•Learning gender roles
•Learning socially responsible behavior
•Independence
•Increased importance of close friends (grouping, peer pressure)
•Increased need for privacy
•Body image concerns, may spend much time in front of mirror
•Self-esteem
•Sensitive to teasing
•Shifting allegiances—may not want parents at events
•Rapidly shifting moods, violence and anger
•Often wonders “Am I normal?”
•Everything is boring
•Expanding social circles—cross gender, experimenting with adult behavior