Maxim is 13 years old and in the 7th grade. If you asked him a year ago what mattered most, he would have said "playing Minecraft." But lately, everything feels different. His world is changing, and so is he.
Maxim’s story shows that being a teenager is a "bridge" between childhood and adulthood. It is a time of , where a person learns to interact with society, find their place in a group, and take the first steps toward becoming an independent member of society. Maxim is 13 years old and in the 7th grade
The biggest change is in his social life. Maxim used to love Sunday trips to the park with his parents. Now, he’d rather spend that time at the skatepark with his friends, Denis and Artyom. In Social Studies, this is called the shift to the peer group . For Maxim, the opinion of his friends now carries more weight than the opinion of his teachers. When Denis told him his new sneakers were "cool," Maxim felt more confident than when he got an 'A' on his math test. Maxim’s story shows that being a teenager is