, we are different but it all happened to us so, love them.
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