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Sixteen-year-old Garima ‘s friend Gunish wants to get physically intimate with her against her wishes. If you were Garima, in what four ways would you have refused him? Also give two reasons for your refusal?
Four ways of refusal
Sixteen-year-old Garima’s friend, Gunish wants to get physically intimate with her, against her wishes. If you were Garima, in what four ways would you have refused him? Give two reasons for your refusal.
Four ways of refusal
Identify any five emotional changes happening in adolescent girls. How do these changes influence their personality?
Mood swings: In adolescents, they are emotionally unstable. sometimes sad or depressed and next minute cheerful and happy.
Rebellious: In adolescents, girls become argumentative, flaunt rules and uncooperative
Give more importance to peers: In adolescents, children are influenced by their peers.It may be positive or negative.
Change in relationship with parents/family-Love-hate relationship with parents/siblings- Refuse to listen to parents, want privacy.
The assertion of independence- In adolescents girls always want to get involved in decision making for themselves and family, become confident, want privacy and freedom.
Social maturity/Idealism- Have a sense of right and wrong and want to change the system and processes.
Attraction towards opposite sex- In adolescents girls feels inadequate and shy.
Namita is an adolescent girl who tries to vomit every time after eating her meals. What do you think is the reasons for this? If she continues like this, what could be its two possible health hazards? Suggest her two ways to come out of this condition? Also mention the role of family in dealing with the problem.
She is suffering from Bulimia Nervosa.
Suggestion:
Role of the family:
Mention four distinct characteristics of sixteen-year-old girl. What is the impact of mass media on their identity?
Moodiness: At this age, they experience mood swings. In morning they are cheerful and suddenly depressed. To a certain extent, hormonal changes are responsible for their moodiness besides school pressure, conflicts with friends, family etc.
Rebellious attitude: Adolescence is period of storm & stress. They share a love-hate relationship with parents, friend and relative.
Identity crisis: This is the time when adolescents begin to explore & assert their identities. They have an unstable sense of self and engage in the process of searching their social & sexual identity.
Adolescents want space: Parents want control on adolescents whereas children want space and rebel against any restrictions imposed on them.
Impact of Mass - Media:
Seema loves to eat but often induces herself to throw up her meals. What do you think she is suffering from. If she continues what could be the repercussions? How can she be helped?
Seema is suffering from Bulimia Nervosa. It is a serious eating disorder, especially in adolescence.
| Repercussions | Ways to Help |
| Irritation of throat and food pipe | Improve self - image. |
| Swollen salivary glands. | Assess and monitor the adolescent's nutritional status. |
| Rectal Bleeding (caused by overuse of laxatives). | Correct all misconceptions about nutrition. |
| Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance due to forced vomiting. | Help them to modify their eating habit. |
| Ruptures in the upper gastrointestinal tract. | Educating them about healthy foods and importance of Exercise in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. |
Your father spent Rs. One lakh on your mother's medical expenses. Convince him to buy a mediclaim policy for his whole family with its eight salient features.
Eight salient features of mediclaim policy are as follows:
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