Challenges in Adolescence Reflection

Reflect on the following questions based on your teenage years. Respond to the questions at your comfort level. Your responses will not be submitted with your assignment.

• What type of music did you listen to? Rap and R&B. Did it have an influence on your personality? No

• What type of relationship did you have with your parents or guardians? I had a great relation with my Mother; she was a little more like a friend a person I could talk to. My step Father was the disciplinarian of our home but spoiled me a little because I was the only girl in the house.

• What were your interests and hobbies in life?No hobbies but I was interested in making money I was a manager at McDonald's at the age of 15.

• Did you feel that adults considered your thoughts and feelings? Did they take you seriously? I do believe that the adults in my life considered my thoughts and feelingsand did take me seriously at times.

• How well did you fit in with your peers? I was pretty much the live of the party. All the people that I hung out with hung at my house because my mom and dad were so cool.

• Where or from whom did you learn about sex? I learned about sex from talking to my friends. Most of them were having sex at the age 13 and 14, however I did not start until 16.

• What were your comfortable feelings about your body? Didn't really like my body back when I was a teenager because I felt like I was so skinny to where I got the nick name Slim. Back then the boys did not like skinny girls with no body.

• What embarrassed you? When a boy would tell me they liked me.

• How did you do in school? I did okay in school in my average was between a B- and a C+, was a little talkative in school when I was around my friends. Seem to want to talk more than do my school work.

• What did you want to be when you grew up? Didn't really know back then all I knew is that I was going to help children that needed me.

• Did you have troubled areas that reoccurred? None

Write a 350- to 700-word self-analysis based on your answers. Include the following:

• Describe two to three challenges you experienced as an adolescent.

• Why do you consider these experiences developmental challenges?

• Which areas of development were affected by these challenges?

• How can identifying these challenges influence your effectiveness as a counselor?