What Adolescence is all about

Adolescence <Tab/> Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood; it generally refers to a period ranging from age 11 or 13 through age 19 or 21. Although its beginning is often balanced with the beginning of puberty, adolescence is characterized by psychological and social stages as well as by biological changes. Adolescence can be prolonged, brief, or practically nonexistent, depending on the type of culture in which it occurs. Adolescence is a sort …showed first 75 words of 2491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2491 total…to respect what they are doing in the struggle to grow up and become good people in their own right. Works Cited Botta, Renee A. "Television Images and Adolescent Girls' Body Image Disturbance." Journal of Communication 49 (Spring 1999): ISSN 00219916. Online. ProQuest. 16 Nov. 1999 Bruin, Kathy. "What it is to be an adolescent. " <http://www.wikipedia.com>. Roberts, Donald F. Adolescence throughout the 1990s: Risk and Opportunity. Ed. Ruby Takanishi. Teachers College Press: NY, 1993.