The document discusses problems faced by adolescents including physical changes, psychological issues, educational challenges, social development difficulties, and communication problems. It outlines Erik Erikson's stages of development and notes issues like identity crisis, peer pressure, and low self-esteem. The document also provides remedies like social and emotional development through group activities, imparting proper sex education, using modern teaching methods, and organizing physical exercise.

1. Problems of Adolescents

2. Adolescence
 Adolescere- to grow up
 A transitional stage of physical and
mental human development occurring
between puberty and legal adulthood
characterized as beginning and
ending with the teenage stage.

3. According to Erik Erickson’s Stage of
Development
 An adolescent is a person between the ages of
13 to 19.
 Early- 9-13 yrs(dev. Of secondary sex.
characteristics)
 Mid - 14-15 yrs ( Separate identity from
parents, new relationship with peer groups and
the opposite sex)
 Late – 16-19 yrs (similar to adults & distinct
identity and have well formed opinion & ideas )

4. Problem with Parenting
Overprotection
• Age
inappropriate
care
• Use infantile
pet name
• No guidance
• Trying to
satisfy all
demands
Critical
Comments
• Using abusing
words
• Non verbal
negative
expressions
• Labeling
negatively
• Faulty
categorization
Hostility
• Severe
Punishment

5. Problem with Parenting
Neglect
• Lack of
concern
• Ignoring
child’s
emotional and
physical
needs
Faulty
comparison
• Sibling
comparison in
terms of their
ability,
attachment,
ideas, beliefs,
comparison
with their own
friends or
neighbours of
same age.
Faulty family
environment
• Frequent
quarrels
• Aggressive
relations
• High
expressed
emotions

6. Physical Changes
 Primary sex. Change- Reproductive organs
 Secondary Sex. Change- Fat, Hair growth,
voice change
 Girls- 12 years
 Hormone-, Estrogen & progestrone
Reproductive cycle
 Boys- 14 years
 Hormone- Testosterone

7. Physical Problems
 Pimples, facial deformities etc.
 Over weight and underweight
 Struggle to control Libido- Masturbation
 Sexual fantasies
 Homo/hetero sexual experiments decide sexual
identity
 Wrong relationship with opposite sex/same
sex/wrong company
 Child abuse
 Internet /mobile addiction
 Excessive TV watching/pornograghy /blue film
 Pre mentrual tension
 Opposite sex shyness

8. Psychological Problems
 Thought disorder
 Inferiority/ Superiority complex about
skin colour, beauty, mental ability and
IQ.
 Perceptional, communicational
complications about teachers and
parents
 Guilt feeling, Unrealistic and illogical
curiosity about sex and related issues.
 Inexplicable perceptions about dress
and fashion codes

9. Educational Problems
 Learning disability- writing, reading,
mathematical, coordination
 Tensions of attending the classes, examination
and tests
 Fear about failure in examination
 Fear about low score
 Fear and concern about a future career
 Misconceptions about teachers

10. Moral Problems
 Focusing on rules and fairness
 Refrain moral belief of parents
 Hero worshipping
 Altruism दूसरों का उपकार करने का
ससद्धान्त

11. Emotional Problems
 Mood disorder
 Unpredictable emotionally, are sensitive and
prone to outbursts
 Are vulnerable to emotional pleas and can be
easily manipulated
 Exhibit an increasing capacity for empathy
 Experience increasing sexual feeling may engage
in sexual behaviour without realizing
consequence
◦ Acquisition of bad habits(peer group induced) बुरी
आदतों का अधधग्रहण (सहकर्मी सर्मूह प्रेररत)
◦ Pregnancy and abortion गर्ाावस्था और गर्ापात

12.  Anxiety disorder
 Stress
 Adjustment disorder
 Depression
 ADHD
 Excessive day dreaming
 Teacher phobia
 Risk taking behaviour जोखिर्म लेने का व्यवहार
 Violence हहिंसा
 Accident दुर्ाटना
 Homicide र्मानव हत्या
 Suicide आत्र्महत्या
 Hyper active, lethargic, aggressiveness or
withdrawal

13. Social /interpersonal development
 Identity crisis- Who am I? पहचान का सिंकट- र्मैं
कौन हूिं?
 Identity versus Role confusion पहचान बनार्म र्ूसर्मका भ्रर्म
 Peer pressure साधथयों का दबाव
 Low Self Esteem कर्म आत्र्म सम्र्मान
 Negative Self Concept नकारात्र्मक स्व
सिंकल्पना
 Experience a shift in dependence on family
to dependence on peers
 Exhibit desire for independence
 Able to critically compare parents with others
 Intense closeness with brothers/sisters,

14. • name-calling, insulting, threatening, mocking,
intimidating, and taunting
Verbal
bullying
• physical act like hitting, shoving, kicking, and
destroying or stealing property.
Physical
bullying
• insult, harass, spread rumors on cell phones,
instant messaging, YouTube, social
networking, e-mail, chat rooms, blogs
Cyber
bullying
• crude comment about a girl's body while a girl
might spread rumors about another girl's
sexual activity
Sexual
bullying
• prejudices over different races, religions, or
sexual orientations
Prejudicial
bullying

15. Communication Problems in India
 Misleading and misguiding parents,
teachers, friends, brother/sisters.
 Half informed or ill-informed friends, brothers
and sisters
 Wrongful messages depicted through TV
serials, advertisements, films.
 Publications carrying partially or fully false
informations.

16. Economic Independence
 Money from parents for personal
expense is a major problem.

17. Emanicipation
 The individual hates control of the
parents. He seeks identity to himself.

18. Remedies

19. Social Development
 Knowledge of social relations and art of
group living
 Group activities may be organized
 Imparting of right and rational attitude
towards democracy in the school
atmosphere to develop the philosophy of life.

20. Emotional Development
 The teacher should pay due regard to the
personality of every child.
 The teacher should try to sublimate the
lower emotions of the child.
 A healthy emotional atmosphere should be
maintained in the school.
 The teacher should try to avoid frustration
among the adolescents.
 Imparting of proper knowledge of sex.

21.  The school should provide ample
opportunities to the children to express
themselves properly.
 Co curricular activities, scouting student
self- government and changed methods
of instruction can go a long way in
enabling the adolescent to adjust him
with the world.

22. Mental Development
 Modern methods of teaching should be used
to teach various subjects.
 Necessary guidance should also be given.
 Responsibilities should be entrusted to
adolescents to develop a feeling of
responsibilities in them.
 Ability and aptitude of the pupils are to be
considered
 Excursions may be organized.

23. Physical development
 Teachers should organize various types
of physical exercises, sports and games.
 By imparting a proper knowledge about
physical and health education.
 By organizing various types of
extracurricular activities.
 The school should supply right kind of
information regarding sex at this stage.

24. What is the role of adolecents
 Understand your parents
 Their mood
 Their struggle
 Their expectation
 Your relationship with them
 How can you help them?