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How to kill the demons inside you without killing yourself?

Remember those moments when you have a gulp in your throat and you don’t know how to get rid of it?

When you’re so sad you can’t cry any longer because you literally feel like you’ve cried out all the tears inside of you?

When you literally feel like no one cares about you. No one. Not even your mum, or your dad.

When you sit in your room, lights off, curtains closed and just cry yourself to sleep every. single. night?

When you put on a smile during the day so everyone around you thinks nothing is wrong?

When you start making yourself vomit up your dinner because you think being ‘skinnier’ will make people want you more?

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If you don’t want to be average, don’t rush into what everyone else is doing.

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Constance Chuks Friday (via lizzyrowland93)

Totally agree with this but in saying that I think it's easy said than done. For adolescents I think it would be so easy to follow what others are doing due to peer pressure and wanting to fit in

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Summing up the emotions associated with relationships that an adolescent is likely to go through.

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love it!

The course coming to an end...

Overall, this course has been interesting as I can now better understand what was happening to me when I was an adolescent and why particular things were happening. I have enjoyed reading others post, especially the ones that I didn't quite agree upon - this made be become more open-minded and has made me realise there can be more than one reason and/or explanation to things. I truly think I have gained a great deal of consideration of the developmental characteristics of adolescents in various contexts.

All the best for you all :)

"Single gender high schools give boys and girls an opportunity to learn in an environment that is tailored to gender-specific needs, although opinions vary on their effectiveness".

This is a brief article that looks at both the advantages and disadvantages which helped me become more open-minded about single-sex schools.

Is segregating secondary school students by gender an effective way to encourage learning and reduce opposite sex distractions?

With this poll under the family sector, I found it hard to lock in an answer. I think YES single-sex schools are likely to encourage learning. Especially for girls as they can worry less about appearance and popularity and focus more on their academic studies. I am not a male so therefore I feel as though I can not talk on their behalf but I am sure there are benefits for them in a single-sex school.

HOWEVER, I think boys and girls need to interact with one another to allow each individual to develop and gain confidence. In other words, I think distractions from the opposite sex is healthy and is a learning curve for all of us to overcome and control.

What do the rest of you think?

Does peer pressure control you? Do you give in too easily? A quick and easy 20 question quiz to help you determine if you give in to peer pressure too easily. Teen Advice Quiz

Is dealing with peer pressure a rite of passage?

Yes, I believe so. I think as we age we also mature and peer pressure becomes less of a worry. In saying that, I don't for a second believe that adults don't get conned into peer pressure as I think everyone does no matter how old and mature you are. But I do think peer pressure gets easier to understand and control because as we develop we have a sense of morality and know when peer pressure has gone too far etc.

What do you think, do you think dealing with peer pressure is a rite of passage?

"The aim was firstly to determine if peers and parents had a different impact on the personality development of the adolescent. A second aim was to determine if gender played a role in this regard. An empirical investigation was carried out involving 98 learners from Grades 8 to 11 (53 boys and 55 girls). The respondents completed instruments measuring parent-child relationship, relationship with peers, self-concept, and personality characteristics.

The results indicated that the peer group, when compared with parents, had a stronger relationship with the personality development of the adolescent. This stronger relationship was more prominent in boys than girls. Gender did, therefore, play a role".

This video is about an adolescent who is being tested on virtual driving decision while being in a MRI scan to note the brain activity. The researchers found that adolescence are better at making decisions when they are by themselves rather than with there peers. "During adolescences, peers are so important that their presence activates the brains reward circuitry and that makes adolescences under that condition pay more attention to the potential reward of a risky choice".

I think this is a good video as it explains what is going through an adolescent's brain with and without their peers. I also think it was a good choice to base it on driving as driving becomes a relatively new aspect in an adolescents life.

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This is interesting and fun! Even if you don’t agree with the results you get, the multi choice answers make you think about your own morality!

Will you be truthful or just tick the box that fits societies standards for morals and social conscience??

I got 34.5 out of a total of 44. This is what it said.

“Your score puts you in the mature category of social reasoning and the majority of people will have scores in this range. Thinking here transcends the practicalities of one’s preferences and exchanges to an emphasis upon social feeling, caring and conduct.

You take into account the consequences of actions for other people, whether for benefit or harm, as a consideration in its own right for deciding how one should act towards others. You emphasize relationships, thinking how you might feel if you were on the receiving end. Empathy is important, as well as compassion.

You are likely to expect others to conform to normally expected conduct, reflecting on “common decency” and will think of the chaos caused by laws being broken. You will value, love and respect others, and appreciate some higher values, as well as speaking of the benefits of a clean conscience or pride.”

What did you get???

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I got a 36 out of 44. I really enjoyed doing this quiz. It really made me think about my morals, and I definitely wanted to choose more than one option on some of the questions.

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I scored a 31.5 out of 44. It was fun to consider why I felt things were ‘Very Important’, ‘Important’, or ‘Not Important’

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I got 36.5 - and thought it was a simple, but interesting quizz.

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I got 35.5, I've never really thought much about particular questions like that before so it got me thinking. I tried to think from an adolescent perspective and I would assume they would score lower than I due to the fact that they're still developing and are rather egocentric. In saying that, I do realise every individual is different.

Role of Family in Adolescent Development

Developmental theories view adolescence as a period of growth in which identity formation is addressed. This can be interpreted to mean that the role of family is lessening or that family have only a limited role in the lives of young people at this time. Research shows, however, that ongoing positive family connections are protective factors against a range of health risk behaviours. Although the nature of relationships is changing, the continuity of family connections and a secure emotional base is crucial for the positive development of young people.

Click here for more information

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This video is pretty sad and tragically true- a reminder for us all that Morality begins in childhood and the role that parents play.

In the video, the violent or aggressive behavior is mimicked by the children, and in the end, so is the positive, kind, thoughtful and helpful behavior.

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This really is a reminder of how powerful our actions are. Time and time again we here on the news that our social problems are a cycle. It is time we looked at what we are showing our kids, even adolescents. It was my family that most influenced who I am today. I know peers play an important role, definitely. But I hear myself saying the exact words of my mother nearly every day.

WHAT IS MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

(1). Moral development focuses on the emergence, change, and understanding of morality from infancy through adulthood. In the field of moral development, morality is defined as principles for how individuals ought to treat one another, with respect to justice, others’ welfare, and rights. -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_development & http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199828340/obo-9780199828340-0091.xml

(2). Morality is our ability to learn the difference between right or wrong and understand how to make the right choices. - http://www.bhcmhmr.org/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=12769&cn=462

(3).Moral development involves the formation of a system of values on which to base decisions concerning "right" and "wrong, " or "good" and "bad."fi Values are underlying assumptions about standards that govern moral decisions. -http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/431/Moral-Development.html

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