
:''There is a separate article about the punk band called The Adolescents.'' [[Image:Psycheabduct.jpg|thumb|250px|''Cupid and Psyche'' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adult , representing the period of time during which a person is biologically adult but emotionally not at full maturity. The ages which are considered to be part of adolescence vary by culture. In the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin around age 13, and end around 24. By contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 years of age. "Adolescence" is a cultural and social phenomenon and therefore its endpoints are not easily defined tied to physical milestones. The word derives from the Latin verb ''adolescere'' meaning "to grow up." The time is identified with dramatic changes in the body, along with developments in a person's psychology and academic career. In the onset of adolescence, children usually complete elementary school and enter secondary education, such as middle school or high school. During this period of life, most children go through the physical stages of puberty, which often begin after a person has completed 9 years-old and before has reached the age of 13. Most cultures regard people as becoming adults at various ages of the teenage years. For example, Judaism tradition considers people to be adult members of the community at age 13, and this transition is celebrated in the bar (or bat) mitzvah ceremony. Usually, there is a formal age of majority when adolescents formally become adults. For example, Japan's celebration of this in January is called the coming of age (or 成人式) (see Japanese calendar)... == Puberty == Puberty, occurring in the beginning of adolescence, is the stage in the human lifespan when a child begins to develop adult secondary sex characteristics as their hormone balance shifts towards an adult state. Briefly, this is caused by the pituitary gland that secretes hormones into the blood stream which trigger growth in the gonads: the girl's ovaries and the boy's testicles. In female adolescents, the first menstrual period is called menarche. In most Western countries, the average age of menarche fell in the last century, primarily because of improved nutrition and increased caloric intake. Girls tend to go through puberty a year earlier than boys. == Preteens == The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager: perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the same meaning. This word comes from the age being ''between'' that of a young child and a teenager. Preteens are increasingly a specifically targeted market segment by business, because they tend to maintain the preferences they develop at this age. Even mobile phones are targeted toward this group. Also, because tweens are almost invariantly financially dependent (and because less autonomy is expected of them, in the United States, than of teenagers), they have access to parental income that is often more abundant than that of most teenagers and young adults. Tweenage is the age where children begin to have more responsibilities and begin to want more respect as people. Because of the emergence of greater awareness of social orders and groups, this is a very unstable area of development. Preteens often feel like they're not one thing or another and feel left out. To a girl in her late tweens, fashion and hygiene (and sometimes the eating disorders that develop as a result of over-concern about these things) come to be a bigger part of her life, and boys start to look good. To a tweenage boy, sports and hanging out tend to matter more in the late tweens. Early tweenhood is practically childhood, but the child has grown up slightly into a more mature person. == Teenagers == A teenager or teen is a person whose age is a number ending in "-teen" in the English language: that is to say, someone from the age of thirteen to the age of nineteen. The word is of recent origin, only having appeared in the mid 20th century. In Western culture, a distinct youth culture has developed. This culture is often considered inferior to the mainstream culture, or in rebellion against it, and is thus often referred to as a subculture or counterculture. == Discrimination against adolescents == Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This form of discrimination is increasingly referred to as adultism. It is also called ageism, though that is simply prejudice on the grounds of age, not youth particularly. The underlying notion is that adolescents should be treated with equal respect as individuals by adults, institutions, and the law on the basis of their humanity, rather than being seen as "second-class citizens," intellectually inferior, or as the property of adults. This discimination takes many forms, including lack of citizenship rights such as voting and the right to hold political office, as well as cultural, economic, and systemic disenfrachisement. There is also ongoing discrimination against adolescents in the areas of incarceration, education, and military recruitment, particularly youth of color and low-income youth. These young people face systemic and cultural barriers that often precede their right to due process in the law and equal educational opportunities. Research has illustrated wide discrepancies in the rates of African American and Latino youth incarceration in comparison to white youth with similar crimes; similar aberrations affect low-income youth. Statistical evidence also proves wide discrepancies between youth of color and white youth in the high school graduation rates and in higher education, as well as in military recruitment rates. Research has proven that social stratification between age groups causes stereotypeing and generalization; for instance, the media-perpetuated myth that all adolescents are equally immature, violent and rebellious. This has led to growing number of youth, academics, researchers, and other adults rallying against adultism and ageism; some have organized education programs, protest statements, and organizations. == Psychology of adolescents == Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since they may not be emotionally mature enough or financially able to support children, the latter is usually considered problematic. At this age there is also a greater probability of drug abuse and alcohol abuse, or mental problems such as schizophrenia, eating disorders and clinical depression. The emotional instability among some adolescents also sometimes causes youth crime. Search for a unique identity (social science) is one of the problems that adolescents often face. At this age, role models such as sports players, rock stars and film and television performers are very popular, and adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model. For this reason, people who are considered role models are often heavily criticised for their behavior, because in our time they are, we might say almost without exception, not socially conscious enough for the standard to which most children are held by most parents today. Of course, this doesn't mean that proper upbringing and an inspired life are contradictions; but there rages an argument about how soon one must make room for the other. == Social significance == In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, films, television programs, video games and clothes are heavily marketed and often popular amongst adolescents. In the past (and still in some cultures) there were ceremonies that celebrate adulthood, typically occurring during adolescence. Genpuku (translated as coming of age) in Japan is an instance. Teenagers have also been an important factor in many movements for positive social change around the world. The popular history of adolescents participating in these movements may perhaps start with Joan of Arc, and extend to present times with popular youth activism, student activism, and other efforts