By middle school, most students are being transformed and destabilized by this first adolescent stage. They start pulling away, pushing against, and getting around adult authority in order to create ...

Attachment in middle childhood and adolescence is a dynamic system of emotional bonds and behavioural strategies that evolves as children strive for autonomy while still depending on caregivers.

Source: Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D. Adolescence can be a challenging parental time because it has become a more challenging time for their daughter or son. Now developmental change upsets and resets the ...