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Why do you think there is a negative stigma against adolescents in the U.S.?
Talk to your parents and/ or grandparents and ask them about their experience as adolescents. You can consider expanding this into a topic for your project, but here, provide a very brief summary of some of the similarities and some of the major differences from your own experience.
Do you agree with G. Stanley Hall’s assertion that adolescence is a time of “storm and stress?” Or does the current “modified” view (see also pp. 12-13, Historical Focus box) ring more true? Refer to your own experiences with parents, mood disruptions, and behavior in adolescence as evidence for your opinion.
In your opinion, at what age do you think you are truly an adult? Where is the line between adolescence and adulthood? Is it based on a specific age, or maybe maturity in some area(s)? Why? Compare your belief with the different viewpoints expressed in the table on Slide 12 about the “Boundaries of adolescence.”
When did you first feel (or have you yet felt) like you had (have) reached adulthood? Why (or why not, if applicable)?
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Grandparents have always played an important role in family life, but over the last twenty years, many have had increased responsibility for their grandchildren due to changes and issues in families and society. The first major change is the provision of child care. Grandparents, mostly grandmothers, are the major providers of child care for preschool children, particularly for babies and toddlers, when both their parents are in the workforce. Grandparents also help parents with school-age children by picking them up from school, and by caring for them during school vacations. The second change for grandparents, and the one which is associated with more difficult issues in their own lives, is when they have to take over full responsibility for bringing up grandchildren because their parents are unable to do so, often because of drug or alcohol abuse. The relationship that grandparents have with their grandchildren can also be affected by the divorce and sometimes re-partnering of the parent generation. This paper discusses the issues involved in grandparent roles in the above circumstances and suggests ways in which service providers can support grandparents.
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