MODULE 4:

The Challenges of Middle and Late Adolescence

Objectives:
At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. discuss how facing the challenges during adolescence, you may

able to clarify and manage the demands of teen years,
2. express your feelings on the expectations of the significant people
around you, such as your parents, siblings, friends, teachers,
community leaders, and
3. make affirmations that help you become more lovable and
capable as an adolescent.

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.

Unsuccessful people are always asking: “What’s in it for me?” – Brian Tracy

Activity 1: Role Play on Challenges of Middle Adolescence

1. Plan a role play on a specific situation in which a

developmental challenge of middle adolescence is seen in
your everyday living by a short video presentation.

2. Practice your role play with a member of a family,

relatives or housemates.

3. Send the copy of your video via Google Classroom

 Topic 1 THE PASSAGE TO ADULTHOOD: CHALLENGES OF LATE ADOLESCENCE

Physical Development

 Most girls have completed the physical changes related to puberty by

age 15.
 Boys are still maturing and gaining strength, muscle mass, and height
and are completing the development of sexual traits.

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Emotional Development

 May stress over school and test scores.

 Is self-involved (may have high expectations and low self-concept).
 Seeks privacy and time alone.
 Is concerned about physical and sexual attractiveness.
 May complain that parents prevent him or her from doing things
independently.
 Starts to want both physical and emotional intimacy in relationships.
 The experience of intimate partnerships
 Social Development

 shifts in relationship with parents from dependency and subordination to

one
 that reflects the adolescent’s increasing maturity and responsibilities in
the
 family and the community,
 Is more and more aware of social behaviors of friends.
 Seeks friends that share the same beliefs, values, and interests.
 Friends become more important.
 Starts to have more intellectual interests.
 Explores romantic and sexual behaviors with others.
  May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors (alcohol, tobacco,

Mental Development

 Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms of the future.
 Has a better understanding of complex problems and issues.
 Starts to develop moral ideals and to select role models.

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 Topic 2: THE POWER OF PERSONAL DECLARATIONS
by Dr. Emily De Carlo

So often we accept the declarations that others have made concerning our own lives, well-being or
fate. It is imperative that we recognize that in order to achieve what we want in life, we must not
give our power away to others by accepting their declarations concerning our affairs. When one
decides that he or she will boldly declare good fortune, wellness, joy, etc. relative to his or her
life, all of heaven will break loose! Goodness and mercy shall surely follow.

From birth, we are often told what we are going to be. Sometimes, this is a good thing, but
suppose you have been told time and time again that "you will not amount to anything just like
your mother or father"? This is a dangerous declaration because it sets into motion the
actualization of an unwanted occurrence. All of us want to amount to something! In order to
counteract this and all of the negative declarations with their destructive potential, one must
consciously replace them with one's own declarations. In so doing, you are now in control of
setting into action what you really want to occur. You can declare that goodness and mercy shall
surely follow you all the days of your life!

The following are some declarations that you may want to make concerning your life:

I declare:
that I am totally free of all addictions.
that I will survive any attempts of others to control my life.
that I am free in my mind, body, and emotions.
that I am free to set goals and reach them.
that I am a loving individual with the capacity to give love.
that I am a child of God with all rights and privileges thereof.
that I will contribute to the welfare of others.
that I will be an ambassador of goodwill to all I meet on the journey.
that I will be a good example for others to follow.
that I will help all that I can to reach their goals.
that I will speak words of encouragement to others.
that I will find the goodness in life and focus on it.
that I will not succumb to the negative influences of others.
that I will read the information that will encourage my personal,and spiritual
growth.
that I will commit to being the best I can be.
These declarations are meant to encourage you to take control of the influences in your life. They are
suggestions as to what positive things you can speak about your own life instead of accepting whatever
has been said about you in the past. You now have the authority to plant the seeds of love,
encouragement and victory in your garden, thereby crowding out the weeds of negativity that may
already have taken root! Just as in a garden, you may have to pull and pull until you get some weeds out.
Sometimes, the negative comments and declarations of others have taken such a stronghold in our lives,
that we must persist until we see the bough not only fall, but break into pieces. Don't be discouraged if
you don't reach your goals overnight. Just remember that even a small stream of water will crack
concrete eventually!

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Activity 2: Slogan or Personal Declaration on Being Happy

1. Read the essay on “Being Happy”.

2. Choose a phrase, sentence, or paragraph that strikes you.

3. Make a slogan, layout or personal declaration on how you can be committed to your self-
development.

4. Explain your thoughts and feelings about it. Include specific ways in which you will develop
yourself further.

Example:
 BEING HAPPY
You may have defects, be anxious and sometimes live irritated, but do not forget
that your life is the greatest enterprise in the world. Only you can prevent it
from going into decadence. There are many that need you, admire you and love
you.

I would like to remind you that being happy is not having a sky without storms,
or roads without accidents, or work without fatigue, or relationships without
disappointments. Being happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in one’s
battles, security at the stage of fear, love in disagreements.

Being happy is not only to treasure the smile, but that you also reflect on the
sadness. It is not just commemorating the event, but also learning lessons in
failures. It is not just having joy with the applause, but also having joy in
anonymity. Being happy is to recognize that it is worthwhile to live, despite all
the challenges, misunderstandings and times of crises.

Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel
towards it with your own being. Being happy is to stop being a victim of
problems but become an actor in history itself. It is not only to cross the deserts
outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the recesses of
our soul. It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life.

Being happy is not being afraid of one's feelings. It is to know how to talk about
ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a "no". It is to have the
security to receive criticism, even if is unfair. It is to kiss the children, pamper
the parents, have poetic moments with friends, even if they have hurt us.

Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each of us
to live; having the maturity to say, "I was wrong"; having the audacity to say,
"forgive me". It is to have sensitivity in expressing, "I need you"; to have the
ability of saying, "I love you." So that your life becomes a garden full of
opportunities for being happy...

In your spring-time, may you become a lover of joy. In your winter, may you
become a friend of wisdom. And when you go wrong along the way, you start all
over again. Thus you will be more passionate about life. And you will find that
happiness is not about having a perfect life but about using tears to water
tolerance, losses to refine patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate
pleasure, obstacles to open the windows of intelligence. Never give up ...

Never give up on the people you love. Never give up from being happy because
life is an incredible show. And you are a special human being!

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Put your slogan, layout or personal declaration in the space provided

Write a brief explanation, thoughts or feelings about your output.

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Activity 3: Quiz
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer from the choices given in the box. Write your answer in the space provided
before the number.

A. Physical Development C. Social Development

B. Emotional Development D. Mental Development

______1. Starts to develop moral ideals and to select role models.

______2. Most girls have completed the physical changes related to puberty by age 15.
______3. Seeks privacy and time alone.
______4. Is more and more aware of social behaviors of friends.
______5. May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors (alcohol, tobacco, sex).
______6. Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms of the future.
______7. Boys are still maturing and gaining strength, muscle mass, and height and are completing
the development of sexual traits.
______8. Friends become more important.
______9. Has a better understanding of complex problems and issues.
______10. The experience of intimate partnerships