Fourteen-Year-Old Cassandra Feels Freer and More Open with Her Friends

question 19

Multiple Choice

Fourteen-year-old Cassandra feels freer and more open with her friends than with her family. Knowing this is the case,Cassandra's parents should

• A)be concerned,because deteriorating parent-teen relationships,such as this one,are often followed by a range of problem behaviors.
• B)encourage Cassandra to find new friends.
• C)seek family counseling.
• D)not worry,since adolescence is typically a time of growing peer influence and diminishing parental influence.

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