Week 6

I think that last weeks “parenting styles” kind of fit into this week’s topics a little bit. This week it talked about teenage development, physically and mentally.  You might be wondering how? But I feel like as a young adult going through puberty, you never really know what you’re going to get.  And as a parent you should be there for your teenager as they go through what could be some rough changes.  Even if it is just emotional support. Of course you're going to get the typical 'uninvolved' parent, who wants to have little to do with the teens emotional needs, and with the teens body changing, as well as mood, maybe an uninvolved parent is what triggers a teenagers appearance or lash for attention? Maybe theres something behind why a teenager is obese? maybe theres a reason why a teenager is anorexic? But, as a parent, they should be trying to find the root to whats going on, instead of helping it along.

Reading the article “teens before their time” was almost scary to me. Reading that some girls start growing breast and/or pubic hair at the age of 6! I could not imagine the stress and anxiety that the parents must have letting their daughters out of their house. Let alone, the feelings of the young girl! She is too young to even begin to understand what is going on. In the book it talks about puberty, and how it can occur earlier for girls who have experienced family conflict or depression. But I couldn’t imagine how depressed a 6 year old could be, to kick start puberty. When I was 6 all I could think about was cartoons and/or toys. Its reading articles like this that scare me, about the thought of having a daughter.