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Forming Your Own Identity


            Most children go through many changes when they reach adolescence. They go through puberty, which is a period when human beings change physically and socially. During this stage, they also form their own identity. These are just a few things that make adolescence a crucial period in human development.
             During this stage, there are many significant physical changes. For girls, breasts grow, pubic hair grows, and menstruation and ovulation begins. For boys, testes and penis enlarge, great deal of hair growth, and voice deepens. These are only a few changes listed. They become curious in the opposite sex. Girls often find it embarrassing when they go through puberty early, it is because their friends might not have breast buds appearing. They think why they look so different from others, they don~{!/~}t realize sooner or later they will all go through puberty and have breast buds appearing and pubic hair growing. Learning is also a big aspect during adolescence. Some of these problems may affect their self-esteem, they worry about their capability and respect from others. Children who come from single parent family or have parents that are unemployed have more problems to adapt to adolescence. They learn about the differences between both sex, and knowledge. It is because this stage is where their brains develop the most and the fastest. They spend most of the time learning not only learning academic things, but also communication with others and find out more about themselves. Teenagers who go through puberty early have a higher chance to become the leader of their group. This might affects their social interactions.
             Social interaction is considered one of the most important things in adolescence. In this period, teenagers learn how to interact with others, make friends and develop communication skills. Adolescence, out of a human's life span, is the period in which people find it easiest to make friends, because most of the teenagers have the same interest and they are more easy-going.


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