Precocious puberty

A responsible teenager could be breaking the law without even knowing, for one single reason, she went babysitting without a license in Colorado. Now, organizations such as Red cross offer babysitting, classes, however, in the State of Colorado the class is not . However, there is a new law that is under review that if passed it would force teenagers across Colorado, to attend a babysitting course that is both expensive and time-consuming. That is why forcing teens to pass a babysitting class…

According to Society for Neuroscience teenagers and adults often don't see eye to eye, and new brain research is now shedding light on some of the reasons why. This could be why kids have risky or impulsive decisions in their teen years. Also in the shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet there are examples of parents restricting their kids on who they can or can't date because their decision making skills are lacking. There are also real life examples of teens and their lousy decisions. Parents…

Summary “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea” written by Melissa Healy. This is about today’s social media kids may not be such of a mess after all. In the article it says electronics are the way kids learn emotional bonds, their identities, and the ability to communicate and work with others. Also it says that kids spend at least 7 ½ hours a day on social media. Healy says that social media is far less scary than many parents believe. Response I agree with Healy.…

In this essay I will inform you about Performance Enhancing Drugs(PEDS) in sports, such as, Anabolic steroids, Human Growth Hormone(HGH), and Creatine. I will tell you about what it does to you like risks and how it is a PED. Steroids are the most common type of PEDS especially Anabolic Steroids, which are synthetic testosterone, which increases muscle mass. The risks for males are: prominent breasts, baldness, shrunken testicles, infertility, impotence, and prostate gland enlargement. Woman…

As much as most teens hate to admit it, parents typically know best, even though it may not seem like it. While there is scientific reasoning as to why teens don’t make the best decisions, many think they know better. When children start to mature and want more independence, they tend to make rash and uninformed decisions, especially with dating. While I certainly don’t want my parents to have full control over my relationships, I do think that parents should have the right to forbid teenagers…

Many babies will be crawling or finding ways of being mobile. They are also able to sit up without any support. These new movements mean that babies can explore more and also spend a little time sitting and playing. When they are mobile they can move quite fast, so this a period in which adults really need to think about safety. As well as large movements, babies are also picking up objects and handling them, and becoming more skilled at touching them. Things will get popped into the mouth so,…

about some of the things that I have learned. Here is some information that I have read in my Exploring Psychology book. First of all, adolescence is the time when a child usually starts puberty and starts to become socially independent. This is also the time when their bodies start to sexually mature. Puberty can cause their hormones to surge, intensifies their mood and triggers a series of bodily changes. Some of those changes…

Most people will agree that raising a child is hard enough as it is, but having to raise a child or children as a single parent only makes it that much harder. It does not only affect the single parent, but also the child and most of the time in a negative way. In 2012, there were 12.2 million single parents (U.S. Census Bureau). This is due to parents getting pregnant so young, getting divorced and even losing a parent due to death. Single parents are becoming more common in today’s day and age…

Should parents be held accountable for the actions of their children? Hearing about what is happening in schools all across the country, being a parent they should talk to their children more about the outcome of something bad happening, maybe not as many young teenagers would go partying, do drugs or bully someone to the point of death. Communicating with your child is probably the biggest outcome of how he or she acts. Teaching them to respect the feelings of others and having them vent their…

What distinguishes a teen from a child or an adult? Sometimes it is hard to tell. Adolescents need supervision, guidance, and structure just as children do. But they also need independence as do adults. So what makes a teen a teen? There are many qualities adolescents have that distinguishes them from both childhood and adulthood. The film The Spectacular Now can be used as a case study to explore five such characteristics. These characteristics are physical development, risk-taking over…