ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
ADOLESCENT CHILDREN
B alance your time between friends and family
U understand your parents’ needs, expectations and roles
D o respect your parents at all times
D emonstrate appreciation for their efforts
I interact with them
E xpress your needs
S how your love and concern
LIFE SKILLS
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
The ability to relate, interact or build a relationship
With other people such as parents, siblings, friend,
Peers, future partners and all other people one gets
Into contact with throughout his/her lifetime.
CREATIVE THINKING
The ability to see beyond the actual and direct
experiences as well as different and fresh ideas or
perspectives. It is thinking “outside the box.”
CRISTICAL THINKING
The ability to study one’s surroundings and
experiences objectively. It is the willingness to
question the way things are not readily accepted at
face value. It evaluates the future consequences of
his/her actions as well as the actions of other
people.
ABILITY TO MANAGE EMOTIONS
 Rising above the confusion brought about
emotions and feelings.
 Maintain self-control and rationality in spite of
the psychological problem caused by
emotional changes and stress.
 Do not blow thing out of proportion; try to be
reasonable; relax; learn; exercise; and let go of
the past.
ABILITY TO COPE WITH STRESS
 The ability to shorten the length of time when
one encounters any demand (force, pressure,
or strain) from the external environment and
minimize its adverse effects.
 Stress is experienced by everyone a fact of life
one cannot avoid.
 Aim to deal with stress by; assessing current
stressors; identifying coping styles; and
modifying behavior
NEGOTIATING SKILLS
 Ability to handle serious concerns with their
peers and partners on areas such as:
premarital sex, sexual violence, dating
practices and sexuality/lifestyles choices.
 Ability to talk with other persons in order to
come up with an agreement on something.
 Ability to manage different life situations, in
school, at home, or at work.
EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION
Build rapport and points of agreement
Attend
Respect of each other and each other person
Grant reasonable concessions
Analyze pros and cons for both parties
Identity all agreement/decisions made at the end
of the negotiation
Negotiate as an adult. Do not act childishly.
 Ability to get what you want more often without
STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH IN
resorting to aggression or pushiness DECISION MAKING
 Ability to lessen the chance that others will take
advantage
S tep back from the situation
SELF AWARENESS
The knowledge and understanding of one’s self; the ability E xplore all the angles
to accept oneself no matter how imperfect it maybe. It is
the picture of one’s strength and weaknesses, values and L ook for alternatives
attitudes in life. This is a pre-requisite to the other life
skills. E xamine consequences of each
alternative
SOUND DECISION MAKING
It is choosing the course of action based on what an
C hoose the best alternative
individual believes to be the best of all the possible
choices after analyzing the issues that need to be decided
on and weighing the pros and cons of each option.
T ake action and responsibility
SOUND PROBLEM-SOLVING NEVER MAKE
Ability to develop solutions for problems and conflicts
after having a complete picture of the problems, analyzing
PERMANENT
the root causes and coming up with an objective DECISIONS
assessment of pertinent issues/concerns.
ON
EMPATHY
The process of understanding and caring about the needs,
TEMPORARY
desires and feelings of other people; the ability to see
things from the perspective of others, and understand FEELINGS
what others are going through.
EFFECTIVE REFUSAL SKILLS
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Involves the sharing or exchange of thoughts and feelings,
both verbal and non-verbal. It entails openness and
R eversing the pressure
readiness to share one’s ideas, desires, needs and fears
with other people. It is also the ability to give feedback. E xpressing disagreement/refusal
politely
EFEFCTIVE REFUSAL SKILLS
The ability to say “NO’ to – F leeing from the situation/place
Sex and sex-related activities (in person or through social
and mass media) U sing refusal words/phrases
Overspending, living beyond their means, buying things on alternative
impulse, borrowing money just to finance expensive
habits. S uggesting an alternative activity
Risk - taking behavior, such as taking drugs, alcohol
(ies)
drinks, tobacco and membership in gangs or fraternities
Rebellion against parents or authority figures
Youthful excesses such as playing video games, E xplaining why you disagree
chatting/texting/tweeting and involvement in violent
activities