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Teenage Years Adolescence is defined as the time period between 11 and up to around 21 years old. Adolescence is the transition stage from childhood to adult hood. This is the most difficult time in the child's life. Physical growth includes puberty and growth spurts. Cognitive development continues with some children becoming egocentric while others become logical. Social development growth explodes. Teenage children develop their own identities with several factors influencing them; peer pressure, morals, religious values, and parent beliefs are just a few. Adolescence have to make several tough choices about their future. One in four adolescents make a poor decision that handicaps or sometimes eve destroys their future. |
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