Adolescence Reflection

Adolescence is defined as “the developmental period of transition between childhood to adulthood that involves biological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes; beginning around the age of 10 to 13 and ends in the late teens.” (Santrock 16) As I reflect on my younger years I remember having many different emotional issues; many of them due to the fact that I moved around a great deal until I was about 12 years of age. I always felt misunderstood by my peers and adults. However, growing up in the 80’s was not all bad; it was a very popular culture. While reading chapter one and two I was able to put some of my feelings and actions in perspective.

Since I moved to many different cities and states with my family I learned a lot. However, I had

I felt obligated to act tougher; it almost seemed that I created an image that was not truly me. Deep down I was such a girly girl and wanted girlfriends to talk to and confide in. G. Stanley Hall “storm-and-stress” concept of adolescence helped me identify with my feelings and lets me know it was normal to have them. As if it wasn’t hard enough transitioning into my adolescent years, I wasn’t even being myself. In the textbook, G. Stanley Hall views were that “adolescent’s thoughts, feelings, and actions oscillate between conceit and humility, good intentions and temptation, happiness and sadness.” (Santrock

Not quite the truth. As I stated before I move around a lot until about age 12. Finally, my mom, my brother and I moved to New Jersey in a beautiful town home. We were excited, especially me, because as we were moving in I seen plenty of girls my age outside playing. Nevertheless, as I started meeting some of the girls from my neighborhood and school it still wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. It almost was like a scene from the 2004 movie Mean Girls. The part where the main character Cady Heron played by Lindsay Lohan walked in the cafeteria as the new girl but didn’t know what clique she would have fit in with. Not only was I attending a new school; I was new to middle school, new to my neighborhood and new to handing with girls my age. This just didn’t seem that easy to me, but things got better because unlike the other times we moved, we were actually going to make a life in Pine Hill,