Teenagers, 1946–Present
World War II profoundly changed adolescent life and relationships between parents and children. One of the major reasons for this change is the growth of the mass media....
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Teenagers
Initially invented as a marketing target, "teenagers" only came into existence after World War II. Possibly our most important years, our teenage years are a time of transition...
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Adolescent Growth and Development
Adolescence is the time between the beginning of sexual maturation (also known as puberty, from the Latin pubertas, meaning adult) and the beginning of adulthood. Ado...
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Adolescence
Recognition of the life stage between childhood and adulthood as a subject of modern scientific inquiry began in the early twentieth century with the publication of Antonio Marro's ...
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Adolescence
Sometimes referred to as teenage years, youth, or puberty, adolescence covers the period from roughly age 10 to 20 in a child's development.
In the study of child development, adole...
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Many adults share the popular opinion of your best time in life to be your teenage years, and that you don't realize this until you have grown up. This statement is entirely correct because as teenag...
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I can't count how many times people have uttered while shaking their heads in obvious disapproval " I just don't know what is with teenagers today!"
My mom always says, "They show no respect for th...
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Nowadays adolescents take too much care of their body appearence. But that is not my case because I do not feel a great pressure to conform to established beauty patterns. That is why I have a poss...
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There are various factors that can have influence a person's growth, family and friends are the two major aspects. In the process of growing up, both of the influences are indispensable. However, at t...
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In order to understand that teenagers are different today then in the fifties it is important to examine the way teenagers dress, and the more piercing we have today. Are teens different today then t...
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Jessica Fazio, my 16-year old cousin, is a sophomore in high school and going though many normal changes of adolescence. Jessica is a gymnast and is the second to youngest child in a family of fo...
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The thought of being left out or alienated is a constant worry in human society, especially in the lives of teenagers. Dictionary.com defines "alienation" as "emotional isolation or dissociation." The...
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