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According to david elkind, young teens become angry, resentful, and rebellious because they: are tired of adults telling them what to do. are too emotional to understand life. are entering formal operations, and so understand the contradictions between what adults say and how they act. can't intellectually grasp the facts about adult life, and are too emotional and out of control to behave well.

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David Elkind is a Jewish-American child psychologist,
fanous for his work on adolescent psychology in which he expands on Piaget's description of adolescent egocentrism.According to David Elkind, young teens become angry, resentful, and rebellious because they are entering formal operations, and so understand the contradictions between what adults say and how they really act.



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