The serious problem of how we Teens

The serious problem of how we Teens

Wednesday, 10/07/2013 11:39 PM - By: Mardiya

Adolescents (aged 10-24 years) have a large population, since about one fifth of the world's population proved to be a teenage boy. In Indonesia alone, according to the results of the 2010 Population Census, the population of older children currently account for no less than 67 million inhabitants. Assuming if the total population of Indonesia is currently about 237.6 million, the proportion of older children we reach 28% of the total population.

Adolescence is a period of transition or the transition from childhood to adulthood. At this time, teens are often faced with uncertainty regarding their status, on the one hand they are no longer recognized as a child, but on the other hand they can not be said to be mature because not able to fulfill the tasks of adults. This condition is also referred to as a time of typhoons and storms. This uncertainty makes teens to be embarrassed, they do not know what to do in the face of uncertainty.

In adolescence, a child under Sumarwi Astuti (2008) expected to be able to adapt to the social environment ranging from family, friends, schools and communities. Teens no longer hang out at home or at school, but teens supposedly able to build new relationships with other adults. Therefore youth should prepare themselves for a wide range of individual and social situations, so teens can adapt to the new social environment.

In psychosocial development, Soetjiningsih (2004) divides adolescence into three parts: (1) early adolescence / early (early adolescence) aged 11-13 years, (2) mid-adolescence (middle adolescence) age 14-16 years; and (3) advanced adolescence (late adolescence) aged 17-20 years. The term adolescence is derived from the Latin word meaning adolescere "grow or grow to reach maturity". According to Hurlock (1991) Adolescence has a sense of maturity which includes physical, mental, emotional and social ...