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