1. Family Studies 12 ADOLESCENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

2. Review of Yesterday’s Video  Physical Changes in Adolescence:  Emotional Changes:  Mental Changes:

3. What we think of Teenagers. Who said it? “Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

4. The popular image of teenagers: The Perception  Belligerent  Rude  Selfish and Self-absorbed  Dark or dramatic  Smelly  Messy  Unhelpful  Know-it-all  Unreasonable and uncooperative The reality  True or False?

5. The Biology of Adolescence

6. A Prominent Brain Researcher believes teenagers are genetically coded to rebel.  The earliest homo sapiens endured because they were able to adapt.  Adaptation is a result of responding differently to differing circumstances.  The adolescent brain is wired to  Challenge the status quo  Have a high tolerance for risk  Act impulsively  The theory suggests that those tribes willing to migrate when facing diminishing resources or unfavourable conditions were more likely to survive while those who could not adapt died out.

7. Other theories for why teenagers are so prickly  Hormones rage through their bloodstreams, constantly impacting their physical, mental and emotional state.  The process of pruning affects mental and emotional state.  Teens are developing their own sense of adult self, and are asserting themselves to acquire adult privilege without accepting adult responsibility

8. Neuroplasticity The ability of the brain to rewire itself. When you engage in 45 minutes of focused activity per day, 21 days in a row, you have physically altered the neural pathways in your brain.

9. What’s wrong with this picture?

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11. Exercise participation decreased  17% of students aged 12-17 met the daily activity recommendations  More older youth (aged 18 or 19) reached their guidelines  Participation in organized sports, informal sports and dance and aerobics decreased from 2008

12. Barriers to participation Most common reasons for not participating in sports or other activities:  Being too busy  Could not get there or home  Could not afford to participate  The activity was not available in their community  Worried about being bullied

13. The most significant challenge facing BC teenagers, as identified by BC teenagers…

14. Getting enough sleep

15. Mental health and sleep

16. In your learning journal Record the useful information you gained from attending today. and /or Record what you would have done differently during your own adolescence if you knew at 12 years old what you know now. and/or Does what you have learned help explain your relationships with adults. After that, follow up on missed classes this week, or do an art project for the Food Drive.

17. Next Class  Alcohol and Drug use among Adolescents