 Adolescence can be both exciting and challenging.

 As the body prepares to perform an Adult roles.

 A never ending difficulties may challenge to put
teenagers to their limit.
 If unmanaged it will lead to clinical depression
and others may resort to risk taking behavoirs
such as substance abuse.
 The changes happening to an adolescent may also
bring enormous expectations from family, friends,
school and community.
 The role of the parents in training and
guiding their adolescents can make a great
impact on the capacity of adolescents to face
adversities.
 Challenges or problems serve as a tool to
harness patience, practice good judgement
or right discernment.
 “ experience can be the greatest teacher”
Activity #1
Direction: As an adolescent you normally
heard some of your expectation or demands
which come as either simple or complicated.
Write in the circle specific expectations you
hear from them.
Activity 2
Write 5 problems or challenges to you at
the present.

Example: Weight Problems

Difficulty to trust others
Activity 3
In the problems/ challenges that you
write rate the level of intensity as you
perceive them using the scale below.

2 – Major difficulty at the moment

1 – Minor difficulty at the moment
Activity 4
List 2 problems you listed as a major
challenges and think of possible solutions to
these. Write the solution inside the box.
Problem 1: _________________
Solution:

Problem 2: _________________
Solution:
Passage to Adulthood: Challenge of
Late Adolescence
 Physical Development
 Changes in the body
 Emotional Development
 Wanting to be independent
 Seeking privacy and time alone
 Social Development
 Explores romantic and sexual beahviors
 Can easily influenced by peers.
Passage to Adulthood: Challenge of
Late Adolescence
Mental Development
Can set goals for future .
Better understanding in complex
problems and issues.
5 Common Discouragement
 Setting standards too high because we are overly
ambitious
 Focus on mistakes as a way to motivate changed or
improved behavior.
 Making constant comparisons
 Automatically give a negative spin to the actions of
others.
 Dominate others by being overly helpful, implying
that they are unable to do it as well.
Encouragement
 Is the key ingredient for improving your
relationship to others.
 Lack of it can lead to conflict and misbehavior
 It develops a person psychological hardiness and
social interest.
 It is a lifeblood of a relationship
 It enhances the feeling of belonginess which may
lead to greater social interest.
 Social interest is the tendency of the
people unite themselves with other
human beings to accomplish a tasks in
cooperation of others.

In becoming an Encouraging Person:

“ Learn to distinguish encouragement from

discouragement”
The Power of Personal
Declarations:
Read the essay “Being Happy” p. 27
Make a slogan or personal declaration on
how can you be committed to your self
development.
Explain your thoughts and feelings about
it. Include specific ways in which you
will develop yourself further.