Question

From the movie Lila, Eight to Thirteen in this week's materials,

Identify 2–3 developmental milestones Lila reaches.

Assess whether or not you think she successfully navigates her way through them as she prepares for adolescence.

Support your assertions with evidence from your text and this week's materials.

Answer 1

Some of the life changes Lila reaches are

her first menstruation. Movie also show her feelings on boys, peer pressure, fashion and trends at school, staying a kid versus confronting adulthood, and her thoughts on sexuality.

With her three best friends, Amalie, Frankie and Jordan, Once they have reached teenager-dom, they do more sitting around and talking. At the age of nine, the differences between boys and girls have to do with who is stronger and the fact that girls mature faster than boys do.

By thirteen, the atmosphere has completely changed as Lila has become concerned with the sexual tension that previously didn’t exist. She’s also jealous of Amalie, because she perceives that boys in general are more interested in Amalie than her. She admits to enjoying the simpler times when they would climb trees and play without the pressures of growing up and approaching adulthood.

She navigates her way through as she prepares for adoloscence quite succesfully but some of the things were not on the lines which led to sevral problem.