to make youth voice heard. == Legal issues == In many countries, those over a certain age (perhaps 18, though this varies) are legally considered responsible adults. Those who are under the age of legal responsibility may be considered too young to be held accountable for criminal action. This is called the defense of infancy. The issue of youth activism is of growing significance around the world. Youth-led organizations around the world have fought for social justice, the youth vote seeking to gain teenagers the right to vote, secure more youth rights, and demand better schools through student activism. Youth are also becoming more involved in community leadership, governance, and service. Volunteerism among youth is at a record high, while student voice in schools and youth voice in communities is being engaged in community organizations, government boards, and in youth-serving nonprofit staffs and leadership. The sale of selected items such as cigarettes, alcohol, videos, and video games with sexual or violent content, is often prohibited based on age. Such age restrictions vary widely. In practice, it is common that young people engage in underage smoking or drinking, and in some cultures this is tolerated to a certain degree. In the United States, teenagers are usually allowed to drive at 16, but cannot legally purchase or consume alcohol until 21. In Europe it is more common for the driving age to be higher (18, usually) while the drinking age is lower. The traditional age of full majority in the U.S. is 21 and, until recently (see: Twenty-sixth amendment) people were not legally allowed to vote until this age. At present, citizens may vote at 18 and usually can run in local and state elections at that age (and sometimes do; in rare cases, high school students have run for school board positions). One must be 25, however, to serve in the United States House of Representatives and 30 to serve in the United States Senate, or 35 to serve as the President of the United States. Given the alleged emotional immaturity of adolescents, many countries consider those under a certain age to be too young to engage in sexual intercourse and other sexual activities with adults, even if they are physiologically capable. See age of consent. This issue has been most famously dramatised in the book Lolita (and subsequent movies). Pedophilia is defined as interest in children before puberty, yet informally in the United States and other countries where there is a prevalence of a culture of fear, it may also include interest in adolescents, with their maturing bodies. In some other countries or cultures, relationships between adults and adolescents are socially accepted or viewed with tolerance. See pedophilia. In many countries, sex with adolescents below a certain age has become a social issue and is considered a serious sex crime. The age of consent vary according to the country or state/region. Countries without such laws may be targets for child sex tourism, if their laws do not separate prostitution from normal relationships. Pornography involving those under a certain age, typically 18 (see child pornography), is also considered unacceptable and strictly prohibited in most countries. In the past (and still in poor countries), female adolescents were sometimes forced to engage in prostitution and slavery, even at a young age. ==Fiction about teenagers== * Breaking Rank * The Catcher in the Rye * Go Ask Alice * ''The Outsiders'' * Rebel Without a Cause * ''Red Dawn'' * ''Stand by Me'' * ''The Breakfast Club'' *''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' ==Nonfiction about teenagers== * Giroux, H (2003) The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear * Giroux, H (1994) Channel Surfing: Racism, the Media, and the Destruction of Today's Youth * Giroux, H (1995) Stealing Innocence: Corporate Culture's War on Children * Giroux, H (1996) The Mouse That Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence * Guilloud, S (2002) Through the Eyes of the Judged: Autobiographical Sketches by Incarcerated Young Men * Males, M (1997) The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Youth ISBN 1567510809 * Males, M (1999) Framing Youth: Ten Myths About the Next Generation * Males, M (2001) Kids & Guns: How Politicians, Experts, and the Press Fabricate Fear of Youth * United Nations (2003) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wyr/index.html World Youth Report] * Postman, N (1991) The Disappearance of Childhood * Kitwana, B (2003) The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture * Grace, L (2000) The Teenage Liberation Handbook * Fletcher, A (2004) [http://www.soundout.org/MSIGuide.pdf Meaningful Student Involvement Guide to School Change] * Dworksy, A (1984) Adolescence: the Wasted Years. * Checkoway (1997) [http://www.wkkf.org/pubs/YouthED/Pub564.pdf Adults As Allies to Youth] * Innovation Center (2001) http://www.theinnovationcenter.org/product.asp Broadening the Bounds of Youth Development: Youth as Engaged Citizens] * Welton, N & Wolf, L (2002) Global Uprising: Stories from a New Generation of Activists * California Adolescent Health Collaborative (2001) Involving Youth in Public Policy * Dominick, B & Ebrahimi (1999) Liberating Youth * Marques, E, Haid, P, & Brown, J (1999) Re-focusing the Lens: Assessing the Challenge of Youth Involvement in Public Policy * Cervone, B (2002) Taking Democracy In Hand: Youth Action For Educational Change in the San Francisco Bay Area * Marques, E & Brown, J (1999) Taking Notice: An Annotated Sampling of Youth Organisations * NA (1997) Teens: Little Respect in a Big World?. Crimson and Gray Online * Males, M (1999) The "Harper's Index" of Myths About American Teens * Hyatt, B (1985) The Oppression and Liberation of Youth * Hutchinson, E (2001) Too Young To Vote, But Not To Be Executed * McPherson, K, Sisson, M, & Fletcher, A (2001) When Youth Have a Voice, School Climate Changes *University of the Poor. (2002) Young People's Liberation Policy ===List of famous teenagers=== * Jamie Bell, actor * Amanda Bynes, actress and show host * Keisha Castle-Hughes (New Zealand) youngest person to be nominated for Best Actress Academy Award * Charlotte Church, classical singer * Hilary Duff, actress * Lindsay Lohan, actress * Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) * Wayne Rooney, Soccer player * Amy Studt, British singer * Emma Watson, actress * Anne Frank, diarist * Joan of Arc, military leader * Holden Caulfield, fictional character in "The Catcher in the Rye" ==List of people who achieved fame in their teens== * Jenny Agutter, actress * Fiona Apple, musician * Nadia Comaneci, Olympic Games gymnast * Patty Hearst, pop icon * Martina Hingis, tennis player * Józef Hofmann, pianist * Eva Ionesco, actress * Michael Jackson, singer * Anna Kournikova, tennis player * Tara Lipinski, Olympic Games figure skater * Yehudi Menuhin, violinist * Mandy Moore, singer, actress * Natalie Portman, actress * LeAnn Rimes, country music singer * Brooke Shields, actress * Harbhajan Singh, cricketer * Britney Spears, singer * Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer * Timothy, Youngest leader of an early Christian Church * Serena Williams, tennis player * Venus Williams, tennis player * Lebron James, basketball player * Avril Lavigne, singer, musician ==External links== * [http://www.geocities.com/hatredsucks/upagainst.html Pro-Youth] - A firm text against ageism towards teenagers, presenting a case of ageism committed by a jury. * [http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/projects&evals/sem2_mag1/chantellemag/chanceessay.htm Everyone deserves to be given a chance] - An essay against ageism towards teenagers, written by a Canadian adolescent. ==See also== *Boy band *Child *Education *Puberty *Rite of passage *School *Sex education *Sexual abstinence *Teen idol *Teen magazine * List of youngsters in history *Youth culture *Teen Forums *Youth activism *Youth rights *Student activism *Ephebophobia - the irrational fear of adolescents gaining more rights or showing behavioral, emotional or social emancipation *Meaningful student involvement *Student voice *Youth voice *:Category:Images of young people ==Compare with== * Aging Human development Online Teen Magazine
