Social Changes In Teenagers

Social changes: (change child to teenager)
• Searching for identity: The youth are trying to find out who they are and where they belong in the world. This can be influenced by gender, peer group, cultural background, media, school and family expectations.
• Seeking more independence: this influences the decisions that teenagers make and the relationships that the teenager has with their family and friends.
• Seeking more responsibility: Teenagers want to feel important and responsible both at home and at school
• Looking for new experiences: depending on the nature of teenager, teenagers are likely to look for new experiences and get involved in more risk-taking behaviour. But they are still developing control over their impulses.
• Thinking

They are not necessarily intimate relationships. For most young people, intimate or sexual relationships don’t occur until later on in life.
• Communicating in different ways: the internet, cell phones and social media have an influence how teenagers communicate with friends and how they learns about the world.
Emotional changes
• Shows strong feelings and intense emotions at different times: Their moods might be unpredictable and their emotional ups and downs may lead to conflict. A teenager is still learning how to control and express emotions in a grown-up way.
• Is more sensitive to other emotions: Teenagers will improve at reading and understanding other people’s emotions as they get older. While they are developing those skills, they sometimes misread facial expressions or body language.
• Is more self-conscious: especially about physical appearance and changes. Teenager’s self-esteem is often affected by appearance or by the way they think they look. As they develop, teens might compare their bodies with those of friends and

The teenager decision-making skills are still developing, and they are still learning about the consequences of actions.
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http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/three/socialandemotionalgrowth.html
Social and emotional developmental issues can be seen in most areas of a child 's life. It is very important for a child’s developmental process for them to learn to control their own feelings, to understand those of others and learn how to mix with others around them. Some developmental differences can be attributed to a child 's temperament, their culture, how safe they feel in their relationship with their own parents and other adults and their social interactions.
Emotional Development
 They begin to develop a preferences for specific adults in their lives. They need their “chosen” adult(s) as a safety blanket when exploring new life territories. They need to know that that “chosen” adult is near even if they don’t look for or see them all the