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  16 Yrs
 • Have more interest in the opposite sex
 • Show more independent from parents
 • Less time with parents and more with friends
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  6 Yrs
 • Tend to be a “Know it ALL”
 • Obsessed by rules
 • May have Temper Tantrums
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  7 Yrs
 • Complains all the time
 • Constantly thinking about playing
 • Care about what others think about them
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  8 Yrs
 • Often fights with mother
 • Don’t typically like to play with members of the opposite sex
 • See situations as Black and White
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  9 Yrs • Friends become more important than family
 • Fiddles with things
 • Thinks all adults are stupid.
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  10 yrs
 • See rules not as concrete and makes excuses when they get in trouble.
 • Wants friends to keep promises.
 • Accepts when parents discipline
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  11 Yrs
 • Girls behaviors become erratic
 • Wants to be guided by parents but not lectured by them
 • Strong friend ships
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  12 Yrs • Body starts changing and become self-conscious
 • Understand how others feel
 • Make their own decisions and wants to do things alone
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  13 Yrs
 • Want to decide if they want to eat or not
 • Become picky eaters
 • Typically don’t like to be told when to go to sleep.
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  14 Yrs
 • Typically want to join afterschool activities.
 • Start to establish routines
 • Physical growth is prominent
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  15 Yrs
 • Watches older peers and want to be more like them
 • Become interested in driving
 • Can become sedentary
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  17 Yrs
 • Go through less conflict with parents
 • Learn more defined work habits
 • Show more concern about their future
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  18 Yrs • Begin to make their own decisions
 • Growth tapered off
 • Setting long term goals
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  5 Yrs
 • Eating Habits change
 • Investigate everything that’s happening.
 • Wants to do things on their own (Ties shoes, cross the street, etc)
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