Abstract:
As the child develops through the childhood stage it enters the adolescent stage. This stage is one
of the most important in the life of an individual because of its critical linkage to the other stages.
The stage is considered as very vital because it is at this stage that the child is to cross over into a
life that will shoulder him with the responsibility of being recognized and accepted as a member
who contributes positively to the development of the society in all ramification. At this stage also
exists a “confusion” in the individual as he tries to understand himself and also assert his position
in the society.
Parents, teachers and other members of the society need to handle the individual at this stage very
cautiously and tactfully because their efforts and modes of treatment and training may mar their
desire for an acceptable and positive contributing member of the society as the adolescent is trying
to “seek out and understand himself” without really having all the needed ingredients to grasp the
real understanding of what reality is; to him, reality is just his world
