Chapter: 10,11,12 - Stages of life

During each of the life stages, an individual will require some sort of care need that must be fulfilled. Therefore, care workers provide a specific service depending on the needs of the individual person. Care needs often depend on the age.

Infancy As soon as a child is born, they require 24 hour attention by their carer. Therefore, it requires physical well- being such as being given food, warmth, shelter and sense of safety. This is the key stage when emotional relationships develop; therefore, initial relationships are important to the new born. Childhood Even during childhood, a child is very dependent on the carer for day to day care tasks, although they have gathered some in dependency. They still rely on their parents to provide them with an emotionally secure environment. A child's intellectual needs are met through regular attendance at school. Furthermore, a child's external relationships develop; so to keep a child sociable, social needs must be met.
Adolescence, as soon as a child becomes an adolescent, they are beginning to become more and more independent on mom and that, because they are now becoming what is known as an adult. An  adult is the middle stage of life, where you are now by yourself facing the real problems of life, like paying bills, etc. Then you get to the last stage which is "elder" which is the time people die.

The adolescent growth spurt usually lasts two to three years. Puberty refers to the specific development changes that lead to the ability to reproduce. Characteristics that are directly involved with reproduction are called primary sex characteristics. Other characteristics that are not directly involved in reproduction are called secondary sex characteristics which also develop during puberty.
The production of estrogen, which becomes cyclical in puberty, regulates the menstrual cycle. The first menstrual cycle or menarche is a major life event for most girls and most societies consider it the beginning of womanhood. Cliques are peer groups of 5 to 10 people who spend a great deal of time with one another, sharing activities and confidences. Larger groups of people who do not spent as much time together but share attitudes and group identity are called crowds.
An identity crisis is a turning point in a person’s development when the person examines his or her values and makes or changes decision about life roles.  To avoid an identity crisis, adolescents in the identity foreclosure category make a commitment, but the commitment is based on other people.
In most western societies men have traditionally played the dominant role in marriage, as well as in the larger society.  Although most couples get married because they are in love, about have of the marriages in the United States end in divorce. Divorce can be difficult for children, even when they are almost adults.   Research shows that children of divorced people are more likely to have behavioral problems, engage in substance abuse, and earn lower grades. The midlife-transition, is a period in middle adulthood when people’s perspective change in such a way.

To conclude, The stages of life, are a very powerful topic, there´s alot of explanations of how we start to decompose throghout life span, but there´s also alot of questions; like why do our cells just randomly start to die when we reach certain age?