LESSON 1:

PUBERTY

• Adolescence: the period between childhood and adulthood.
• Physical growth is one of the most noticeable changes during this period.
• Children grow, their voices change, and their bodies begin to fill out.
• Puberty: the time when a person begins to develop certain traits of adulthood.
• Puberty usually happens between the ages of 12 and 18.

PHYSICAL CHANGES

• The most significant body change is the development of sex characteristics.
• The reproductive cells are gametes. Males produce sperm and females produce ova.
• In Females: breasts develop, waistline narrows, hips widen, body fat increases, and menstruation starts.
• In Males: facial hair appears, voice deepens, shoulders broaden, muscles develop, hairline recedes.
• In Both: body hair appears, all permanent teeth grow in, perspiration increases.

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL CHANGES

• As your body goes through dramatic changes, your brain changes also.
• Cognition: the ability to reason and think out abstract solutions.
• Adolescents become capable of solving problems in more complex ways.
• Most adolescencents begin to search for meaning, personal value, and sense of self.
• Mental and Emotional developments can be tied to physical changes.

SOCIAL CHANGeS

• Friends become a major part of a teens social experience.
• You explore new interests through a variety of classes and extracurricular activities.
• You'll make new friends and meet new people from cultural and social backgrounds.
• Stong friendships begin when people realize they share similar goals, experiences, and values.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ADOLESCENCE

• Emotional and psychological independence.
• Personal value system.
• Vocational goals.
• Control over behaviors.

LESSON 2:

MATURING PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY

• Physical maturity: state at which the physical body and organs are developed.
• Emotional maturity: state at which the mental and emotional capabilities of an individual are fully developed.
• Emotionally healthy individuals have positive values and goals.
• Relationships with peers, family, and friends can positively effect ones physical and emotional health.

STAGES OF ADULTHOOD

• Young adulthood:19-40 years old
• Middle adulthood: 40-65 years old
• Late adulthood: 65-death

MARRIAGE

• When a couple agree that marriage may be in their future, the relationship is more serious.
• Commitment: a promise or pledge
• Marital adjustment: how well a person adjusts to marriage and to a spouse.
• Successful marriage include: communication, emotional ability, and shared values and interests.
• In most states, it is illegal for a couple to marry before the age of 18 without parental agreement.

CONFLICTS IN MARRIAGE

• Differences in spending and saving habits.
• Conflicting loyalties involving families and friends.
• Lack of communication and intimacy.
• Jealously, infidelity, or lack of attention.
• Abusive tendencies or attitudes.

PARENTHOOD

• Adoption: the legal process of taking a child of other parents as one's own.
• Involved parents will teach children that each individual is responsible of ones successes and failures.
• Parents with a strong value system may pass these aspects of life on to their children.
• Self directed: able to make correct decisions about behavior when adults aren't around to enforce rules.
• Another responsibility is providing children with unconditional love; love without limitations.

TEEN PARENTHOOD

• Becoming a parent at any age is a challenge especially as a teen.
• Consequences may be: financial problems
• Restrictions on education or career plans.
• Emotional stress.
• Limitations on social and personal life.

LESSON 3

MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

• Middle adulthood is the stage of development that spans from age 40-65.
• Transitions: critical changes that occur at all stages of life.
• They experience physical, mental, emotional, and social transitions.
• Empty nest syndrome: the feelings of sadness when children leave home and enter adulthood.

LATE ADULTHOOD

• Late adulthood begins at age 65.
• They review their lives and if they lived their life with integrity, the are satisfied.
• People who remain committed to a system of values throughout life will also are satisfied.
• The social security program provides benifits to to older adults and people with disabilities.