Psy235

Parental Responsiveness

David Sanders

PSY 205

September 14, 2014

DR Joe L. Canada

Parental Responsiveness

It really gets put into perspective on how beneficial these hormones are when they constantly are brought up in a vast variety of subject classes. Thus, I feel I knew the material and basic gist of it so I skimmed that portion because it’s brought up almost on a daily basis for me and this source in chapter three, module one I learned the least from. I can relate to the book on the next source regarding puberty and aging as I fall into a lot of the same scenarios the book brings up. I was a late bloomer as they say because I started puberty much later than my friends and peers. I recall this hindering my social relationships and development in a handful of areas.

I would always beat my friends and peers in pick up football and basketball because I was a little more athletic. However, they reached puberty before me and all that started to change. I started to lose a lot and wasn’t as dominate or good anymore. My friends were stronger than me now because they were maturing and growing up before me. In addition, most of the girls in my grade also reached puberty before me. Now, I was in an uncomfortable place because the majority of my friends had girlfriends and were maturing faster and I felt sometimes like I was younger than them were really I was the same age. I remember feeling embarrassed and very comfortable in a lot of situations where I used to feel very comfortable. Learning from this course I will be able to provide guidance to my son for what he might go through.