Adolescence

is the stage of human when he/she reach the 11 up to 18 years of life. It is characterized by physical and psychological changes leading into adulthood..

 Adolescents

themselves are developmentally immature to look into the future. Family can not really deal with the situation, as the adolescent takes total control of his or her life. Unwanted pregnancies : - Unwanted pregnancies may have serious health consequences for young women, including the risks associated with dangerous or illegal abortions.

 Obesity

- Obesity in adolescence predicts maintenance in adulthood, with various severe physical and psychological impacts..
Unhealthy -

dieting habits : Poor eating habits of adolescents may result in getting up to 50% of their daily calorie intake from fat! At the same time their diet lacks of calcium, iron and fiber sources. The above typical adolescent dietary pattern may lead to significant future health consequences.

Most problems of adolescence are due to failure in understanding the functional, physical and psychological changes expected during adolescence. Psychologically, adolescence is such a vulnerable stage that boys / girls of this age are easily carried away by perceptions generated by: Misleading and misguiding parents, teachers, friends, brother/sisters. Ignorance of elders. Wrongful messages depicted through TV serials, advertisements, films

 Overweight

and Underweight Skin Colour Problems Facial Defects, Pimples, Etc.

 Misconceptions

about sexual feelings, sex

related issues. Misconceptions about child birth, reproduction Misconceptions about coitus, menstrual cycles.

 Inferiority/

Superiority complex about skin colour, beauty, mental ability, and I.Q. Wrong and unrealistic beliefs about friendship and courtship. Attraction towards opposite sex Exceptional weakness to suicide psychology

 Tension

of attending the classes, examinations and tests Low I.Q. feeling Fear about failure in examination Fear about low score Fear and concern about a future career Misconceptions about teachers

CHARACTERISTICS OF A FILIPINO
ADOLESCENCE
We know that a Filipino Adolescent is lively, energetic, etc. but nowadays more Filipino Adolescent start to build bad image with the help of bad pleasures such as illegal drugs, cigarette, cutting classes and many more. More Filipino Adolescent became too much dependent to the new technology thats why many of them have an attitude problem such as laziness, too much dependence and so on. But still there are Filipinos that has positive attitudes. Those who did not allow negative things to invade their personality and characteristics.

Prepared By: UNRADA, Asamira D. II-2 BSE Music Education