This article seems to be more about discrimination against adolescents than adolescence in general. I think we could use more information about teenage history, psychology, culture, and such. How about an article about preteens, as separate from this one? They're a distinct age of childhood that is different enough from younger children, and from teens with their own hormonal issues and changes in intelligence, to warrant a separate article I believe. User:CGally81 01:46, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) Isn't teenager a kind of informal term? isn't adolescent more appreciate as the title o encyclopedia article? -- User:TakuyaMurata 00:51 19 May 2003 (UTC) Does anyone have access to an Oxford English Dictionary and would care to look this word up? From what I undertand, it's a very recent coinage. -- User:Zoe :Amusingly, the OED entry for ''teenage'' refers one to ''teen''2, where it is defined as brushwood for fences and hedges. Nearby is the sadly obsolete word ''teenful'', defined as "causing trouble or sorrow; vexatious, troublesome, painful, grievous, distressing." ''Teenage'' also doesn't make it into the OED ''Supplement'', it may make it into the most recent edition, which I don't have. Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary gives the date 1921 for the coinage. -- User:Someone else 03:18 19 May 2003 (UTC) I want to rename the article to adolescence because # teenager seems a new, inaccurate informal word # no all other language has a word corresponding to teenager # teenager connotates eleven, twelve or twenty are not young generation. Mere age has nothing to do with important and social changes occuring during adolecence. -- User:TakuyaMurata 03:29 21 May 2003 (UTC) If the two concepts are different, address the difference in the articles. #Teenager is a new word, but it is ''completely'' accurate (it's defined numerically!) and is not considered an informal usage. #Wikipedia is written in English. #''teenager'' and ''young generation'' are not identical concepts. -- User:Someone else 03:36 21 May 2003 (UTC) Yes, of course we shall (or already?) address the difference. And to be more precise what I meant is: # Teenager is relatively less formal than adolescence e.g. britannica uses adolescence instead of teenager # Not everyone all over the world uses a concept teenager while the concept of adolescence is widely accepted # Teenager coonotates 12-year-old is outside of it by its strict definition but body changes, for example, can occur in 12-year-old for sure. -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:27 21 May 2003 (UTC) There should definitely be an article at teenager. The word and its meaning have inspired a million songs from "A teenager in love" by Dion & The Belmonts to "teenage dirtbag" by Wheatus. It also is the root of teenybopper, teen-dream, teen-angel. The word implies and embodies cultural aspects of teenage years that the word adolescent doesn't. User:Mintguy 21:36 21 May 2003 (UTC) :The discussion is not about if we should cover a word teenager, but about the naming of the article. Why not there should definitely be an article at adolescence? -- User:TakuyaMurata 21:40 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::This is English wikipedia and teenager is the more common form and has the advantage of its cultural context as well as the chronological one. User:Mintguy :I am not sure really teenager is more common form. If so, why does Britannica uses adolesence, for instance? Besides, I am not sure why the article named adolesence doesn't talk about cultural aspect of its stage such as drug abuse. And what do you mean by chronological context? Teeanger is rather new word. -- User:TakuyaMurata 21:47 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::I am telling you as a native English language speaker that it is the more common form. You will never hear an English or American person saying - "Oh... I remember when I was an adolescent, those were the days". User:Mintguy 21:50 21 May 2003 (UTC) :And what can I say, we are talking about which one is the common form in community of encyclopedia. If you think this is a preference problem, we can certainly go to voting. -- User:TakuyaMurata 21:54 21 May 2003 (UTC) * TEENAGER = 13 to 19 years old * ADOLECENT = undergoing transition to adulthood They are not the same thing. Some teenagers are adolescent, some adolescents are teenagers. Some foods are plants, some plants are foods. User:Tannin :Then should we need a separate article? My point is that it seems fair enough that one article talks about both, as is the case now. -- User:TakuyaMurata 22:02 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::Actually I should have taken the trouble to read the article before I made my comments. Apologies for that. It seems to mostly describe years the physical tranformations of puberty, rather than the cultural aspects of teenage years. I think perhaps adolescence should redirect to puberty and teenager should mostly be about teen-culture. But then again adolescence is perhaps concerned with mental as well as physical maturation. I'll leave others to ponder this. User:Mintguy :: (Via edit conflict) In a perfect world, yes, we would have seperate articles, just as we have seperate articles about food and plants. But there is not anywhere near enough information in the article as it stands (on either topic) to make more than a pair of tiny stubs. The sensible thing to do is retain the current single article with adolescence as a redirect to it until such a time as someone wants to come along and write an entry on adolescence. And I ''don't'' mean a horrible little stub, I mean the real thing which would, by the way, not be restricted to talking about adolescence in humans. In a nutshell, teenager is a Westerm culture or sociology topic with a narrow focus on Western societies of the last handful of decades, the US in particular. Adolescence, on the other hand, is clearly a topic that requires a cross-cultural and multi-species approach. ~~ :Then what about the new name such as teenage and adolescence or other terms like youngster, youth or such. I know they are not the same as teenage. But for example, I suppose pubery can occur before 12 or after 19 depending on envrionments young people grow up. -- User:TakuyaMurata 22:24 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::Teenager is short, simple, and obvious. I don't think we need a title that is longer than the entry it stands at the head of. User:Tannin :It's so only if the teenager article only focuses on discussion of teenage culture. If not, the title seems rather misleading. I completely agree that we eventually need a separate article. But now adolescence seems fine because it contains mention about puberty and teenager with a subtopic since there is no much material now besides, it is rather limited in western culture, particularly in US. -- User:TakuyaMurata 22:55 21 May 2003 (UTC) :Personally, I think we should move all medical information regarding puberty into puberty with a link to it from teenager. I also think "teenager" and "adolescent" are too similar words to be placed in different articles. Any differences how the terms are used could be explained in the article. I don't really mind making adolescent the main article, but I've always thought "teenager" was the more common term being used in everyday language, though I am not a native speaker of English. However, if we should follow Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) that's what we should be looking for: the most common form used today.
