Adolescence is a time of physical and emotional changes as well as identity formation. Forming an identity is one of the most important tasks of adolescence. The process often involves experiencing relationships, successes, failures, emotions and evaluating one's reactions. Allowing teenagers to go through these experiences in a natural way, while providing support, helps them understand their strengths and weaknesses to form a sense of self that guides them into adulthood. Memories from the teenage years can later help people assess what they can handle based on understanding their identity.

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Adolescence is the time between
childhood and adulthood when
everything seems, for lack of a better
word, confusing. The transition is
often a bumpy one, characterized by
huge physical changes and even
bigger emotional ones. One of the
most important things a person can
do during adolescence is nd himself.
The importance of identity formation
in human development cannot be
emphasized enough. In fact, for a
huge number of people, the process
of forming an identity continues well
into adulthood. The foundations
though of their identities can be found
in childhood and adolescence.
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The natural way of forming an identity
is rooted in experience. Adolescents
should be allowed to go through the
good and bad of teenage life, from
falling in love to heartbreak, to being
bullied to winning a big competition.
This way, teenagers can see how
strong and fragile they really are and
can have a sense of who they are
when faced with extreme emotions.
It is also very important that
adolescents don’t go through all these
alone. This bit of advice is
recommended to families and friends
since there will be times that teens will
and do feel alone.
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In order to form their identities,
adolescents should be allowed to

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evaluate themselves and how they
react to each experience. This will
serve as a guide when they get older,
and when they face more serious
situations in life. What they
remember from their teens will help
people gauge what they are or aren’t
prepared to do based on who they
really are.
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