Your friends think there is something wrong with their 16-year-old son. One week he says that he wants to be a rock star and the next he says that he wants to be a pediatrician

Your friends don't think that a normal adolescent can change identities so rapidly. Based on what you know about achieving an identity in adolescence what can you tell your friends to make them feel better?
What will be an ideal response?

A good answer will be similar to the following:
During early adolescence, most teens either have no identity (diffusion status) or have chosen an identity that is based on advice from adults (foreclosure status). As teens progress through adolescence they begin to "try-on" different identities to see how each one fits (moratorium status). These different identities may be as diverse as rock star and pediatrician. Eventually, during later adolescence or early adulthood, after trying many different identities, one finds an identity that "fits" (achievement status). In other words, you friends' son is acting like other teens his age and he probably won't settle on an identity for a few years yet.