age. He is wanting more privacy and finding himself annoyed with his sisters' usual requests for attention; he used to enjoy their company, now he experiences it as intrusion. He doesn't like to go places with his parents lately and in fact prefers not to be seen with them at all. He feels uncomfortable hugging them goodbye or goodnight. He thinks and worries about his future. He has a job and although this is exciting, he feels overwhelmed at times. His parents, once a source of support, tend to annoy him and he argues with them most of the time.
The context of adolescence includes families, peer groups, schools, and work settings. The nature of these contexts affect the adolescent's experience of changes. Frequent moving, divorce, and working mothers all affect development. Work experience for the adolescent is viewed as both positive and negative; studies show that working over fifteen or twenty
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