...Stages of life: Childhood and adulthood. BY: Laura Geraldine Ramirez. Definitions of life stages can be found in Greek literature from the time of Socrates and Plato. These descriptions are based on the changes and behaviors which humans have during life. Basically, a stage of life is a period of time when people suffer a big physically change and in their mind as well. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences between two stages of life: Childhood and adulthood. Childhood and adulthood are two important ages of a person; however, some people decide to define one of them as the best stage of their life, depends on these fourth main aspects which make each one totally different to the other: physical appearance, cognitive development, the interaction with others, and the way of they view the world around them. Children and adults share some main characteristics which defined them as humans, but one of the most notable differences between a child and an adult is the physical appearance. Children development depends by the age, and the conditions that the little boy has. Also, children do not care about their physical appearance. For example they do not think about the effect of diet on health. In contrast, adults always want to be perfect and want to belong to the stereotypes created by society: a symmetrical face, a slender body, a perfect teeth and be fashionable. The second aspect to consider is the cognitive development...
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...period of change and exploration. The goal of emerging adulthood is to emerge from the chrysalis of adolescence and transform into an adult. There are beneficial results as well as negative impacts of this developmental stage. A beneficial result of emerging adulthood is the gained understanding of how to manage one’s emotions. This can be as simple as learning to control angry outbursts or disappointment with ease. This is beneficial because it demonstrates the transition between a child and a grown adult. Emotional development is a major beneficial result from emerging adulthood. Furthermore, this developmental stage encourages and aides the change from dependence upon parents to the independence that is typical of adults. This independence is beneficial because it prepares the emerging adult for their future autonomously from their parents. Currently society has labeled these emerging adults as the “Me Generation” because they are more self-focused. Furthermore, they have a sense of entitlement. “We're seeing an epidemic of people who are having a hard time making the transition to work — kids who had too much success early in life and who've become accustomed to instant gratification," says Dr. Mel Levine, a pediatrics professor at the University of North Carolina Medical School and author of a book on the topic called Ready or Not, Here Life Comes”. (IRVINE, 2005). Ms. Irvine goes on to explain that this generation has developed a sense of entitlement because of the increased...
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...of growing into an adult. Holden deals with all the struggles of a teenage boy while he deals with the death of his younger brother. Holden is angry at his death and blames his parents and other adults. Therefore, he is petrified at the thought of growing up, because he does not want to be like those adults he considers flawed and phony. As a result, he does not carry out the responsibilities of a boy his age, but watches adults and explores adult behaviors in his struggle to grow up. Because Holden continues to fail in his battle to gain maturity, he looks to his future as an adult and becomes petrified at the thought of becoming one of them. Consequently, he tries to stay young to avoid the process of becoming an adult. He is obsessed with childhood and is wedged between a world of the innocence of children and the complex world of adulthood. Holden is stuck at a crossroads where he must choose what he wants to do. But since he is becoming older everyday it becomes evident to Holden that he will soon fall into the same status as adults and be forced to make the same compromises that they do. Holden is told that "life is a game" and that he must suck up to people and listen to authority if he ever plans to be successful in life. Holden does not want to take responsibility to communicate with others that want to help him. For example, When Dr. Thurmer, tries to help Holden by explaining why he was being put out of school Thurmer tells him that "life is a game" and that...
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...LIFE STAGES: | Life stages: | Physical: | Intellectual: | Emotional: | Social development: | Conception: | Conception is the beginning of the human life. A fertile woman averagely produces one egg cell each month , roughly down from the ovary ,and along the fallopian tubes towards the uterus. If you having sex whilst the egg is in the tube there is a possibility for conception for a another life to be formed. | Not even movement. | There is no intellectual what so ever the brain haven’t even formed yet | The embryo doesn’t well feelings like being sad or happy or angry haven’t come to the stage of feelings development | The embryo has no social development at all because the bay has no proper development. | Pregnancy: | The egg and sperm meet and make an embryo .The beginning of the three weeks after conception marks the start of the embryonic period. After two or three days there are enough new cells to make the fertilised egg the size of a pin head . This collection of cells travels to the lining of the uterus where it becomes anchored .The developing collection is now called an embryo. Its attached to the wall of the uterus by a placenta. Once the embryo is attached to the uterus wall, a chemical signal stops the woman from having another menstrual period. | At stage layers of cells from which all the baby organs and Body parts will develop. In the second month the baby is now as big as a kidney and is constantly moving .After eight weeks ,the embryo may have...
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...Putting young adults who committed severe crime in to the jail should not be mandatory. There has been a lot of cases where young adults commit severe crime and put in to the adult jail. Young adult criminals shouldn’t be considered as an adult when they commit crime because they are not mentally fully grown up. Instead of putting young adults to the jail, they should be dealt with specialist to work to their success of rehabilitation. However, there might be people who disagree with this because crime is crime and the youth who commits crime probably won’t understand how bad jail life is due to their lack of knowledge but if they experience the intensity of jail life, they will understand that the life in jail is very harsh and won’t commit...
