Crushes

Crushes

Crushes are a manifestation of the adolescent’s search for a person whose have the quality she or he admires. Crushes can be range from basketball stars, super stars, pop singers, Hollywood stars, dj, vj, even in the kid or boys or girls next door and a classmates or schoolmates.

Often, crushes develop because “I like his eyes”, “She’s so cute and pretty”, “ He’s so handsome and tall”, “ I like the way he carries his/her clothes”, “I like the way she/he moves”, “He is his team’s highest pointer” and so on….

Crushes usually have a short life span of a one-hour or three, a few days or week or a few months and even a year he/she is still one of your crushes. An old crush may disappear, and a new crush appears or surfaces with hardly any warning or obvious reason. It is also possible for an adolescent to have several crushes at the same time.

Crushes are a growing attraction to the opposite sex, manifestations of the adolescent’s changing character or values, and searching for identity. It is normal to adolescents.