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Lesson 4 - The Challenges Confronting Adolescents

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Challenges

Confronting the
Adolescents
Challenges Confronting the Adolescents

• Anxiety and Stress


• Pressure in School
• Pressure in Relationship
• Constant need to look good
• Eating Disorder
• Addiction to Social Media
Challenges Confronting the Adolescents

• Uncertainty about the future


• Depression
• Need for higher cognitive ability for decision
making
• Accountability brought about by expectations
• Shifting relationship with parents
• Substance Abuse
Possible reasons for Adolescents’ substance abuse

1. Peer Pressure
2. To look and feel “grown-up”
3. Modeling parent’s behavior
4. Curiosity
5. Boredom
6. Self-medication
7. Rebellion
8. Ignorance
9. To have fun
10.They have become addicted
Problems are always
present. Agree or
Disagree?
Life’s challenges are not supposed
to paralyze you, they’re supposed to
help you discover who you are.”

-Virginia Satir
When life puts you in tough
situations, don’t say “why me”,
just say “try me”.

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