The Teen Years

Chapter 22

Changes During the Teen Years

The basis of healthy relationships with others rests on how you feel about yourself. Self-image is the way you see and feel about yourself.

A person with a positive self-image usually accepts responsibility for his/her actions and is open to learning new things.

Building Your FuturePlanning for the future is

important.◦Purpose◦Direction

Each decision you make has its consequences, the results or effects of your actions.◦Making responsible decisions is as

important as setting goals.Define your values.

◦Values are beliefs and ideas about what is important. What is right, good, and desirable?

Learned from family, friends, school, religion, and others you admire.

Building Your FutureLife skills are abilities you can learn that

will help you live a successful life.◦ You are currently learning how to define your

values, set goals, and make good decisions. The more good decisions you make, the easier it is to

make a good decision the next time.

◦You are also learning how to develop healthy relationship and dating skills. Social skills - Respect yourself and others - Using

refusal skills to avoid risk behaviors

◦Refusal Skills (S.T.O.P.) Say no in a firm voice. Tell why not. Offer another idea. Promptly leave.

Your Changing BodyAdolescence is the stage of life

between childhood and adulthood.◦Begins between age 12-15◦This is a time of great growth and change.

Hormones are chemical substances produced in certain glands in the body.◦The release of the hormones and the

resulting changes prepare your body for adulthood.

◦The affects are physical, mental, emotional, and social.

◦Talk to a trusted adult if you are concerned or confused.