2 children day blog
- 1. Task-2 INTEREST OF CHILDREN AGED 13-18 Shubham Ambhore Emotional Development Thirteen-year-olds are dealing with hormonal shifts that can contribute to mood swings. Add school stress or peer problems and their moods may seem to shift from minute to minute. Your youngteenisstartingonthe roadtobecominganindependentyoungadultwho"hasasay"over their space, their body, and their need for private conversations with their friends. Atthisage,mostteensfeellike theworldrevolvesaroundthem.1Theymightthinkeveryone isstaring at them or they may assume everyone else’s behavior is somehow because of them (for example, thinkingtheirfrienddidn’ttextbackbecause theyare mad rather than assuming the friend is busy). Most 13-year-olds experience great fluctuations in their self-esteem. They may feel good about themselves one day and feel extremely inadequate another. Theyalsotendto seekaffirmationfromadultsthatthey’re onthe righttrack,eventhoughtheyclaim to want to do things on their own. Social Development Astheydesireincreasedindependence fromtheirparents,13-year-oldsrelymore onfriendships.They confide in their peers more and want to spend more time with friends than family. Peer pressure can be an issue as teens often want to experience a sense of belonging. Teens often switch peers groups throughout the teen years as their interests shift. Rebellious behavior is sometimes common during the teen years. A teen may develop different personasor go throughvarious phases.Sometimesteenstryto shock theirparentsor want to dress or wear their hair in new ways to express themselves.
- 2. Datingandromanticrelationshipsoftenbecome importantduringthe earlyteenyears.It’snormal for teens to develop sexual interests. Cognitive Development While 13-year-oldshavefairlygoodproblem-solvingskills,theyalsohave difficultythinkingaboutthe future. Theymay alsostruggle tothinkaboutthe consequencesof theirbehaviorbefore theyact.Thishasto do with different parts of their brains developing at slightly different rates. It’s common for 13-year-olds to think they’re immune from anything bad happening to them. As a result, they may be more likely to engage in risky behavior. Thirteen-year-oldsdevelopthe abilitytothinkabstractly.Insteadof onlythinkingintermsof tangible objects, they begin to understand concepts such as faith and trust. They may alsothink they’re unique and thinkno one understandsthem.Astheymature, theybegin to develop a better understanding of the world and how other people perceive them. Speech & Language Most 13-year-olds communicate similarly to adults. They comprehend abstract language, such as figurative language and metaphors. They may become less literal and more figurative. Theymay become concernedwithmoral issuesastheyare able to grasp abstract concepts.Theyare likely to recognize that breaking rules under certain conditions isn’t always wrong. Play While most13-year-oldshave givenuptheirchildhoodtoys,theystillplaywiththeirfriendsinavariety of ways. From slumber parties and camping out