The physical, emotional and social turmoil in the life of an individual at this stage results in distinctive parent child relationship. The specific characteristics affect the individual decisions pertaining to different aspects of life among which their clothing holds an important place. The special characters of their relationships have been observed universally and are as follows:
establish a little distance between themselves and their parents
complains about increased interference of parents with independence
emotional conflicts mainly with mother or grandparents; but overall conflicts with parents begin to decrease
have ambiguous feelings toward parents
less obvious affection shown to parents, with occasional rudeness
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