[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is a process of being an adult. It happens to every mankind starts from an infant until we become an old people. It can be divided by mental and physical adolescence. From mental adolescence shown by how we react on every circumstances we'll face. We will be more careful on making decision every time we get older because of the experiences we've gain towards our lives. And from physical adolescence is determined by our age and our physical appearance on how we're getting taller and facing puberty.

When we're stepping on this stage, we're usually seeking for our true identity which will make our mind popping up many philosophical questions revolving of 'Who am I?', 'What do I do for living?', 'Why is this and why is that?' question. And when we face confusions and conflicts, we usually become rebel and wanting to be independent.

And after that stage, we will become egoistic when everything is all about us, focusing on one`s life. We would think that everybody is paying attention and judging on everything we do when finally we find an imaginary audience that we thought everybody is watching and analyzing us.

Overall, it is cannot be avoided that adolescence itself is influential from one`s family. How their family setting a parenting style is the first foundation on how the children would react. There are three types of parenting. The authoritarian style of parenting that taught their children by actually telling them what to do because they parents said so. This kind of parenting style could make the children unstable when they're actually prefer to be independent at this stage. The permissive style where children are given freewill on everything they want to do. This parenting style would lead the children on knowing no limit which would ended up by not recognizing the difference between right and wrong. The most recommended style is called democratic. Here, the parents will be involve the teenager in making decision, giving advices and supports, do set limits but still giving some independence for the children.