Stages of Development

Adolescent Stages of Development

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the most important stage of human development. This stage is called as the adolescent period of life in which a person develops ego himself. And many more changed are coming in the body. So we will start from introduction to some aspects of this period of development and then there is a critical analysis of this stage proceeding towards the end of the study at the conclusion.

Introduction

Children must pass through several stages, or take specific steps, on their road to becoming adults. For most people, there are four or five such stages of growth where they learn certain things: infancy (birth to age two), early childhood (ages 3 to 8 years), later childhood (ages 9 to 12) and adolescence (ages 13 to 18). Persons 18 and over are considered adults in our society. Of course, there are some who will try to act older than their years. But, for the most part, most everybody grows in this same pattern. Parents learn much about taking care of their babies and young children. At the hospital or with the doctor, you might pick up information about what to feed them or how long they should sleep. Later, school staff may remind you about the importance of talking and reading to your young children. You can also see how your friends or relatives treat their kids. You cannot say the same thing about learning to talk with teenagers (adolescents). It seems like everyone, even teachers and neighbors, have problems understanding them. Giving up, you might turn to doing and saying the same things your parents did with you. But those were other times.

Discussion

Adolescents face a range of developmental issues. Havighurst (1952) suggested that two important areas included work ...