Development Process of Premature and Late Adolescence Adolescence is the physical and mental growth from childhood to adulthood. This change can derive from psychological, social and biological modifications. Although it is assumed that teenagers range from 13 to 19, the transformation to adulthood is different for everyone depending largely on how and where they were raised. Among different continents, countries and even within the United States, people hold a different idea of when teenagers become an adult and assume rights and privileges that only adults have such as sexual relationships, driving, voting, drinking and getting a job. Compared to the various stages of infancy and childhood, the adolescent stages are supplied with amplified stages of confidentiality and lessened amounts of parental guidance.
Premature Adolescence The early adolescence stage is composed of children from 10 to 14 years of age. Children begin this stage when the hormones in their bodies reach advanced levels and begin puberty. Children in this stage make judgments based on the friends they have made various activities they have decided to participate in. Premature adolescence appears to be mostly about self rule and private inclinations towards the outside world.
Late Adolescence The late adolescence stage is found in children from 15 to 18 years of age. Children in this stage are adept at creating self assessments and typically do not seek higher counsel due to a desire to be self sufficient.
Physical Development During both early and late adolescence, boys and girls go through various physical changes along with all the mental and emotional changes. Girls typically have a more advanced rate of physical expansion than boys. Girls will begin to grow hair in their pubic region and their underarm and may begin menstruating (Center for Disease Control, 2005). They also go