The Montessori Place

Adolescents' main developmental motivation is to join adult society.
They put a lot of effort into comprehending what it would be like to be an individual in adult society.
They are motivated by this concentration to learn about both what society is and who they are on the one hand, and who they are on the other.
Adolescence is a time when the impulse to create is particularly powerful.
Adolescents are naturally drawn to the use of art and other forms of self-expression to shape and reshape their ideas of who they were, who they are becoming and who they are now.
Teenagers are more likely than adults to experiment and push their limits.
As the next generation of adults in a society, this is a developmental characteristic that would have, over the course of evolution, served human groups well.
If not acknowledged and managed, this could be a source of contention with supportive people in their lives.
Adolescents strive for independence and life control.
A capacity for economic independence emerges during this period, bringing together their growing strength and skill and the physical and intellectual independence earned during childhood.
The adolescents capacity to contribute economically is deeply intertwined with their developmental goal of entering society.