:Regarding "adolescence", I think this has more in common with "puberty" than "teenager", as it's not a term being used ''on'' someone undergoing changes into adulthood, but rather to the ''process'' of it, or am I wrong? If not, I see "puberty" as the more appropriate name of the two as the article will contain all the medical information as well, and even though there might not yet be enough material to make two full articles if we separate teenager and puberty I think it would still be worth doing it to make things more clear. As it is now, it feels a bit weird to be redirected to teenager when entering puberty, and to see all the medical information regarding puberty when reading about teenagers. :- User:Wintran 00:10 22 May 2003 (UTC) The term "Adolescent" is used all the time in biology. You ever heard of a teenage mouse or bird? User:Tannin :That's a good point. I think the best would in that case be to have a separate adolescent article explaining this stage taking all species into account, and have teenager focus on humans only. I know most people hate stubs, but I think they're sometimes better than nothing if they make things better sorted or more clear. :- User:Wintran 00:35 22 May 2003 (UTC) About which one is common. That is our agreement that articles should be named a common name. But I think this common means common in encyclopedia. For example, aging is redirected to senescence. I doubt senescence is more common than aging. We can apply the same logic to here. I can agree with making either one article or two articles. But if we have just one containing about puberty, adolescence and teenage stuff, the title teenager seems weird. I mean the article named adolescence having mention about teenage seems make sence but I don't think vice versa. -- User:TakuyaMurata 02:17 22 May 2003 (UTC) ----- The current OED lists the following as the complete definition for ''teenager'': :One who is in his or her teens; loosely, an adolescent. --User:Dante Alighieri 00:26 22 May 2003 (UTC) ---- Tween needs to be mentioned in this article as many of the things mentioned in the article can and/or do take place in the tween years and not the actual teen ones. User:Rmhermen 14:45 22 May 2003 (UTC) :Fair enough. My removal of it was just in response to the article tween being merged here, which makes no sense to me. But I agree the content can stay here, but tween still shouldn't be a redirect to this page. User:Evercat 14:48 22 May 2003 (UTC) But isn't tween article is awfully short? By definition, preteen or tween is differnt than teenager for sure, but we don't need a separate article for each term. Besides, I presume a word preteen or tween is inspired from teenage. It sounds fair enough to merge them to here. -- User:TakuyaMurata 14:53 22 May 2003 (UTC) No, because by definition a preteen is not a teenager. Articles should remain specifically about their subject from the title. However, one possibility I suppose would be to rename this page "adolescence", then tween possibly would fit. -- User:Evercat :It is the case in a dictionary and wiikipedia is not a dictionary. Yes the trouble is I think the current name of this article. Today I add a mention about coming of age celemony genpuki in Japan but it sounds awufully weird that teenage samurai completed genpuku. I guess the trouble the word teenage implies contemporary and western society, which is one that we certain should cover, but the article should not limited to it. -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:16 22 May 2003 (UTC) As you see, I added particularly social aspect of teenagers or adolescents. I am afraid what I have done might look like trying to haijack the article. But it is true that what I added is what I think we should discuss. I still want to move this article to adolescence. As I said just above, parts like teenage samurai, preteen and puberty seem odd in an article named under teenager. To me, adolescence is a wider term than teenager. And regarding common words issue, we need to use a common word in terms of encyclopediac or academic community. Britannica uses adolescence instead of teenager, there is also an example of aging and senescence. In everyday life we usually use aging not senescence. I agree in the future we might need a separate article but now what's wrong with an article named adolesence containing about a particular concept in western society, or teenager. -- User:TakuyaMurata 13:18 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- I thought schizophrenia primarily emerged in the 20's not the teens. The wikipedia article doesn't seem to mention an age correlation. Anyone know for certain? User:Rmhermen 13:34 23 May 2003 (UTC) :What I heard is there is an increase of schizophrenia in late 10s. But anyway I have no clue. -- User:TakuyaMurata 13:50 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- As this article, and most references to it, is mostly about adolscence, I have moved it to that title. Perhaps there should be a separate article about teenage culture, in terms of the youth culture phenomenon, Rebel Without a Cause, etc? User:The Anome 14:22 23 May 2003 (UTC) :That's exactly my point made above. I just want to say I support your move. -- User:TakuyaMurata 14:27 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- Do you really think the paedophile stuff belongs here? It's kinda off-topic, as it doesn't really help us understand the subject at hand, adolescence. User:Evercat 15:26 23 May 2003 (UTC) :I mean I wanted to add more about child pornography or underage sex stuff here. But you have a point. It sounds like off-topic. Maybe you can reword or you can delete it at whole. -- User:TakuyaMurata 15:32 23 May 2003 (UTC) It was also too specific, ie under-18. This varies widely. As do laws on child porn, etc. User:Evercat 15:41 23 May 2003 (UTC) "Because of their mature body, they become to have more chances to be target of being sexual victims." Got any stats for this? It's not obviously true to me that there are more cases of abuse at the teenage age. User:Evercat 15:55 23 May 2003 (UTC) :Not abuse. Maybe it is an impression only in Japan? I am talking about more about child pornography or prostitution. I will rewrite it is in more terms of sex bussiness. -- User:TakuyaMurata 15:59 23 May 2003 (UTC) About age of smoking and driking. I know it is too specific but I couldn't add because I don't have knowledge in other countries or states. I think it would be nice to have a table in each age, what they can be able to do. I will add such. -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:48 23 May 2003 (UTC) :No actually it is nice to locate such table in wider range, like 7-year-old elementary school, 18 college, 65 retire and so on. Any though about where should we locate this kind of table? -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:50 23 May 2003 (UTC) ::Not here, please. Create a new page. User:Evercat 16:50 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- ''Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since they may not be emotionally mature enough or financially able to support children, the latter is usually considered problematic.'' :This is major POV / cultural bias ---- ADOLESCENCE: The period in one's development from childhood to adultery. User:Lee M 19:01, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC) ------ :''The word derives from the Latin language verb ''adolescere'' meaning, literally, "to begin to be smelly."'' I can see how you would think that, but [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=adolescent Merriam-Webster] derives ''adolescere'' from ''alescere'', "to grow," related to ''altus''. - User:Montrealais 15:52, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC) Should information about Power Rangers be on this page? I vote to delete this information == Silly pictures/Is japan the only culture with coming of age? == The three pictures included are without captions and look rather out of place compared to the text as a whole. The second picture, especially, looks like someone thought it might be cute to upload a picture of themselves and their sister on wikipedia (the file description = SEXY DH AND EBAY). Also, there are numerous references to a japanese coming of age as if no other culture had one. I'm not familiar enough with wikipedia editing to dare do anything big, but that ridiculous picture is going. == Timothy == Is it really true that Timothy (the alleged recipient of the New Testament letters bearing that name) became famous in his teens, or even that he was a church leader in his teens? There's nothing in the letters themselves to support that idea. User:Gareth McCaughan 14:49, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)
