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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Adolescence

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Introduction India is the second majority populous nation in the world with total population of over 1.221 billion according to 2011 census. Adolescents form a large section of population, about more than 243 million. Adolescent has been defined by World Health Organization as the period of life spanning between 10-19 years. Adolescence are no longer children, but not yet adults. They have got disadvantages. Adolescence are developing quickly and having a great degree of pressure from self, from parents, from peers, and society. They have lack of skills and knowledge to cope up with pressure. In spite of specific health problems adolescents may have, it is a general observation that adolescents do not access the existing health services, particularly …show more content…

They can start to imagine their future and others around them, they are starting to resolve problems similar to adults and some select not to, adolescence are starting to check their own parents by "turning them off" they are starting to think they are "too cool" for their parents and they initiate to rebel this is an intellectual thing as they think they know more than their parents. Lots of adolescence start to rebel against school and don’t want to be there. Parents have to try and make sure they are learning at the same time as going through this complicated stage in their life. Their needs are important school is essential parents must set out regulations for them so they know right and wrong. Social Support In early adolescence children tend to do things in groups, as they grown-up they start to begin sexual maturity by finding partners they may start to experiment sexual intercourse, adolescence go through a stage of staying out late and rebelling against their parents, they think they are elder than they actually are, parents have to provide them the independence they need to grow up but also may look after them as they are still economically dependent on their

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