1a.

At age 12, Lily was not developing breasts but saw everyone else developing
and needing a training bar, so she wanted to wear one as well. She also started
gaining weight at the same age, especially in the hips area. She had trouble falling
asleep, and would often sleep in on the weekends and suffered from low energy
levels.
b. Based on the book, Lily may have been a little bit behind in her development,
where puberty typically starts around ages 11 and 12, with breast development
beginning at age 10. Based on the lecture, Lily is somewhat late as well, with
development of breast buds occurring somewhere between 8 and 10. Her weight
gain coincides with the average age of 12 (12.5 from lecture) for menarche. Her
problems with sleeping are typical as based on both the book and lecture in that
around her age, the internal clocks shift where teenagers need to go to sleep later
and wake up later, but early classes cause sleep deprivation and result in
moodiness and tiredness.
2a. As far as peer relationships, at 14, Lily would be affected very strongly at the
smallest negative comment and it would make her very sulky the rest of the day.
She often got into arguments at school with her friends. At 16, she constantly came
home late and after curfew at 2-3am and would smell like cigarettes, and later
began to smoke them herself.
b. During adolescence apparently, illegal drug use is very common as based on the
textbook, and can be due to peer pressure, an escape from reality, and create a
continued addiction throughout life. So while technically it seems normal, I believe
it went too far and smoking any cigarettes was a problem as it can cause addiction
and hurt her lungs and eventually, kill her. The textbook also talks about how
adolescents become more argumentative as their ability to reason and think
critically, which can explain her increased arguments with peers. The level at which
it occurred did not seem to be out of line.
c. For the sulkiness after getting into arguments, I gave her space to deal with her
emotions and if she wanted to talk about it after, made it clear I was available. This
was the closest answer to authoritative parenting I could choose from. Even if I
wasnt assigned this style, I would think the response was appropriate anyways.
Being too forceful about talking might push her away, and making sure she knew I
was there for her gave her the option of having someone to talk to. For the drugs,
MVC choice was a zero tolerance stance and I grounded her for a month. This may
not be appropriate for ideal parenting, as she might have just gotten sneakier about
smoking. Instead, an appropriate solution might have been to ground her, but also
discuss why, give her opportunities to gain back trust, and encourage her to have
different friends/social activities.
3a. Lily has appeared to turn out relatively okay given the way I raised her. Our
relationship isnt close, and she only really talks to me when there is something to
say. She is on her way to community college, so any problems she may have had
with drugs and friends in the past, Im hoping will resolve themselves with her
newfound freedom in college. Socially, she has capabilities of making friends and
will probably continue that in college, emotionally and physically are the same way.
Cognitively, she has been average her whole life and Im guessing will continue to
be that way in college. I predict her future will be successful, with her going to
school and eventually graduating, looking for a job, and eventually getting married.
b. Given her mediocrity in almost all aspects of her life, I could have predicted a
mediocre life for her in the future. She never excelled in anything, except perhaps
reading for a brief moment in time. Based on my style of authoritarian parenting, I
did not expect her to excel either and she grew to be distant and probably with low
self-esteem, just as I would have predicted based on the lecture notes.