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:''There is a separate article about the punk band called The Adolescents.'' [[Image:Psycheabduct.jpg|thumb|250px|''Cupid and Psyche'' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adult , representing the period of time during which a person is biologically adult but emotionally not at full maturity. The ages which are considered to be part of adolescence vary by culture. In the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin around age 13, and end around 24. By contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 years of age. "Adolescence" is a cultural and social phenomenon and therefore its endpoints are not easily defined tied to physical milestones. The word derives from the Latin verb ''adolescere'' meaning "to grow up." The time is identified with dramatic changes in the body, along with developments in a person's psychology and academic career. In the onset of adolescence, children usually complete elementary school and enter secondary education, such as middle school or high school. During this period of life, most children go through the physical stages of puberty, which often begin after a person has completed 9 years-old and before has reached the age of 13. Most cultures regard people as becoming adults at various ages of the teenage years. For example, Judaism tradition considers people to be adult members of the community at age 13, and this transition is celebrated in the bar (or bat) mitzvah ceremony. Usually, there is a formal age of majority when adolescents formally become adults. For example, Japan's celebration of this in January is called the coming of age (or 成人式) (see Japanese calendar)... == Puberty == Puberty, occurring in the beginning of adolescence, is the stage in the human lifespan when a child begins to develop adult secondary sex characteristics as their hormone balance shifts towards an adult state. Briefly, this is caused by the pituitary gland that secretes hormones into the blood stream which trigger growth in the gonads: the girl's ovaries and the boy's testicles. In female adolescents, the first menstrual period is called menarche. In most Western countries, the average age of menarche fell in the last century, primarily because of improved nutrition and increased caloric intake. Girls tend to go through puberty a year earlier than boys. == Preteens == The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager: perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the same meaning. This word comes from the age being ''between'' that of a young child and a teenager. Preteens are increasingly a specifically targeted market segment by business, because they tend to maintain the preferences they develop at this age. Even mobile phones are targeted toward this group. Also, because tweens are almost invariantly financially dependent (and because less autonomy is expected of them, in the United States, than of teenagers), they have access to parental income that is often more abundant than that of most teenagers and young adults. Tweenage is the age where children begin to have more responsibilities and begin to want more respect as people. Because of the emergence of greater awareness of social orders and groups, this is a very unstable area of development. Preteens often feel like they're not one thing or another and feel left out. To a girl in her late tweens, fashion and hygiene (and sometimes the eating disorders that develop as a result of over-concern about these things) come to be a bigger part of her life, and boys start to look good. To a tweenage boy, sports and hanging out tend to matter more in the late tweens. Early tweenhood is practically childhood, but the child has grown up slightly into a more mature person. == Teenagers == A teenager or teen is a person whose age is a number ending in "-teen" in the English language: that is to say, someone from the age of thirteen to the age of nineteen. The word is of recent origin, only having appeared in the mid 20th century. In Western culture, a distinct youth culture has developed. This culture is often considered inferior to the mainstream culture, or in rebellion against it, and is thus often referred to as a subculture or counterculture. == Discrimination against adolescents == Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This form of discrimination is increasingly referred to as adultism. It is also called ageism, though that is simply prejudice on the grounds of age, not youth particularly. The underlying notion is that adolescents should be treated with equal respect as individuals by adults, institutions, and the law on the basis of their humanity, rather than being seen as "second-class citizens," intellectually inferior, or as the property of adults. This discimination takes many forms, including lack of citizenship rights such as voting and the right to hold political office, as well as cultural, economic, and systemic disenfrachisement. There is also ongoing discrimination against adolescents in the areas of incarceration, education, and military recruitment, particularly youth of color and low-income youth. These young people face systemic and cultural barriers that often precede their right to due process in the law and equal educational opportunities. Research has illustrated wide discrepancies in the rates of African American and Latino youth incarceration in comparison to white youth with similar crimes; similar aberrations affect low-income youth. Statistical evidence also proves wide discrepancies between youth of color and white youth in the high school graduation rates and in higher education, as well as in military recruitment rates. Research has proven that social stratification between age groups causes stereotypeing and generalization; for instance, the media-perpetuated myth that all adolescents are equally immature, violent and rebellious. This has led to growing number of youth, academics, researchers, and other adults rallying against adultism and ageism; some have organized education programs, protest statements, and organizations. == Psychology of adolescents == Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since they may not be emotionally mature enough or financially able to support children, the latter is usually considered problematic. At this age there is also a greater probability of drug abuse and alcohol abuse, or mental problems such as schizophrenia, eating disorders and clinical depression. The emotional instability among some adolescents also sometimes causes youth crime. Search for a unique identity (social science) is one of the problems that adolescents often face. At this age, role models such as sports players, rock stars and film and television performers are very popular, and adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model. For this reason, people who are considered role models are often heavily criticised for their behavior, because in our time they are, we might say almost without exception, not socially conscious enough for the standard to which most children are held by most parents today. Of course, this doesn't mean that proper upbringing and an inspired life are contradictions; but there rages an argument about how soon one must make room for the other. == Social significance == In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, films, television programs, video games and clothes are heavily marketed and often popular amongst adolescents. In the past (and still in some cultures) there