Teen Living
1.01Personal Development
Quality of life and character
development
Physical Development
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Heredity = the physical traits that you
inherit from your parents (i.e. hair and
eye color)
Hormones cause physical changes in a
teen’s body
Exercise is a positive way to deal with
stress
Intellectual/Mental
Development
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Character development begins in early
childhood
An important aspect of character is the
ability to choose right from wrong
Self-esteem = a person's overall evaluation
or appraisal of his or her own worth.
– A high self-esteem can be developed by taking
part in activities that a person is good at
Social Development
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Personality is influenced by a person’s
environment
– Environment = a person’s neighborhood,
school, and friends
Peer = one belonging to the same societal
group especially based on age, grade, or
status
Study Skills
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Learning and study skills can be improved
by organizing classroom notes
Calendar – an efficient management tool to
help plan things that you want to
accomplish
– A date book is useful to record homework
assignments
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In prioritizing a “to-do” list, items should be
ranked in order of importance
Study Skills, cont’d…
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Over commitment = taking on more
than you can accomplish
– Solution is to learn to say “no” at times
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Procrastinating = putting off getting
things done
Dovetailing = combining tasks so that
more than one thing is accomplished
at a time
Character
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Responsibility = honest, capable,
reliable
Empathy = is the capability to share
another being's emotions and feelings
Respect - actions that honor
somebody or something indicate
respect
Character, cont’d…
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Trustworthiness - A trustworthy
person is someone in whom you can
place our trust and rest assured that
the trust will not be betrayed
Caring = Feeling and exhibiting
concern and empathy for others
Good character = Moral or ethical
strength
Create your own “selfesteem” bag!
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Everyone is unique, has good
qualities, and is good at many things.
Decorate your bag with pictures that
show what you are good at and words
that show your good character.