Black, Beautiful, and Creatively Empowered

By Bernetta Watson

Girls, you are transitioning from childhood into adolescence.

Many changes will occur in your life. Your body will begin to change; there will be physical changes, like your breasts, which will begin to develop. Menstruation can start when you begin puberty (the period in which the human body becomes capable of reproduction). You will go through social, emotional, and cognitive (thinking and making decisions about the right things to do and say) changes.

When I think about a beautiful butterfly, it reminds me of the changes adolescent girls go through. The butterfly goes through a metamorphosis; this is the magic that insects teach usthat change ensures growth.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely realize the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty (Maya Angelou).

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524694883

Bernetta Watson

Bernetta “Breezy” Watson received her certification from the international school of Protocol located in Hunt Valley Maryland in 2005. She is the author of 3 etiquette books for pre-teen and teens. Bernetta is the founder and director of Manners Unlimited Etiquette and Leadership Workshop located in Hampton Virginia. She is the director and founder of the Miss Social Etiquette/image Pageant. She conducts workshops in social skills, civility skills, communications kills and table manners. She realizes that in our hurried life style the need to teach this skill is very much needed. Jiamond was born February 22, 1998, in Fort Washington Maryland, she lived with her parents and three brothers.

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The meaning of adolescent

An adolescent is a young person in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

The period between puberty and adulthood.

3 staged of adolescence by age.

Early age 11-14

Middle age 15-17

Late 18-21

The stages of adolescence is puberty, physical development, intellectual

Development, emotional development, social development.

Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child’s body matures into an adult.

Physical development is the process that starts in human infancy and continues into late adolescents concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty.

Intellectual development is the measure of how individual learn to think and reason for themselves in the world around them.

Emotional development refers to a child’s growing ability to regulate and control emotions and form secure relationships.

Social development involves learning values, knowledge and skills that enable children to relate to others effectively.

Positive Self-Esteem

Positive self-esteem gives you the strength and flexibility and confidence to take charge of your life and grow from your mistakes without the fear of rejection.

1. Say positive things about yourself.

2. Learn to accept compliments, just say thank you when someone says something nice about you to you.

3. Let go the need to always be right or perfect.

4. Know that mistakes are learning opportunities not failures.

5. Negative thinking about yourself can lower your self-esteem

6. Maintaining your personal hygiene and personal appearance can improve your self-esteem.

7. Always make sure that you bath daily, use deodorant change undergarments daily, more if needed.

8. Brush your teeth and use mouth wash to prevent bad breath.

9. Be well groomed, wear clean and pressed clothes and clean shoes and socks.

10. Make sure your nails and hands are clean, nails are filed, no chipped nail polish. Use lotion on your hands to keep them soft and looking