were ceremonies that celebrate adulthood, typically occurring during adolescence. Genpuku (translated as coming of age) in Japan is an instance. Teenagers have also been an important factor in many movements for positive social change around the world. The popular history of adolescents participating in these movements may perhaps start with Joan of Arc, and extend to present times with popular youth activism, student activism, and other efforts to make youth voice heard. == Legal issues == In many countries, those over a certain age (perhaps 18, though this varies) are legally considered responsible adults. Those who are under the age of legal responsibility may be considered too young to be held accountable for criminal action. This is called the defense of infancy. The issue of youth activism is of growing significance around the world. Youth-led organizations around the world have fought for social justice, the youth vote seeking to gain teenagers the right to vote, secure more youth rights, and demand better schools through student activism. Youth are also becoming more involved in community leadership, governance, and service. Volunteerism among youth is at a record high, while student voice in schools and youth voice in communities is being engaged in community organizations, government boards, and in youth-serving nonprofit staffs and leadership. The sale of selected items such as cigarettes, alcohol, videos, and video games with sexual or violent content, is often prohibited based on age. Such age restrictions vary widely. In practice, it is common that young people engage in underage smoking or drinking, and in some cultures this is tolerated to a certain degree. In the United States, teenagers are usually allowed to drive at 16, but cannot legally purchase or consume alcohol until 21. In Europe it is more common for the driving age to be higher (18, usually) while the drinking age is lower. The traditional age of full majority in the U.S. is 21 and, until recently (see: Twenty-sixth amendment) people were not legally allowed to vote until this age. At present, citizens may vote at 18 and usually can run in local and state elections at that age (and sometimes do; in rare cases, high school students have run for school board positions). One must be 25, however, to serve in the United States House of Representatives and 30 to serve in the United States Senate, or 35 to serve as the President of the United States. Given the alleged emotional immaturity of adolescents, many countries consider those under a certain age to be too young to engage in sexual intercourse and other sexual activities with adults, even if they are physiologically capable. See age of consent. This issue has been most famously dramatised in the book Lolita (and subsequent movies). Pedophilia is defined as interest in children before puberty, yet informally in the United States and other countries where there is a prevalence of a culture of fear, it may also include interest in adolescents, with their maturing bodies. In some other countries or cultures, relationships between adults and adolescents are socially accepted or viewed with tolerance. See pedophilia. In many countries, sex with adolescents below a certain age has become a social issue and is considered a serious sex crime. The age of consent vary according to the country or state/region. Countries without such laws may be targets for child sex tourism, if their laws do not separate prostitution from normal relationships. Pornography involving those under a certain age, typically 18 (see child pornography), is also considered unacceptable and strictly prohibited in most countries. In the past (and still in poor countries), female adolescents were sometimes forced to engage in prostitution and slavery, even at a young age. ==Fiction about teenagers== * Breaking Rank * The Catcher in the Rye * Go Ask Alice * ''The Outsiders'' * Rebel Without a Cause * ''Red Dawn'' * ''Stand by Me'' * ''The Breakfast Club'' *''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' ==Nonfiction about teenagers== * Giroux, H (2003) The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear * Giroux, H (1994) Channel Surfing: Racism, the Media, and the Destruction of Today's Youth * Giroux, H (1995) Stealing Innocence: Corporate Culture's War on Children * Giroux, H (1996) The Mouse That Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence * Guilloud, S (2002) Through the Eyes of the Judged: Autobiographical Sketches by Incarcerated Young Men * Males, M (1997) The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Youth ISBN 1567510809 * Males, M (1999) Framing Youth: Ten Myths About the Next Generation * Males, M (2001) Kids & Guns: How Politicians, Experts, and the Press Fabricate Fear of Youth * United Nations (2003) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wyr/index.html World Youth Report] * Postman, N (1991) The Disappearance of Childhood * Kitwana, B (2003) The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture * Grace, L (2000) The Teenage Liberation Handbook * Fletcher, A (2004) [http://www.soundout.org/MSIGuide.pdf Meaningful Student Involvement Guide to School Change] * Dworksy, A (1984) Adolescence: the Wasted Years. * Checkoway (1997) [http://www.wkkf.org/pubs/YouthED/Pub564.pdf Adults As Allies to Youth] * Innovation Center (2001) http://www.theinnovationcenter.org/product.asp Broadening the Bounds of Youth Development: Youth as Engaged Citizens] * Welton, N & Wolf, L (2002) Global Uprising: Stories from a New Generation of Activists * California Adolescent Health Collaborative (2001) Involving Youth in Public Policy * Dominick, B & Ebrahimi (1999) Liberating Youth * Marques, E, Haid, P, & Brown, J (1999) Re-focusing the Lens: Assessing the Challenge of Youth Involvement in Public Policy * Cervone, B (2002) Taking Democracy In Hand: Youth Action For Educational Change in the San Francisco Bay Area * Marques, E & Brown, J (1999) Taking Notice: An Annotated Sampling of Youth Organisations * NA (1997) Teens: Little Respect in a Big World?. Crimson and Gray Online * Males, M (1999) The "Harper's Index" of Myths About American Teens * Hyatt, B (1985) The Oppression and Liberation of Youth * Hutchinson, E (2001) Too Young To Vote, But Not To Be Executed * McPherson, K, Sisson, M, & Fletcher, A (2001) When Youth Have a Voice, School Climate Changes *University of the Poor. (2002) Young People's Liberation Policy ===List of famous teenagers=== * Jamie Bell, actor * Amanda Bynes, actress and show host * Keisha Castle-Hughes (New Zealand) youngest person to be nominated for Best Actress Academy Award * Charlotte Church, classical singer * Hilary Duff, actress * Lindsay Lohan, actress * Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) * Wayne Rooney, Soccer player * Amy Studt, British singer * Emma Watson, actress * Anne Frank, diarist * Joan of Arc, military leader * Holden Caulfield, fictional character in "The Catcher in the Rye" ==List of people who achieved fame in their teens== * Jenny Agutter, actress * Fiona Apple, musician * Nadia Comaneci, Olympic Games gymnast * Patty Hearst, pop icon * Martina Hingis, tennis player * Józef Hofmann, pianist * Eva Ionesco, actress * Michael Jackson, singer * Anna Kournikova, tennis player * Tara Lipinski, Olympic Games figure skater * Yehudi Menuhin, violinist * Mandy Moore, singer, actress * Natalie Portman, actress * LeAnn Rimes, country music singer * Brooke Shields, actress * Harbhajan Singh, cricketer * Britney Spears, singer * Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer * Timothy, Youngest leader of an early Christian Church * Serena Williams, tennis player * Venus Williams, tennis player * Lebron James, basketball player * Avril Lavigne, singer, musician ==External links== * [http://www.geocities.com/hatredsucks/upagainst.html Pro-Youth] - A firm text against ageism towards teenagers, presenting a case of ageism committed by a jury. * [http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/projects&evals/sem2_mag1/chantellemag/chanceessay.htm Everyone deserves to be given a chance] - An essay against ageism towards teenagers, written by a Canadian adolescent. ==See also== *Boy band *Child *Education *Puberty *Rite of passage *School *Sex education *Sexual abstinence *Teen idol *Teen magazine * List of youngsters in history *Youth culture *Teen Forums *Youth activism *Youth rights *Student activism *Ephebophobia - the irrational fear of adolescents gaining more rights or showing behavioral, emotional or social emancipation *Meaningful student involvement *Student voice *Youth voice *:Category:Images of young people ==Compare with== * Aging Human development Online Teen Magazine
