Interview Of Adolescents

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The adolescent I chose to interview is my little cousin. Her name is Embry and she is 14-years-old. Unlike Albert, Embry is a brat 24/7. The reason I think that is because she is very disrespectful to her mom. She is rude, calls her names, and says she is too nosey, and so on. She is as sweet as can be to her dad though. Her mom says it is just her hormones. I think it is because her mom actually makes her listen, clean, and do her homework whereas her dad gets to be the fun parent and that is just what most adolescents want. She attends Cherryville Middle School and she enjoys school. Not because she is good at it because she struggles to make a B in class but because she says she likes getting to see her friends. I learned in the book that

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