Typical Teen
Behavior 
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Teen Behavior.
Movement Towards Independence
Future Interests and Cognitive
Changes
Sexuality
Morals, Values, and
Self-Direction
When to
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for Troubled Teens
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Adolescence is a time of change. As a parent you may find yourself
wondering whether the changes you see in your youth are normal, or
whether they should be a cause for concern. While each teenager is
unique, The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(AACAP) offers the following feelings and behaviors as normal
adolescent behavior.
Movement Towards Independence
- Struggle with sense of identity
- Feeling awkward or strange about one's self and one's
body
- Focus on self, alternating between high expectations and poor
self- concept
- Interests and clothing style influenced by peer group
- Moodiness
- Improved ability to use speech to express one's self
- Realization that parents are not perfect; identification of
their faults
- Less overt affection shown to parents, with occasional
rudeness
- Complaints that parents interfere with independence
- Tendency to return to childish behavior, particularly when
stressed
Future Interests and Cognitive
Changes
- Mostly interested in present, limited thoughts of future
- Intellectual interests expand and gain in importance
- Greater ability to do work (physical, mental, emotional)
Sexuality
- Display shyness, blushing, and modesty
- Girls develop physically sooner than boys
- Increased interest in the opposite sex
- Movement toward heterosexuality with fears of
homosexuality
- Concerns regarding physical and sexual attractiveness to
others
- Frequently changing relationships
- Worries about being normal
Morals, Values, and Self-Direction
- Rule and limit testing
- Capacity for abstract thought
- Development of ideals and selection of role models
- More consistent evidence of conscience
- Experimentation with sex and drugs (cigarettes, alcohol, and
marijuana)
Source: troubledteen101.com/articles12.html
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