These basic rules can help your son stay safe: About a quarter of kids age 12-17 have used drugs. Top causes are vehicle crashes, homicide, and suicide.
Teens at ages 15-19 have higher rates of death than younger children. This can lead to problems in school, use of drugs or alcohol, risky sex, and other behaviors Become more aware of sexual orientation.Spend less time with parents, and more time with friends or alone.Think friends are more important than family.They want to be more in control and more independent. Teens at this age search for identity - a sense of who they are. Understand the effects of their behavior Emotional and Social Develop a passion for something and deeper interests.But by age 15, a boy can think in more complex ways. Young children think only about what’s going on at the moment. Pubic hair, then underarm and facial hair.
Larger penis and testicles that start to make sperm.PhysicalĪt this age, 15-year-old boys continue to grow. While it differs a lot from boy to boy, there are common milestones to look for.
It’s a time of physical changes, but it’s also a time of big intellectual, social, and emotional development. They are probably in their first or second year of high school.Ī 15-year-old is an adolescent - no longer a child, but not yet an adult either. It may be hard to believe, but your son is 15. That little boy with the skinned knees and funny grin isn’t little anymore.