nfdksocialchanges


 * **__Becoming more independent__**

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A teenager will become more independent. They will often spend more time with friends or in private and less times with their parents. They also will want more freedom and the ability to make more decions by themselves.===== Teenagers will take more risks as they go through puberty. Some of these risks are important to take to find who they are. But some are dangerous teenagers need to learn when taking a risk will be positive or negative in their outcome. Parents should help in teaching how to decide and make choices. Teenagers will develop who they are during puberty. The people around them will make a significant impact on who they become. Teenagers will try to fit in by changing the way they dress and their opinion on matters. It is important that a teenager is comfortable in who they are and are not trying to be someone they're not. A teenager will experiment in many different things. This could be their hair style, the way they dress and other things with their apperance. Experimentation can be healthy but it can also be dangerous when they experiment with drugs and alcohol. As long as they are experimenting legaly it is usually good. All teenagers will experience peer pressure sometime in their life. They should try to ignore it and do what ever they think is right, follow their conscience and not what other people are forcing onto them. Teenagers will easily get frustated when there going through puberty. They will often take out their frustration on others. They dont really mean what there saying there just releasing anger. As a teenager goes through puberty their friends and other people will become more important to them this comes with their increased in independance.It is normal for that to be happening. With all of these happening teenagers responsibility load is dramatically increased with them spending more time away from there parents etc.
 * **__Risk taking Behaviour__**
 * **__Fitting In__**
 * **__Experimentation__**
 * **__Peer Pressure__**
 * **__Conflict with siblings and parents__**
 * **__Increased importance of peers__**
 * **__Increased responsibility__**