What can you learn about adolescence from watching five very different teenagers spend Saturday detention together? Each of them having their own problems, whether at home, at school or within themselves. At this stage of life, adolescents are seen as rude, disrespectful and out of control. But why is this? Is it really the child's fault? Teenagers face many problems while growing up. Adolescence is the part of development where children begin to push back against authority and try to figure out who they are or who they will become. Therefore, we will examine adolescents' physical changes, relationships, cognitive changes, and search for identity as depicted in the film The Breakfast Club (Hughes, 1985). As we all know, children grow and develop at their own pace, but for a certain period of time. Adolescence is not just about pimples or being too thin. For teenagers, their appearance can make or break their entire school experience. They can either be the popular prom queen like Claire, or maybe even the tough bad boy like Bender. But what about the little guys, what about the not so pretty or not so big and tough guys, what about the people like Brian? Brian is very intelligent but he lacks something that the other boys in the film have: height. Brian is significantly smaller than the other two. For a child like Brian, it is difficult to be accepted into social circles that involve things that more mature adolescents are involved in. Although this is something that teenagers have had to deal with for generations, their appearance can then cause huge problems. Like Brian, a child will be pushed around, talked to or even bullied because of their small size or in the middle of a paper......with eyes on her and her friends. These are two examples of the two key components of adolescent egocentrism; personal fable and imaginary public (Elkind, 1976). Not only do most teenagers think the world revolves around them, but their decision-making skills are also lacking. At this stage in their lives, adolescents are very impulsive and are more likely to do things that others around them participate in. Finally, we look at identity without knowing it, adolescents seek answers to the question "who am I?" ". Although it is an important part of development at this stage, adolescents are not only at this stage and do not have the capacity to understand everything. As children grow up, they are pushed in one way or another by their parents and peers, some are pushed towards academics while others gravitate towards athletics. But what is the influence of parents and peers?