Teenagers

The transition period between childhood and adulthood

• conservation

• adolescence

• sunchronous

• transivity

Why are 15-16 yr olds likely to engage in high risk behaviors? (Choose the correct two)

• They want to be dependent on others.

• They do not have fully developed frontal lobes in their brains.

• They may have low self-esteem

• They are so smart that they think they can do anything because they all make A's and B's.

A teenager is unpredictable due to hormones and growth spurts.

• True

• False

Teenagers need less sleep than adults.

• True

• False

Some people say that parents know their teenagers better than anyone else in the world, while others say that parents know only one side of their teenagers’ personalities and rarely know the full person. With which side do you agree? Pick a side and explain your answer in at least one sentence and use at least one concrete reason.

Restate the question to make a topic sentence.

Why should teens get more sleep?

What is an adolescent?

• when you add and get a number less than

• someone who has a dull sense of smell

• a young person developing into an adult

Some people say that parents know their teenagers better than anyone else in the world, while others say that parents know only one side of their teenagers’ personalities and rarely know the full person. With which side do you agree? Pick a side and explain your answer in at least one sentence and use at least one concrete reason.

Adolescents show the following

• Poor planning/ initiation/lack of insight into consequences

• Risk taking behaviors/ Susceptible to peer pressure

• Difficulty monitoring and inhibiting emotions

• All of the above

Adolescence is marked by

• losing teeth

• growth spurts

• improved gross motor skills

• decreased fine motor skills