 Dear students, in this module, we are going to talk about adolescence from age 13 to age 17. In this age, our socialization patterns are heavily dependent on how we would be transforming our children from childhood to adulthood. So, adolescence is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood marked by significant physical, cognitive, and social changes. This is a period in which the physical and social changes in the child's body are increasing and there are many changes in the role of the child. There are changes in the cognitive abilities of the child and there are many other social changes in which the child has to be absorbed very rapidly. So, the socialization in this age plays a very important role in someone's personality development and particularly in communicating behaviors with others, this age phase from age 13 to 17, it has a very significant and long-lasting impact. So, in Pakistan, adolescence is often a time when young people face significant pressure to confirm to the cultural expectations around morality and career choices. So, in the cultural context of Pakistan, the most important thing in this age period is that the pressure on the parents and society is that the socialization should be on morality, that is, the right and wrong definitions should be clear for them. Along with this, the focus on it is that its educational abilities, educational achievements should be so focused that later on, when there are career choices, it can be helpful for them. Adolescence may experience socialization through a range of institutions including family, school, peer group, and media. So, in this stage, we have multiple agents of socialization and sometimes it happens that since there are multiple sources, then a mental confusion or confusion is also created because the information coming from multiple sources is not synchronized, it is not homogeneous. So, the right and wrong definitions, for example, the media is conveying a message for you and your parents are guiding you in the same way regarding the same behavior, your peer group has more expectations than you, so at the same time, it becomes a kind of confusing for an individual as well that when information sources are multiple and they are confusing messages or contradictory messages are conveying, then it becomes a confusion for an individual. So, during adolescence, individuals may experiment with different identities and social roles as they explore their own values and beliefs. Adolescence can be challenging time as individuals navigate social and emotional pressure while trying to establish their own sense of identity and autonomy. So, in this regard, a continuous sense of tussle is also developed for individuals in which they think that their sense of autonomy is being compromised. And as the socializing process continues, they realize that perhaps all these checks and balances are right for me, right for my personality building. Adolescence is a relatively recent concept in human history as its significance as a distinct life stage can vary across different cultures. Previously, we used to think that maybe there is childhood and then there is adulthood. The transition period was less focused on that. However, in the modern learning process, this age or this bracket of age is considered very important to understand the socialization process.