adolescence

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Nearsightedness typically develops between ages 3 and 10, when the eyeballs are rapidly growing, though it can progress during adolescence and young adulthood.

From The Wall Street Journal

In these photos, we find artifacts of childhood mixed with the detritus of adolescence.

From The Wall Street Journal

The brain’s adolescence phase, they discovered, lasts until age 32, and then it enters a period of stability until early aging begins at 66.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now that we’re through the wind tunnel of adolescence, I’m happy to share them.

From The Wall Street Journal

That tension between omnipotence and powerlessness is captured in a word: adolescence.

From Salon