Assignment 2: Transitioning to Young Adulthood

Posted: May 5th, 2020

Transitioning to Young Adulthood
Discussion Assignment
Assignment 2: Transitioning to Young Adulthood

“The children of today now love luxury. They have bad manners. They show disrespect to adults, and love to talk, rather than work or exercise. They contradict their parents, chatter in front of company, gobble down their food at the table, and intimidate their teachers.” —Socrates

Would it surprise you to learn that this quote is attributed to Socrates (469-399 B.C.)? As children grow through middle childhood and into adolescence, they assert their autonomy more and more, becoming less likely to conform with parental influence as they form their own identities. Review the stages of development covered in this course (including cognitive, socioemotional, and physical) and the main concepts you have learned in this module, including autonomy, identity formation, and relationships.

What have you learned about development during adolescence that might explain how this quote can apply to modern day adolescents, as well as those who lived centuries ago?
Although there might be general similarities, are there some differences that modern-day parents need to consider as well?
What advice might you give a modern-day parent for relating to his or her teen, based on what you have learned?
Based on your readings for this course, do you think research on development supports adolescence as a time of turmoil, identity formation, and/or peer pressure?
Remember to support your responses.
Write your initial response in 4-5 paragraphs. Support your statements with citations from your text, online notes and other scholarly sources. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Physical development in young adulthood has characteristics of variation in growth patterns. The variation may be due to genetic, hormones, nutrition, environment or gender. The most important aspects of physical development at this stage include the development of the brain and nervous systems, health issues as well as gross and fine motor skills.
The cognitive development domain entails the ability to reason, memory capacity as well as language and intellectual development. It is characterized by a gradual rise in logical reasoning, memory awareness and learning strategies and consolidation of vital academic skills such as computing (Fritscher, 2017).
The socioemotional development domain impacts the interpersonal understanding, ethical and moral development and keeping close relationships. The group tends to spend minimum time under the parental supervision and more time with their peers.
I have learnt that during adolescence, behavior is more often governed by centers of emotions rather than centers of thinking of the brain, more so in the presence of peers and situations of high arousal.
The modern day parents must consider the effect of technology on the development of the young youth since technology exposes them to a lot of information that would affect their development differently from the olden days. Parents must be advised to monitor their teens with care, understand their environment and needs so as to be able to handle them successfully (Zembar & Blume, 2010).
Research on development has great support on adolescence since it enhances the understanding of dynamics involved in adolescence development which is in turn vital for effective handling and transactions of parental care.
References
Fritscher, L. (2017). Physical & Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood. Retrieved from http://oureverydaylife.com/physical-cognitive-development-middle-childhood-3774.html
Zembar, M.J. & Blume, L.B. (2010). Developmental Milestones in Middle Childhood. Retrieved from https://www.education.com/reference/article/developmental-milestones-middle-childhood/