Everyone in their lifetime should pass through this stage

2. INTRODUCTION
Adolescence (from Latin word adolescere,
meaning "to grow up")is a transitional stage of
physical and psychological human
development that generally occurs during the
period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of
majority). The period of adolescence is most
closely associated with the teenage years,
though its physical, psychological and cultural
expressions may begin earlier and end later..

3. INDIAN STATISTICS
• India has the largest population of adolescents in
the world being home to 243 million individuals
aged 10-19 years, Assam governor J B Patnaik said
on Saturday
• Releasing the UNICEF's flagship `The State of the
World's Children' report at the Raj Bhavan in
Guwahati, Patnaik said, the country's adolescents
constituted 20 per cent of the world's 1.2 billion
adolescents.
• Stating nine out of ten among the 1.2 billion
adolescents live in the developing world, the
governor said, Assam was home to an estimated
6.5 million adolescents, comprising 21.3 per cent
of the state's population.

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCNT
• Adolescence is a time of rapid growth and
inconsistent change that varies widely among individuals.
In general, the approximate ages of 10 through 14 are
characterized by:
• Physical growth and hormonal development: bone,
muscle, brain, sexual characteristics, stature.
• A growing ability to use abstract thought.
• Social and emotional growth, including awareness of
others, sense of fairness, social consciousness, sense of
purpose, personal identity (who am I?), peer bonding,
separation from family, and sudden, intense emotions.

5. • PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENTS IN INDIA
Most problems of adolescence are due to failure in
understanding the anatomical, morphological and
psychological changes expected during adolescence.
These mainly happens due to:-
• Misleading and misguiding parents, teachers, friends,
brother/sisters.
• Ignorance of elders.
• Half - informed or ill - informed friends, brothers,
sisters.
• Wrongful messages depicted through TV serials,
advertisements, films
• Publications carrying partially or fully false
information.

6. • Such perceptions can be anything in the range of studies,
sex, society, married life, career, religion, politics, or any
relevant subject.
• Every adolescent boy or girl is prone to such exposures -
which ultimately are retained as perceptions in their
minds to form their behavioural patterns.
Morphological / Developmental Problems
• over growth of hair or undergrowth of hair
• over weight and underweight
• skin colour problems
• Facial deformities, pimples, etc.
• Limb deformities
• Abnormal growth of genitals and breasts.
• Psychological Problems

7. • Misconceptions about sexual feelings, sex related
issues.
• Attraction towards opposite sex.
• Exceptional vulnerability to suicide psychology.
• depression
• Social
•Anticipated unemployment and insecurity
due to unemployment.
•Unwarranted and inexplicable hatredness towards
brother / sisters, friends.
•Intense closeness with brothers / sisters, friends.

8. • Unpredictable and volatile relationships with friends.
• Unrealistic social perceptions about violence, love, sex as
influenced by media.
• Unusually vulnerable and volatile relations with relatives.
• Fear / imagination about married life, life partners.
• Educational……..
• Tensions of attending the classes, examinations and tests.
• Low IQ feeling.
• Fear about failure in examination.
• Fear about low score.
• Fear and concern about a future career.
• Misconceptions about teachers.

9. SUGGESTIONS
Due to many problems faced during adolescence, the
boys and girls of the age between 8 - 16 form a
separate category by themselves.
Their problems are specific to themselves. Most of the
problems faced by them are perceptional. By timely
and effective guidance - many of their problems
could be solved.
 Some of them may need medical / psychiatric
attention. In India, the parents influence their
behaviour, thoughts and are in position to solve many
problems - if they have positive approach.
The indian children are closely related with family
atmosphere and parents and teachers are able to
correct them and guide them in the right way.

10. ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY IN INDIA
 New Delhi: Four million adolescent girls in India
aged 15-19 years give birth every year in India,
 according to the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA).Every hour, three of seven deaths due to
complications from pregnancy,
 child bearing and unsafe abortions occur among
girls and women aged 15-24 years, the UNFPA
report said.
 • Adolescent pregnancy continues to be an
important social issue.

11. o Adolescent pregnancy can be defined as „a
teenaged or under aged girl, usually between age
13 to 19 years old, becoming pregnant‟ Teenage
pregnancy is formally defined as a pregnancy in a
young woman who has not reached her 20th
birthday when the pregnancy ends, regardless of
whether the woman is married or is legally an
adult (age 14 to 21, depending on he country)
o •Teen pregnancy is usually understood to occur in
a teenager who has not completed her core
education-secondary school

12. CAUSES
• The ultimate „cause‟ of adolescent pregnancy
is unprotected sex. A sexually active teenager
who does not use contraception has a 90
percent chance of becoming pregnant within
one year.
• Early dating behaviour. Adolescent sexual
behaviour which may also influenced by
alcohol and drugs.
• High-risk behaviours (smoking, alcohol and
substance abuse.) Lack of a support group. Peer
pressure to engage in sexual activity

13. AFTER EFFECTS
a. Health-wise teenage mothers have a
much higher risk for anemia,
b. The major complications in young
mothers are thought to be high blood
pressure, iron deficiency, , disproportion
and birth of low weight babies.
c. Pregnancy at a very young age ,
especially an unwanted one , leads to
severe emotional and mental trauma for
the girl .

14. • SUGGESTIONS TO TACKLE IT
i. . Parents ,schools ,social workers and healthcare
professionals can have open, honest and
educational talks with teenagers and preteens.
ii. Government should plan to make sex education
compulsory at both primary and secondary school
levels.
iii. Community-based and college-linked clinics can
reduce pregnancy rates
iv. In conclusion, all parties including parents, school,
social workers, government, as well as the
individual should do their parts, in order to prevent
adolescent pregnancy from becoming serious life
and death issue.

15. CONCLUSION
Adolescent problems are common to every country. But
the way we tackle such problems from becoming more
complicated is more important.An adolescent child is
able to fall in a wrong path due to many
misconceptions. And it’s the duty of the parents,
teachers and elders to correct them and provide them
with a healthy life. Youth is the best asset of our
nation.and by making use of that wonderful power,
INDIA can reach to SUPER POWER position.
EVERY NEW BORN,ONCE WILL PASS THROUGH THIS
STAGE AND IT CANNOT BE AVOIDED.