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Youth challenges spending time with
family and begins to reject this in favor of
spending time with friends

Less sharing of intimate details with
parents and an increase of sharing with
friends

Personal identity begins with an
internalized sense of likes and dislikes

Intimate romantic and sexual
relationships begin

New roles are tested (jobs, relationships,
social groups)

Risk of negative influence increases (early
adolescence)

Push away and pull towards parent
figures (ambivalence)

Turbulence related to mood and
hormonal changes impacting
relationships and problem-solving

Late adolescence increase in
independence and forward future
thinking

Increase in life skills (laundry/chores,
driving, travel on public transportation
independently)