Tucked away in an old box, lies my middle school yearbook wherein the pages sits the boy who stole my heart, Kody Mars. His school pictures are now forever surrounded with big red hearts which signified my deep middle school affection for him. My friends and I would spend hours talking and planning about how I would one day become the future Mrs. Mars and planned out our happily ever after. Looking back now I realize that one, I hardly ever talked to Kody, and two, that I should probably burn those yearbooks. In adolescence, relationships play a major role in our development. In middle school adolescents start to befriend the opposite sex instead of runaway from them, and maybe eventually become more than friends.
Adolescent Romance As adolescents …show more content…
Adolescents spend between five to eight hours per week just thinking about romantic partners, whether they are actual or potential partners. (Bouchey & Furman, 2005). In middle school and high school, adolescents are surrounded by relationships that come in a variety of forms. Each relationship is different depending on the individuals within that relationship, and adolescents spend numerous amounts of hours learning and observing through or from the relationships they interact with every day. There are times when adolescents are even trying to figure out whether or not they simply have a friendship with a member of the opposite sex or if it is a romantic relationship. (Shulman & Seiffge-Krenke, 2001). This is a hard time in their life because their hormones are raging, and they are emotional tinderboxes. When a relationship does end, it is one of the strongest predictors of depression, multiple-victim killings, and suicide attempts and completions among adolescents. (Bouchey & Furman, 2005). This may have to do with the attachment one has to their significant other and the security they felt in the relationship that has now vanished. There are both pros and cons when it comes to dating during adolescence, but in adolescent’s romantic involvement are thought to help and influence the adolescent’s intimacy and identity development. (Bouchey & Furman, 2005). Adolescents are able to learn many life lesson from the relationships that they are surrounded by or may be involved in during their
Adolescent Romance As adolescents …show more content…
Adolescents spend between five to eight hours per week just thinking about romantic partners, whether they are actual or potential partners. (Bouchey & Furman, 2005). In middle school and high school, adolescents are surrounded by relationships that come in a variety of forms. Each relationship is different depending on the individuals within that relationship, and adolescents spend numerous amounts of hours learning and observing through or from the relationships they interact with every day. There are times when adolescents are even trying to figure out whether or not they simply have a friendship with a member of the opposite sex or if it is a romantic relationship. (Shulman & Seiffge-Krenke, 2001). This is a hard time in their life because their hormones are raging, and they are emotional tinderboxes. When a relationship does end, it is one of the strongest predictors of depression, multiple-victim killings, and suicide attempts and completions among adolescents. (Bouchey & Furman, 2005). This may have to do with the attachment one has to their significant other and the security they felt in the relationship that has now vanished. There are both pros and cons when it comes to dating during adolescence, but in adolescent’s romantic involvement are thought to help and influence the adolescent’s intimacy and identity development. (Bouchey & Furman, 2005). Adolescents are able to learn many life lesson from the relationships that they are surrounded by or may be involved in during their