She would wear her boyfriend’s black north face, a big jacket, to cover up her belly as much as possible. Katy says “Being pregnant in high school just isolated me into another category. I couldn't really bond with my friends anymore because they were doing things pregnant people shouldn’t do”. Isolation can be very scary at this age; this is where one could feel as Erikson described “Identity Confusion”. Adolescents go through self-absorption and egocentrism. Egocentrism is defined as “a state of self absorption in which the world is seen as focused on oneself.” (Feldman, 2013). This allows adolescents to question and argue back against people and ideas they don’t agree with or understand. It also makes them more hostile towards criticism. It is common in the Hispanic culture that parents are very strict and non-permissive of what their children do outside of house and school. While she was in her adolescent years, Katy’s parents would control when she could and couldn't go out and was not allowed to hang out with her friends unless her older brother was there present. Katy hated that her parents were over-protective and didn’t trust
She would wear her boyfriend’s black north face, a big jacket, to cover up her belly as much as possible. Katy says “Being pregnant in high school just isolated me into another category. I couldn't really bond with my friends anymore because they were doing things pregnant people shouldn’t do”. Isolation can be very scary at this age; this is where one could feel as Erikson described “Identity Confusion”. Adolescents go through self-absorption and egocentrism. Egocentrism is defined as “a state of self absorption in which the world is seen as focused on oneself.” (Feldman, 2013). This allows adolescents to question and argue back against people and ideas they don’t agree with or understand. It also makes them more hostile towards criticism. It is common in the Hispanic culture that parents are very strict and non-permissive of what their children do outside of house and school. While she was in her adolescent years, Katy’s parents would control when she could and couldn't go out and was not allowed to hang out with her friends unless her older brother was there present. Katy hated that her parents were over-protective and didn’t trust