Which of the following is a characteristic of an adolescent's growing emotional autonomy?
A) Adolescents become more likely to believe their parents are all-knowing.
B) Adolescents become less likely to hold onto idealized pictures of their parents.
C) Adolescents become less attached to relationships outside the family.
D) When something goes wrong, adolescents assume their parents will "fix everything."

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Growing emotional autonomy means that adolescents become less dependent on their parents and develop their own independent emotions and thoughts. This includes letting go of idealized pictures of their parents and seeing them as imperfect individuals. Therefore, option B is the correct choice. Options A and D suggest that adolescents still rely heavily on their parents, which is not a characteristic of emotional autonomy. Option C suggests that adolescents become less attached to all relationships, which is not necessarily true.

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