This is the life-stage in whereby bodies start to change completely physical growth for both boys and girls are rapid and more important, at the age children both boys and girls tend to go through puberty the process in which boys and girls start to reach a level of maturity girls and boys start to produce hormone, there are changes in girls such as breast enlargement, hips widen, pubic hair growth, they also start to menstruate and produce eggs which are produced in their ovaries, there many physical changes for boys such as penis and testes grow, grow pubic facial and underarm hair, muscle develop in chest and there shoulder broaden, they also start to produce huge larynx and begin to have a deep throat. Both boys and girls have a growth spurt produced by their hormones; this is also when they become sexually mature but the hormones that produce growth spurt hormones also produce sex hormones. it is important that the adolescence is getting to eat well to cope with the physical changes in the body. They need support from parents still, they need all the right nutrients in order to let their body grow, adolescence tend to have huge appetites they must be eating the right type of food.
emotional needs
This stage also tends to be more prone to effective mood swings this is due to the hormonal balance which is a side effect that comes with puberty they may be excited one minute and depressed the next. Usually adolescence are beginning to feel a sense of personal identity or to discover "who they are" emotional adolescence are very vulnerable especially girls who tend to be, more emotional were as boys let out their hormones by fights. Insecurity is a huge part of an adolescence emotional development which is when we develop our own personality based on any individual’s habits, hobbies and characteristics. Self awareness of adolescence can be very tricky because they tend to lead to their mood swings and so they take it on ion everyone else. Independence is a huge part of adolescence as we are starting to maintain this immaturity level of life. emotionally adolescence need a lot of emotional support they are starting to become quite fragile and so we need to make sure they are ready to handle and control this, adults have extreme mood swings mainly aimed at their parents if they don’t get their own way. and as a parent you need to be able to control it maturely.
INTEllectual needs
adolescence start to reach their level of maturity, they are starting to understand the world around them they can start to imagine their future and others around them, they are starting to solve problems like adults and some choose not to, adolescence are starting to test their own parents by "turning them off" they are starting to think they are "too cool" for there parents and they start to rebel this is an intellectual thing as they think they know more than there parents. Many adolescence start to rebel against school and don’t want to be there. We must try and make sure they are learning whilst going through this difficult stage in their life. Their needs are important school is essential we must set out rules for them so they know right and wrong.
social needs
In early adolescence children tend to do things in groups, as they mature they start to begin sexual maturity by finding partners they may start to experiment sexual intercourse, adolescence go through a stage of staying out late and rebelling against their parents, they thing they are older than they actually are, we must give them the independence they need to grow up but we also may look after them as they re still heavily financially dependent on there parents.