Abstract:
With so much interest in adolescence studies, many theoretical viewpoints have
been advanced. this work analyses and integrates these different theoretical
positions for a better understanding of adolescents. the problem under
investigation is to ascertain how some social and cultural interventions like
puberty rites and communality in Ghana can help the adolescents to navigate
adolescence. on methodology, semi-structured interviews was used, the case study
technique was used with the focus group approach to the study. the purposive
sampling technique was employed. adolescents seems to be cushioned against
pressure in Ghana and Africa due to their cultural and social interventions. the
findings shows, today's adolescents needs one thing that grownups seem to have
the least surplus of, time, nevertheless, parents' understanding, time and effective
communication among others will go a long way in influencing the adolescents
sail through adolescence with ease. furthermore, parents should gage the
emotional state of the adolescents at any time in their relationship and
communication with them. it recommended, parents should listen to teenagers
nonjudgementally, as well as modeling decision-making strategies for adolescents
to emulate. besides teenagers often go off tangents, seems to argue side issues for
no apparent reason; this can be highly frustrating to many adults, they do not
mean any harm contrary to popular opinion and parents must not be worry as they
are only exercising their novel reasoning capabilities. the conclusion reached is
that, Africa and for that matter Ghana would be better of revisiting some of her
cultural and social interventions like puberty rites and communality and bring to
bear the moral lessons enshrined in them on her adolescents in order to cushion
them against the stormy nature of the adolescent transition and globalization.
