Timeline of Typical Student Behavior

  • Age 5

    privileges are connected to responsibilities
  • Age 7

    Child is very independent, "know it all" and hates to be babied.
  • Age 10

    Accepts parents wishes and generally obeys, makes excuses for misbehavior
  • Age 11

    Peer pressure is intense, very self conscious and begins to understand how other's feel
  • Age 12

    decides what they want to eat, roller coaster of feelings and emotions start
  • Age 13

    unpredictable, risky behaviors, a preference for high excitement activities
  • Age 14

    get into accidents of all kinds, get involved in fights
  • Age 16

    poor planning and judgement (rarely thinking of negative consequences)
  • Age 18

    overly concerned with body image, social status and what life is like after high school