#adolescent-development

#adolescent-development

Ever since my oldest kid was born, I've been warned about the teenage years. When I talked to people about my kids, some of them seemed to relish warning me about the upcoming teen years. If one of the kids got a little sassy, people would remark, 'Just wait 'til they're teenagers!' I'd get the same response if a kid were throwing a tantrum or doing pretty much anything negative.

Social media exacerbates a unique kind of social stress-of feeling left out, inferior, and inadequate, especially as you compare yourself to others.

Banning, and even burning, books that conflict with tightly-held ideology is nothing new. In 1933, student-led book burnings at the University of Berlin spurred a list of government-enforced banned authors.

"The average age in the U.S. most recently has been around age 12. But in some recent studies, it has actually dipped even to 11."