Adolescence
This article seems to be more about discrimination against adolescents than adolescence in general. I think we could use more information about teenage history, psychology, culture, and such. How about an article about preteens, as separate from this one? They're a distinct age of childhood that is different enough from younger children, and from teens with their own hormonal issues and changes in intelligence, to warrant a separate article I believe. User:CGally81 01:46, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) Isn't teenager a kind of informal term? isn't adolescent more appreciate as the title o encyclopedia article? -- User:TakuyaMurata 00:51 19 May 2003 (UTC) Does anyone have access to an Oxford English Dictionary and would care to look this word up? From what I undertand, it's a very recent coinage. -- User:Zoe :Amusingly, the OED entry for ''teenage'' refers one to ''teen''2, where it is defined as brushwood for fences and hedges. Nearby is the sadly obsolete word ''teenful'', defined as "causing trouble or sorrow; vexatious, troublesome, painful, grievous, distressing." ''Teenage'' also doesn't make it into the OED ''Supplement'', it may make it into the most recent edition, which I don't have. Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary gives the date 1921 for the coinage. -- User:Someone else 03:18 19 May 2003 (UTC) I want to rename the article to adolescence because # teenager seems a new, inaccurate informal word # no all other language has a word corresponding to teenager # teenager connotates eleven, twelve or twenty are not young generation. Mere age has nothing to do with important and social changes occuring during adolecence. -- User:TakuyaMurata 03:29 21 May 2003 (UTC) If the two concepts are different, address the difference in the articles. #Teenager is a new word, but it is ''completely'' accurate (it's defined numerically!) and is not considered an informal usage. #Wikipedia is written in English. #''teenager'' and ''young generation'' are not identical concepts. -- User:Someone else 03:36 21 May 2003 (UTC) Yes, of course we shall (or already?) address the difference. And to be more precise what I meant is: # Teenager is relatively less formal than adolescence e.g. britannica uses adolescence instead of teenager # Not everyone all over the world uses a concept teenager while the concept of adolescence is widely accepted # Teenager coonotates 12-year-old is outside of it by its strict definition but body changes, for example, can occur in 12-year-old for sure. -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:27 21 May 2003 (UTC) There should definitely be an article at teenager. The word and its meaning have inspired a million songs from "A teenager in love" by Dion & The Belmonts to "teenage dirtbag" by Wheatus. It also is the root of teenybopper, teen-dream, teen-angel. The word implies and embodies cultural aspects of teenage years that the word adolescent doesn't. User:Mintguy 21:36 21 May 2003 (UTC) :The discussion is not about if we should cover a word teenager, but about the naming of the article. Why not there should definitely be an article at adolescence? -- User:TakuyaMurata 21:40 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::This is English wikipedia and teenager is the more common form and has the advantage of its cultural context as well as the chronological one. User:Mintguy :I am not sure really teenager is more common form. If so, why does Britannica uses adolesence, for instance? Besides, I am not sure why the article named adolesence doesn't talk about cultural aspect of its stage such as drug abuse. And what do you mean by chronological context? Teeanger is rather new word. -- User:TakuyaMurata 21:47 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::I am telling you as a native English language speaker that it is the more common form. You will never hear an English or American person saying - "Oh... I remember when I was an adolescent, those were the days". User:Mintguy 21:50 21 May 2003 (UTC) :And what can I say, we are talking about which one is the common form in community of encyclopedia. If you think this is a preference problem, we can certainly go to voting. -- User:TakuyaMurata 21:54 21 May 2003 (UTC) * TEENAGER = 13 to 19 years old * ADOLECENT = undergoing transition to adulthood They are not the same thing. Some teenagers are adolescent, some adolescents are teenagers. Some foods are plants, some plants are foods. User:Tannin :Then should we need a separate article? My point is that it seems fair enough that one article talks about both, as is the case now. -- User:TakuyaMurata 22:02 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::Actually I should have taken the trouble to read the article before I made my comments. Apologies for that. It seems to mostly describe years the physical tranformations of puberty, rather than the cultural aspects of teenage years. I think perhaps adolescence should redirect to puberty and teenager should mostly be about teen-culture. But then again adolescence is perhaps concerned with mental as well as physical maturation. I'll leave others to ponder this. User:Mintguy :: (Via edit conflict) In a perfect world, yes, we would have seperate articles, just as we have seperate articles about food and plants. But there is not anywhere near enough information in the article as it stands (on either topic) to make more than a pair of tiny stubs. The sensible thing to do is retain the current single article with adolescence as a redirect to it until such a time as someone wants to come along and write an entry on adolescence. And I ''don't'' mean a horrible little stub, I mean the real thing which would, by the way, not be restricted to talking about adolescence in humans. In a nutshell, teenager is a Westerm culture or sociology topic with a narrow focus on Western societies of the last handful of decades, the US in particular. Adolescence, on the other hand, is clearly a topic that requires a cross-cultural and multi-species approach. ~~ :Then what about the new name such as teenage and adolescence or other terms like youngster, youth or such. I know they are not the same as teenage. But for example, I suppose pubery can occur before 12 or after 19 depending on envrionments young people grow up. -- User:TakuyaMurata 22:24 21 May 2003 (UTC) ::Teenager is short, simple, and obvious. I don't think we need a title that is longer than the entry it stands at the head of. User:Tannin :It's so only if the teenager article only focuses on discussion of teenage culture. If not, the title seems rather misleading. I completely agree that we eventually need a separate article. But now adolescence seems fine because it contains mention about puberty and teenager with a subtopic since there is no much material now besides, it is rather limited in western culture, particularly in US. -- User:TakuyaMurata 22:55 21 May 2003 (UTC) :Personally, I think we should move all medical information regarding puberty into puberty with a link to it from teenager. I also think "teenager" and "adolescent" are too similar words to be placed in different articles. Any differences how the terms are used could be explained in the article. I don't really mind making adolescent the main article, but I've always thought "teenager" was the more common term being used in everyday language, though I am not a native speaker of English. However, if we should follow Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) that's what we should be looking for: the most common form used today.
