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Danny Whittaker Human Development Connie Strum Dealing with the physical changes of adolescents can be very stressful and not very fun. For example asynchrony, that is the uneven growth of body parts, like feet and hand. The reason why this can be so stressful is because nowadays a lot of people get made fun of because of the way they look and of course kids don’t like to be made fun of. Tiffany, the girl I was able to talk with has this disorder. Because of this disorder she has a lot of problems adjusting to her new life. She moved here from Georgia about 6 months ago and it has been nothing but stress. Stress is a big part in everybody’s life. As a matter of fact you have a lot of stress even as an adolescent. Some things that put stress on the life of an adolescent are family.(Berk 2001) The way that family can cause a great amount of stress on an adolescent is because they have certain expectations, like in school. Your parents expect you to get good grades. With the move from Georgia to here, Tiffany’s grades have been everything but good. Her parents want her to do good, but it seems no matter how hard she tries that she can not get ahead in school. Other things that her parents e