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...What happened to childhood? “If children survived to age 7, their recognized life began, more or less as miniature adults. Childhood was already over.”(Postman, 383) During the middle ages, a young person was simply seen as a small adult. No distinction existed between adult and child, examples of this can be seen in paintings of the time were children were depicted the same as adults, just smaller versions. Then, with the invention of the printing press, came many changes to European society as a whole. “European culture became a reading culture.”(Postman, 383) The fact that people could now read led to the lessening of the Church’s authority, it led to the rapid growth of science and technology, and it also, very importantly, led to a newfound idea of childhood. Now, in order to truly be considered an adult, one had to be literate, one had to know how to read the bible and novels. One of the greatest effects the printing press had on European society was that now children were supposed to go to school to learn how to read. This marked one of the first separations of young people from adults, they would go to school in order to learn how to become an adult. No longer were young people thrust into adulthood at the age of 7. Now, the world started to develop a process of becoming an adult, “We began, in short, to see human development as a series of changes, with childhood as a bridge between infancy and adulthood.”(Postman, 384) Then a few centuries later came the television...
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...violence in the schools probably because of time constraints on the part of the “working parent” or maybe because parents look at the event as “petty”. In reality, cases of bullying and other forms of violence in schools should be viewed not just a “school” problem but as a “societal” problem. Bullying is now the number one non-academic issue that most educators face, and is one of the top concerns of many parents. Bullying that happened during childhood has a great impact on an individual’s adult life. The idea that childhood bullying is not at all confined to childhood is becoming clearer and clearer as researchers follow affected kids throughout the years, peeking into their lives as adults. One study, for example, showed that kids who play the roles of bullies and victims grow up to have more mental health problems in adulthood – anxiety disorder, depression, panic disorder, and suicidal behavior. Now, the same team has extended their work, illustrating the many areas of adult life that can suffer as an apparent result of childhood bullying. It turns out that not only do bullied kids have more psychological problems, but they have problems in just about every other area as well – physical health, social relationships, education, and even employment. This...
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...I like the idea of calling them "emerging adults". As Simmons writes, "The title defines people by what's going on in their development as people, rather than defining them by age, marital status, or place at church" (11). I used to call this age group "young professionals", but then realized that not all of them fit in this category. It is true that even as we continue to get developed later in life, the most crucial developmental phase happens in our twenties. And the name "emerging adults" reflects the time where people are "well on their way to being fully adult but are not quite there yet" (11). All three video provide genuine examples of Biblical Witness, and all ideas in the videos can be effective in bringing God's love to people...
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...parents. She grew up in an upper class neighborhood in Greenwich where money wasn’t an option for luxury. Both her parents are still alive and a fixture in the social life like Donald Trump. When I asked Paige about what influences her path and becoming an adult, she answered with angelic smile that life experience and her environment forces her to be an adult at an early age as 13. For example my mom had been sick at home with Osteoporosis (a joint disease) since I was 12 years of age. I had to make sure she was properly care for at night, by assisting with medication and her frequent bathroom visits. My parents had so much pride to have a living care giver. They don’t want the stigma of been sick and unable to be a nursing home picture to anyone in their social circle. I noticed at the end of her answer she got really joyfully like a child getting her first Barbie doll. In addition to that, Paige mention that she her parents thought her at early age that financial and educational success is not an option. She was helping her dad in his Law office every other weekend which earned her $20.00 “chuckle”. Moreover, Spanish and Piano classes was an after school program that I enjoyed because I get to socialized with my wealthy friends like the Jacksons. Due to the fact that my parents was and still involve in my life, my time away from home made our relationship more emotional attached. My mom would recited a Maya Angelo poem, “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and...
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...Holden is a complex person with many conflicting characteristics. He has many ambitions and desires for his life but he is faced with the basic conflict in the story, corruption. This corruption is what drives him and at the same time restricts him Holden’s being surrounded by corruption disgusts him. There are a few main instances in which Holden encounters corruption directly. One type is Stradlater, the “secret slob”or Ernie, who “performs for the people”. Two that affect Holden very much is his brother D.B. “selling out” to the movies and Pheobe eventually having to grow up. This corruption is very evident in Holden’s life and situation. Artist: Alexandra Dunham Corruption is what Holden wants to avoid but cannot because he wants to grow up and act like an adult. Drinking, ordering the prostitute, and using money are all things that grownups do but Holden yet still wants to remain innocent. These are few of the obvious ironies of Holden’s personality. Holden’s utter hate for the fact that we have to grow up and how he ties adulthood with corruption just shows how he has a large problem determining illusion from reality. He doesn’t understand that to grow does not mean to become corrupt but to become wiser through experience. These experiences are what frighten Holden because this boy of sixteen has already been involved in many of the pleasures and problems that come from these experiences. Holden’s “catcher in the rye” analogy shows how he wants to save the children...
