PS285 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Puberty, Substance Abuse, Disjointed
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Schooling has made an impact on the amount of free time adolescents have in society, this has also increased the importance of free time to adolescents in contemporary society. Today"s adolescents spend half their time in leisure activities. There is a broad range of how adolescents in today"s society spend their free time, some being very structured with extra curricular activities, while others are very relaxed and unstructured. Leisure time is dominated by passive activities, about 2/3 of adolescents spend their free time watching tv or socializing with friends. Student workers emerged in the us during the 2nd half of the 20th century, as the need for cheap part time labour grew. Most employed adolescents in the us work in retail or at restaurants. The impact of work on development depends on the nature of the job and the number of hours worked.
