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The-adolescence , The search For Identity is on

The-adolescence, is the stages puberty bring into sharp focus the question of Identity

The-adolescence going through the various developmental stages along with emotional stresses, and stages puberty have on the reality of continued physical growth. Full height is not reached until the late teens or early twenties and bones may even continue to thicken into the mid-twenties. Questions of identity come to the foreand influence some of the actions of teenagers.

They often ask themselves, "who am I?", "what should I do?", "who is the real me?". A misunderstanding of the psychsocial pressures leads to the stereotype that the-adolescence is a period of rebelliousness and aggressiveness - a time of the terrible teens.

Peer Pressure

Your teens want to be popular among their peers, love and sex are very significant to them. Whether or not they become sexually active depends largely on factors like self-acceptance, ability to handle relationships with the opposite sex and the belief that dating is important. Of more importance, is the teen peer pressure to become sexually active.

Your teenagers are amazing, their peer group is the primary source of information and misinformation and provides rewards and punishment for sexual conduct ordered by the group. Friends also serve as models as an adolescent's sexual bahaviour is strongly affected by what friends do. Tell your adolescents to wait for the right time for sex.

Sexual Activities

The adolescence period still have many adolescents waiting until later. Some boys masturbate even though they may not experience intercourse until after age nineteen. This kind of sexual experience can be a positive way to learn about sexuality. However, some adolescents experience guilt and anxiety because of their socialization about such behaviour.

Adolescents wait and be patient, are words to guide the-adolescence troubled and anxious moments. As parents, you should acknowledge your children's sexuality instead of discouraging it. This will help to boost their self-esteem, encourage competency and self-confidence.

Did you know that petting and necking are popular among the-adolescence time of life. Petting is defined as sexual contact below the waist and necking involves kissing on the lips, or above-the-waist sexual touching. Today, more youngsters are engaging in oral-genital sex.

Homosexual Contacts

Your teenagers may be involved in sexual encounters with someone of their own sex. Homosexual encounters may be simpleexperimentation though some cases are an expression of a more permanent sexual orientation.

You need to be careful here, because homophobic parents, teachers, ministers and other caregivers often fail to recognize the early tendencies towards homosexuality.

As parents or guardians, what is you God-given responsibility in guiding and advising your adolescents as they go through another phase of their life?

Your Health

The Benefits of Hugs

Doctors at the university of North Carolina have found that hugging may dramatically lower blood pressure and boost blood levels of oxytocin, a relaxing hormone that plays a key role in labour, breastfeeding, and orgasms.

Researchers asked couples to sit close to one another and talk for ten minutes, then share a long huh; afterword they found positive, albeit small, changes in both blood pressure and oxytocin.

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