Social Changes

During puberty, young people also go through a lot of social changes. This means that relationships with family and friends can change and new kinds of relationships begin.

During puberty, young people might:

• Want more independence and privacy

• Be able to make more decisions for themselves

• Start to contribute more to how your household runs

• Start to be interested in other people as more than friends.

Attraction is when someone likes another person as more than a friend. Sometimes the other person will feel the same way, but sometimes they won’t. If two people are attracted to each other, they can decide to have a closer relationship.