The Challenges of Middle

and Late Adolescence

CHAPTER 4
Lesson Objectives
discuss developmental tasks and challenges being experienced
during adolescence

express his or her feelings on the expectations of the

significant people around him or her (parents, siblings, friends,
teachers, community, leaders):

make affirmations that help one become more lovable and capable
as an adolescent.
How to Play 'Never Have I Ever' Game (Rules)

Get 1 sheet of Bond paper and in the front of paper

write " I HAVE" and from the back "NEVER" The
rules of Never Have I Ever are simple: Players take
turns listing potential experiences. If someone has
done the action in every question, they will raised
their paper with the written word "I HAVE", if not
they will raised "NEVER".
Are you ready?
Let's
Start................
C h e a te d o n a
test
Faked sick to miss
school.
C h e a te d o n a
partner.
 Lied to my parents
regarding my actual
grades
Bl o c ke d a friend
o n social m e d i a .
L i e d to m y parents
about where
I was going.
Stalked an ex-
partner o n
social m e d i a .
Said I loved You when
you actually didn’t
mean it.
Given someone
bad advice o n
purpose.
Stole money from your
parent’s pocket or
wallet
Pretended to be
s o m e o n e else
online.
 Blamed someone
else for s o m e t h i n g
I did.
Congratulations!
The Challenges of Middle
and Late Adolescence
CHAPTER 4
Below is a list of common challenges normal adolescents encounter.

1.Attitudes and behavior toward sexuality and

sexual relationships.

Adolescents exploring their sexuality should be able to

draw their limits in terms of sexual expressions, and should
be responsible enough to see the future results or
consequences of their behaviors. Sexual relationship is
healthy when the adolescent sees this as part of a loving
relationship as part of union and not as something that is just
for exploration or pleasure.
 2 . Academic concerns
The role of a student is the primary role of an
adolescent who is still in school. Although there are
other roles he or she may take, being a student takes
primary importance. While many adolescents become
problematic with their academic studies, what is
most important is the attitude that they need to
embrace when studying.
 3.Health and
nutrition
A healthy mind and body is what every adolescent
(and everybody else) should strive for. However,
adolescents, because of their growing bodies and
brains, are gifted with so much energy that seems
inexhaustible, resulting in abuse of one's body and
mind. Lack of sleep and poor eating habits often
result in disaster. Learn to listen to your body.
 4.Poverty
There are many stories about school
children and adolescent students who
live in far-flung areas where
infrastructure is not available and of
those who cannot afford to go school.
 5. Parents Working
Abroad
Another social phenomenon experienced by many Filipino
families today linked to poverty are parents who leave their
families to work abroad to support the needs of their
families. How many families are affected by this
phenomenon? What is the impact of an absent parent on a
child who is growing up with only one parent, or even no
parent at home? Studies are showing the social costs of this
labor migration that leaves young's vulnerable children
behind attitudes.
 6.Career choice
The adolescent who is creating identity for himself is faced with
an urgent need to identify what course to take in college and
establish career path for the future. While many private schools
provides career counseling and guidance which involves
testing and interviews, the adolescent can be more proactive by
accessing many resource materials found in the internet to help
him identify his capabilities and skils and the wide choices of work
that he can take.
 7.Relationships
Maintaining healthy relationships require a
certain level of maturity. An adolescent who
is still in the process of acquiring maturity
may often find maintaining
relationships challenging.
 8.Group belongingness
An adolescent wants to belong. While there is
an urge to be independent and autonomous from
his family and parents, there is also an urge to
seek a replacement of this support system, this
time in the form of social groupings such as
school friends, memberships in
organizations, and community.
 9. Developing or Regaining Self-Esteem
Adolescents who are creating their self-
identity should be objective and balanced when
viewing themselves. Being objective means
seeing one's self as having both strengths and
weaknesses or having positive and negative
characteristics.
10. Mental Health
There are many other challenges facing adolescents, and some
may not even be aware that they are experiencing them, like
depression. There are telltale signs of depression an adolescent
should be aware of. If you suspect that you are
experiencing depression, talk to your parents,
school guidance counselor. Be guardian, or open about it.
depression is nothing to be ashamed of. ItExperiencing
happens even to the best of
us.
 11. Values and
Beliefs
Ask a typical adolescent what he believes in or what values he
upholds. and often you get a shrug of the shoulders as a reply.
A dolescent is still developing his cognitive skill that he can use in
thinking of abstract concepts and asking critical questions. However,
if the question was rephrased to something like, "What will you
fight for or die for?" Adolescents have a quick answer, and this is
usually their family or loved ones.
The Three Filipino Adolescents
 Gregorio del Pilar ("Goyong")
("Goyong," "Boy General") was fondly called by
his family as "Goyong" and eventually referred to
fellow revolutionaries as "Boy General" for being
the youngest to be commissioned as such by the
Filipino revolutionary forces that fought the
Spaniards and the Americans. Goyong was born in
Bulacan on November 14, 1875.

He graduated from Ateneo Municipal de Manila with a degree in Bachelor of

Arts. At the age of 20, he joined the revolutionary forces against the Spaniards
headed by Bonifacio, He was killed in the Battle of lirad rass in llocos Sur
fighting the American colonialist forces. He died on December 2, 1899 at the
age of 24. ,
 Edgar Jopson
Edgar Jopson, popularly known as Edjop, was one of the most
well-known figures of the student movement, even before
Martial Law. A s President of the National Union of Students of
the Philippines (NUSP), he led his constituents to serve the
people wherever needed. These projects included finding
housing for victims of fires which had razed barrios in Ilocos
Sur during a political feud, and soliciting funds to reforest
parts of Sierra Madre after the massive floods of 1972.

In 1979, he was arrested and tortured. After ten days, he escaped, with written testimony that
detailed his physical and mental torture, as well as the names, ranks, and personalities of his
torturers. Even in prison, he was thinking how he could best contribute to the movement. In his
final years, Edjop continued to work in Mindanao, carrying a bounty of P180,000 on his
head. On September 20, 1982, Edjop was captured during a military raid in Davao City. He was
shot, taken alive for questioning, and executed for “refusing to cooperate.”
 Efren Peñaflorida
("Efren") started an Dynamic Teen Company
comprised of his fellow students to Keep
adolescents like him away from trouble when he
was just 16 years old. The organization went into
youth awareness projects, talent and self-
development activities, and community services
before it eventually discovered a way to help poor
children who could not afford to go to school.
His innovative project was termed as "pushcart classroom," also termed
locally as the "kariton classroom because they use pushcarts to carry
school supplies and books.
What are your roles
right now as a
Filipino Adolescent?
Thank
You!