:Regarding "adolescence", I think this has more in common with "puberty" than "teenager", as it's not a term being used ''on'' someone undergoing changes into adulthood, but rather to the ''process'' of it, or am I wrong? If not, I see "puberty" as the more appropriate name of the two as the article will contain all the medical information as well, and even though there might not yet be enough material to make two full articles if we separate teenager and puberty I think it would still be worth doing it to make things more clear. As it is now, it feels a bit weird to be redirected to teenager when entering puberty, and to see all the medical information regarding puberty when reading about teenagers. :- User:Wintran 00:10 22 May 2003 (UTC) The term "Adolescent" is used all the time in biology. You ever heard of a teenage mouse or bird? User:Tannin :That's a good point. I think the best would in that case be to have a separate adolescent article explaining this stage taking all species into account, and have teenager focus on humans only. I know most people hate stubs, but I think they're sometimes better than nothing if they make things better sorted or more clear. :- User:Wintran 00:35 22 May 2003 (UTC) About which one is common. That is our agreement that articles should be named a common name. But I think this common means common in encyclopedia. For example, aging is redirected to senescence. I doubt senescence is more common than aging. We can apply the same logic to here. I can agree with making either one article or two articles. But if we have just one containing about puberty, adolescence and teenage stuff, the title teenager seems weird. I mean the article named adolescence having mention about teenage seems make sence but I don't think vice versa. -- User:TakuyaMurata 02:17 22 May 2003 (UTC) ----- The current OED lists the following as the complete definition for ''teenager'': :One who is in his or her teens; loosely, an adolescent. --User:Dante Alighieri 00:26 22 May 2003 (UTC) ---- Tween needs to be mentioned in this article as many of the things mentioned in the article can and/or do take place in the tween years and not the actual teen ones. User:Rmhermen 14:45 22 May 2003 (UTC) :Fair enough. My removal of it was just in response to the article tween being merged here, which makes no sense to me. But I agree the content can stay here, but tween still shouldn't be a redirect to this page. User:Evercat 14:48 22 May 2003 (UTC) But isn't tween article is awfully short? By definition, preteen or tween is differnt than teenager for sure, but we don't need a separate article for each term. Besides, I presume a word preteen or tween is inspired from teenage. It sounds fair enough to merge them to here. -- User:TakuyaMurata 14:53 22 May 2003 (UTC) No, because by definition a preteen is not a teenager. Articles should remain specifically about their subject from the title. However, one possibility I suppose would be to rename this page "adolescence", then tween possibly would fit. -- User:Evercat :It is the case in a dictionary and wiikipedia is not a dictionary. Yes the trouble is I think the current name of this article. Today I add a mention about coming of age celemony genpuki in Japan but it sounds awufully weird that teenage samurai completed genpuku. I guess the trouble the word teenage implies contemporary and western society, which is one that we certain should cover, but the article should not limited to it. -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:16 22 May 2003 (UTC) As you see, I added particularly social aspect of teenagers or adolescents. I am afraid what I have done might look like trying to haijack the article. But it is true that what I added is what I think we should discuss. I still want to move this article to adolescence. As I said just above, parts like teenage samurai, preteen and puberty seem odd in an article named under teenager. To me, adolescence is a wider term than teenager. And regarding common words issue, we need to use a common word in terms of encyclopediac or academic community. Britannica uses adolescence instead of teenager, there is also an example of aging and senescence. In everyday life we usually use aging not senescence. I agree in the future we might need a separate article but now what's wrong with an article named adolesence containing about a particular concept in western society, or teenager. -- User:TakuyaMurata 13:18 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- I thought schizophrenia primarily emerged in the 20's not the teens. The wikipedia article doesn't seem to mention an age correlation. Anyone know for certain? User:Rmhermen 13:34 23 May 2003 (UTC) :What I heard is there is an increase of schizophrenia in late 10s. But anyway I have no clue. -- User:TakuyaMurata 13:50 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- As this article, and most references to it, is mostly about adolscence, I have moved it to that title. Perhaps there should be a separate article about teenage culture, in terms of the youth culture phenomenon, Rebel Without a Cause, etc? User:The Anome 14:22 23 May 2003 (UTC) :That's exactly my point made above. I just want to say I support your move. -- User:TakuyaMurata 14:27 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- Do you really think the paedophile stuff belongs here? It's kinda off-topic, as it doesn't really help us understand the subject at hand, adolescence. User:Evercat 15:26 23 May 2003 (UTC) :I mean I wanted to add more about child pornography or underage sex stuff here. But you have a point. It sounds like off-topic. Maybe you can reword or you can delete it at whole. -- User:TakuyaMurata 15:32 23 May 2003 (UTC) It was also too specific, ie under-18. This varies widely. As do laws on child porn, etc. User:Evercat 15:41 23 May 2003 (UTC) "Because of their mature body, they become to have more chances to be target of being sexual victims." Got any stats for this? It's not obviously true to me that there are more cases of abuse at the teenage age. User:Evercat 15:55 23 May 2003 (UTC) :Not abuse. Maybe it is an impression only in Japan? I am talking about more about child pornography or prostitution. I will rewrite it is in more terms of sex bussiness. -- User:TakuyaMurata 15:59 23 May 2003 (UTC) About age of smoking and driking. I know it is too specific but I couldn't add because I don't have knowledge in other countries or states. I think it would be nice to have a table in each age, what they can be able to do. I will add such. -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:48 23 May 2003 (UTC) :No actually it is nice to locate such table in wider range, like 7-year-old elementary school, 18 college, 65 retire and so on. Any though about where should we locate this kind of table? -- User:TakuyaMurata 16:50 23 May 2003 (UTC) ::Not here, please. Create a new page. User:Evercat 16:50 23 May 2003 (UTC) ---- ''Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since they may not be emotionally mature enough or financially able to support children, the latter is usually considered problematic.'' :This is major POV / cultural bias ---- ADOLESCENCE: The period in one's development from childhood to adultery. User:Lee M 19:01, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC) ------ :''The word derives from the Latin language verb ''adolescere'' meaning, literally, "to begin to be smelly."'' I can see how you would think that, but [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=adolescent Merriam-Webster] derives ''adolescere'' from ''alescere'', "to grow," related to ''altus''. - User:Montrealais 15:52, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC) Should information about Power Rangers be on this page? I vote to delete this information == Silly pictures/Is japan the only culture with coming of age? == The three pictures included are without captions and look rather out of place compared to the text as a whole. The second picture, especially, looks like someone thought it might be cute to upload a picture of themselves and their sister on wikipedia (the file description = SEXY DH AND EBAY). Also, there are numerous references to a japanese coming of age as if no other culture had one. I'm not familiar enough with wikipedia editing to dare do anything big, but that ridiculous picture is going. == Timothy == Is it really true that Timothy (the alleged recipient of the New Testament letters bearing that name) became famous in his teens, or even that he was a church leader in his teens? There's nothing in the letters themselves to support that idea. User:Gareth McCaughan 14:49, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)
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