Puberty Essay

Paper 2: Adolescence Adolescence is a time of transition in which teenagers need support, opportunities, and a focus (Lester, 2016). In episode eight of the television show Freeks and Geeks called “Girlfriends and Boyfriends”, Lindsay Weir, the main character, is progressing from middle childhood to adulthood, going through the stage of adolescence and beginning to have a relationship with one of her peers, Nick. The impact of the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional forces, in addition her…

There are five different stages of development that I have gone through. The stages are prenatal, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. The stage of development that I am currently in is early adulthood. I am still at the beginning of early adulthood. Adolescence also includes three stages within it, early adolescence, middle adolescence, and late adolescence. Prenatal development is the period from conception to birth. When my mom was pregnant with me…

Fathers Benefit Kids Does the presence of a father contribute to the healthy development of his children? The article Even Sometimes Dads Confer Big Time Benefits on Kids covers the claim on how fathers who bounce in and out of a child’s life is better than not having a father whatsoever. The primary researcher from the University of Houston, Daphne Hernandez, presents her insight into the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth analysis. Hernandez and her colleagues’ purpose of the analysis…

Recently I was watching Beyond Scared Straight, a show that broadcasts a juvenile crime prevention program that takes place in prisons around the U.S. In this episode a 17-year-old boy, Jerahn, was facing up to 35 years in jail for credit card fraud. Many would agree and say yes that this boy being nearly an adult should be mindful of his own actions and deserves his sentence. While others,like myself, believe that he should receive a less severe punishment and not be tried as an adult. Each…

named Harry Kleinfelter, working in a general hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, documented abnormal symptoms in males that had not been cited before. Dr. Kleinfelter was treating males suffering from undersized testicles, gynecomastia, incomplete puberty, reduced body and facial hair, as well as other sexual developmental issues such as infertility, hypospadias, and cryptorchidism. The condition was named Kleinfelter’s Syndrome, though what brought about these symptoms was still unknown. It was…

Lipstick and Lead Poisoning Throughout history many unhealthy substances, including lead, have been used as ingredients during the various times in the history of makeup. Modern day cosmetics are more controlled, regulated and their ingredients and the potential side effects are more fully understood. However, recent research by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicate that there are approximately 400+ best-selling lipsticks on the market today that…

1. The major physical development changes for adolescence are puberty, the brain, and adolescent sexuality. Puberty changes relate with sexual maturation, height, weight, and hormonal changes. The brain changes in a bottom-up, top-down sequence with sensory, appetitive, sexual, sensation-seeking, and higher-level brain linkages. Adolescent sexuality changes relate with developing a sexual identity and sexual behaviors. 3. Maturing early or late can be a good or bad thing. Maturing early can be…

Giedd of the National Institute of Mental Health, explains that it was an erroneous belief that the only great growth spurt of the brain occurs between birth and 18 months, when in fact, there is a second significant surge in brain growth just before puberty. The part of the brain that uses judgement is not yet developed, meanwhile, the hormones and emotional part of the brain are experiencing a “growth spurt” in of itself. This could explain the risky behaviors that teenagers are notorious…

Oily skin: how I dealt with it Oily skin: the one thing in life that seemed impossible to get rid of when I was a young teenage boy entering the awkward stages of puberty. And it didn’t help that I fitted the ‘oily skin’ criteria: Asian? Check. Lives on the equator? Check. Going through puberty? Check. Screwed? Check. It plagued my life no matter what I was doing. Whenever I woke up, my face was drenched in oil and if you managed to touch it you would notice how briskly your fingers slid off…

I.Decision: Adolescents frequently need guidance on their progression to adulthood. The developmental changes which they undergo can often be challenging. Adolescents are often influenced by their social circumstances, and need guidance from others to know what to do in certain situations. Circumstances are vital to understanding when and where it is a good place to stop a discussion about the adolescents sexual and physical changes which they are going through. I would propose that…