Self-Development

– Identify ways
that help one
become capable
and responsiblePerDev Lesson 7
adolescent
prepared for adult
How responsible are
you?

• What are the tasks that you are

entrusted to do at home? At school? At
church?
• How do you accomplish each task?
 Responsibility
• In our community, young children are
• is any moral, legal or
mental obligation or duty
that is directly or
indirectly entrusted to
you by the people around
from which you are held
accountable for whatever
consequences or
circumstance that may
arrive in the future.
not given any responsibility at all nor
held responsible for their actions or
negative thoughts. It is because they
are not yet fully grown up and cannot
understand the consequences of
their actions. As a young kid they still
must discover how to deal with the
world of an adult by carefully
undergoing the long process. This
process takes place through their day
to day experiences and/or through
formal education.
• As he/she gets older and learned
things such as principles and laws
that constitute to being responsible
for one’s own actions, he/she is
little by little taking a bulk of
responsibility on his/her shoulder.
Responsibility is part of growing up.
• This means no one can do away
with having sets of responsibility.
Out of this, we can also conclude
that being responsible is part of
every man’s life.
Why Be Capable and Responsible
Adolescent ?

• Why do we have to learn being

responsible of our own actions if this
will certainly take place as we grow
older?
• Being capable and responsible
adolescent means having a
harmonious way of living. A
person who can do his/her own
tasks and obligations will
definitely gain the appreciation of
the people around him/her. This
positive aura will lead him/her
become a responsible person.
Common responsibilities
of adolescents
• Before becoming a full-grown
responsible individual an
adolescent like you must be
familiar and have a wider
understanding on your sets of
responsibilities which have
become the norms for you to
be considered a responsible
person.
1. Show respect to elders.
2. Take care of the younger ones
3. Study well
4. Avoid engaging to bad vices
5. Establish a good identify
6. Earn the trust of the people around
7. Distinguish good company from bad
influence
8. Know yourself better
How to become capable and
responsible person in preparation for
adult life
1. Know your priority
2. Have focus
3. Be decisive
4. Work diligently
5. Don’t count at all
6. Stay humble
7. Love your duty
8. Dedicate time
Activity 1 Self-
Check
Evaluate how capable are
you with the each of the
given statements using
the scale below.
3 – Very Much Capable
2 – Slightly Capable
1 – Not capable
Guide Questions

1. To what statement/s did you give yourself the lowest rating?

The highest rating? Explain your assessment.
2. How do you find your assessment towards your capabilities?
3. How can your knowledge of your own capabilities be carried
out as you take responsibilities in the future?
Activity 2 Steps of
Becoming
Responsible
In this activity you are to
list the steps on how you
can be capable and
responsible adolescent
who is ready to face adult Guide Questions
life. Name the four most 1. What is so special with the steps you
relevant and effective have mentioned in your diagram above?
means that you have 2. How can these steps be of great help
applied in your life. Use in making you responsible and confident
the stair diagram below. adolescent facing adulthood?
Explain your concept using
the guide questions.
 You can’t escape the responsibility of
tomorrow by evading it today.

- Abraham Lincoln