parts of groing up

parents

friends

Sexuality

goals / ambitions

changes

mood swings (= quick changes about the way you feel)

define themselves ( = the way someone is/wants to be through something that happened)

sexual orientation (= the tendency to have feelings of physical attraction for members of the opposite or the same sex)

budding sexuality (= start to develop sexual activity)

emotional side of a relationship (= showing emotions and be able to communicate about each others feelings)

peer pressure (= the feeling that you have to do something because others are doing it, even if you probably don't want to do it)

sexually active (=having regular sexual experiences

generational conflict (=serious disagreement between child and parents)

losing virginity (= having sex for the first time)

rite of passage (= an official ceremony or informal activity that marks an important stage or occasion in a person's life, especially becoming an adult)

emancipate themselves from their parents (= to distance physical and emotionally )

generation gap (different age of people that could lead to misunderstandings)

define their goals (= to set an aim)

youth culture (= way of acting, talking,...)

difficult parent-children relationship (= communications complications in the family)

drug abuse and binge drinking (party activity that some teenagers do out of peer pressure)

leaving school (= to graduate or drop out of school early)

further education ( other word for university)

gap year (= a year between leaving school and starting university that you usually spend travelling or working)

military or social service (army training that young people(especially boys) must do in our country)

job or university application (=an official request for something, usually in writing)

teenager pregnancy (= having a baby at a young age)

learn how to cope with sb (= develop skills to work with partners)

Adolescent (=a young person who is between being a child and an adult)

onset of puberty (= beginn of becoming an adult)

sexual maturity (= the quality of behaving like an adult, in a way which shows that you are well developed emotionally and ready to have sex)

sexual transmitted disease (= STDs; illness that a other person can give to you through sexual interaction)

teen anxiety (= scared of the future; about university/job, friends, family)

career (= a job that you do for a long period of your life and that gives you the chance to move to a higher position and earn more money)

commitment (=a promise or firm decision to do something)