Student Notes HHS4M1

GENERAL OVERVIEW – Unit 2 – Transitioning from Adolescence to

Young Adults

Young Adulthood / Singlehood Transition Life Phase

Perspectives

Childhood Young Single Adulthood

* usually marked by a rite of
passage

Parental / Societal Young Singles

Expectations

(i) become responsible, mature (i) time to experiment

(ii) claim it’s “the best time Versus (ii) time of
of your life” questioning
Student Notes HHS4M1

HISTORICAL REASONS FOR SINGLEHOOD

(i) abolition of child labour

(ii) introduction of compulsory education

(iii) increased need for higher education

CURRENT TRENDS RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING THE LENGTH OF

SINGLEHOOD

(i) introduction of birth control

(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)

DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS

(i) to become independent

(ii) to establish a career / life work
(iii) to negotiate long term relationships  peers, sexual