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...Gold Always Goes As everyone transitions into the new year, self reflection is inevitable. As years pass, humans try to grasp onto their youth and cling to it, hoping that although time may age, they won’t have to. Teenagers and young adults are constantly faced with having to leave behind the comfort and innocence, a topic often explored in literature (like bildungsromans) and coming-of-age movies. Having to grow up isn’t always wanted or welcomed, but it is something everyone must do eventually. This is explored in J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Robert Frost’s poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” and the Twenty One Pilots song, “Stressed Out.” Although one may be saddened by coming of age (because of the changes that come with...
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...Emerging adulthood should be acknowledged because during this time frame you experience a lot of different situations compared to those of an adolescent or of those as an adult. After I graduated high school I made a sudden decision to move from Texas to Colorado with my husband two weeks later after graduation. It was such a big move for me I have never been outside of Texas until then.During this time of my life I experienced for the first time how it was to have responsibilities as an adult. Both my husband and I did not have full responsibilities until we actually moved out on our own. Also within this period before we got pregnant with our first born living life was like being on eternal ecstasy. I felt as if I knew everything about...
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...of Age In this paper I will give you an overview of 2 interviews that conducted with two adults on their experiences of 'coming of age'. The interviews that I conducted with them was based on their experiences during their adolescent years of becoming the adult they are today. I will compare the two interviewee’s experiences and relate them to one another. I will also relate their experience to Erikson’s Theory. The first person I interviewed was Brad Young. He is a 33 year old Caucasian male. I asked Brad “how old were you when you feel you became an adult”. Brad told me “I was 25, I found out my girlfriend was pregnant, so it then that I realized I need to buy a house and move out of my parent’s home.” I then clarified with Brad that it was not a gradual process for him then? He told me “kind of, but becoming a father made me grow up real fast.” I asked Brad how he identifies his believes and values today? He told me “I get most of them form my parents, but someone them I get from my wife’s family as well. We have blended our two families into one.” I then asked Brad if he is comfortable with the adult that he has become. Brad told me “Yes, I have job that pays the bills. I also have a wife and a kid that loves me, I can’t complain. The next person I interviewed was Joanna Dailey. Joanna is a 31 year old Caucasian woman. I asked Joanna how she was when she became an adult. She told me “I would have to say 22 years old. I had just complete college, got married and...
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...Is childhood disappearing? There have been many studies and research put into the question ‘is childhood disappearing’ but first lets define what childhood actually is... childhood is considered to be the time in which a person is a child or too young to be considered an adult, this time in most cultures is 0-12 years old. Many sociologists believe that childhood is rapidly disappearing, for example Phillip Aries was a historian who argued that in the middle ages childhood didn’t exist. In the middle ages things were a lot different, children were a lot different and besides from size there was little defining children from adults. There is many sources such as paintings which show children to not only be dressed as adults, but engaging in adult behaviour such as drinking and attending brothels. Aries discovered that children were sent to work, just like adults as soon as they were capable of doing so. Law also made very little distinction between children and adults, with children being allowed to participate in adult activities because they were just seen as ‘mini’ and then sharing the same burden as adults when it came to punishments. At this time Phillip Aries believe that childhood didn’t exist. In 1880 the compulsory education act came into procedure in England and Wales, this created a big turn over in the history of childhood. It became compulsory for children to go to school, meaning they couldn’t work. Before this law came into action children were seen to be...
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...The Metamorphosis of Holden in Sallinger's Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Sallinger's Catcher in the Rye, is based on the sullen life of Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old teen-ager is trying to find his sense of direction. Holden, a growing adult, cannot accept the responsibilities of an adult. Eventually realizing that there is no way to avoid the adult life, he can only but accept this alternative lifestyle. What Holden describes the adult world as a sinful, corrupted life, he avoids it for three important reasons: His hatred towards phonies and liars, unable to accept adult responsibilities, and thirdly to enshrine his childhood youth. Holden uses the word phony to identify everything in the world that he rejects or encounters with. People are too talkative, too quiet, or dissimilar. Holden, himself, believes he is this perfect person, but no one believes that he is. This is why Holden believes he is surrounded by "phoniness." For example, Ossenburger of Pencey Prep, emphasizes that "he talked to Jesus all the time, even when he was driving his car." Holden thinks this is a load of crap and asserts, "'that killed me. I just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs" (17). Holden sees why he would pray to Jesus, only to send him some more dead bodies to get more business. Not only do phonies bug Holden, but liars and crooks. Another example is Sunny and Maurice, the elevator boy. Maurice offers Holden...
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