The article claims that while the fundamental causes of teenage rebellion vary with age, they typically revolve around concerns with the child's identity and independence. Typically, it exhibits the trait of non-conformity rebellion, which means refusing to act as everyone else does, or non-compliance rebellion, which means disobeying orders.
Early adolescence (9–13) rebellion is about claiming the child's newly discovered "adultness" and letting go of the earlier child's identity.
In later years (13–15), rebellion typically involves standing out from the crowd and the youngster attempting to carve out a unique identity.
In later years (15–18), rebellion is typically a way for a young adult to fully cut ties with parents and establish himself or herself as an autonomous adult. For only children, who were slower to depart from their parents, it frequently