Week 6

Chapters 9 and 10: Exploring Human Development; to me, I am already thinking of things that come next after the adolescence stages.   LIFESMART calls this “achieved identity”, this is where ones decisions determines the life they will carry on with.   Physical appearances are included in this stage that still continues to change, with physical fitness, use of different substances that could, or could not be bad for your body.   

When making good choices in this stage those are able to make their lives very successful or to start off not so successful.  I have experienced this stage not only myself, but have watched this stage develop in someone other than myself.  My sister is 18 years old and in this point in her life currently where she is exploring her human development.  I have watched her make good choices that include doing her homework, working out, being nice to others, and volunteering with Special Olympics at her school.   I have watched her heart grow to where her vision has changed to consider herself lucky for the life she lives.  To be thankful to be able to go through this stage developing her cardiovascular health, her vision, and hearing that is a big part in this developmental stage in her life.  She has been more thankful for the things life provides her with, and has made good choices to lead her to better opportunities turning towards her adulthood. 

As described in our book I have also noticed her make choices that she was not too sure of and thought were best for her.. turns out they were not in her best interest.   These include taking in illegal substances, or doing inappropriate actions that do not lead to good circumstances.  These have to do with topics of life, and questions on growing up to be unanswered for her and sometimes others that she associates herself to be around.  This is like the theories discussed in this chapter that we have read this week.  Some life choices are very clear, and some are very hazy that can occur to one’s bad decisions.

Some bad decisions I have noticed her make have to deal with the social development in her young adult life.  As I talked about in my last blog entry – identity crisis continues to occur.  This includes things as, homosexuality, heterosexuality, promiscuity, and abstinence.  Socially the young adult than starts to process where they belong to the social labels as; Whom is their lover?  Who are their real friends? Who am I working with that can be my friends, or Who do I hate?  These are all things as a young adult, and grown adult will go through throughout a human’s life span.  During ones middle-aged adulthood this appears to be most common according to this chapter, along with the previous.

After not only seeing these stages develop as talked about in our book, but seeing them in person develop in someone that I love very close to me… relates to a lot of what we have read about in this week’s chapter.  Pages 240-244 roughly go overs what I have talked about, and discuss how important and critical this stage is.  After reading this, I feel like I can relate more to helping my sister make the best choices to lead her to a successful adulthood.  Where I can now pretty much predict what is coming next for her mentally and physically in her adulthood as she continues to explore, and as I continue to pray. (: