adolescent
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A humiliating incident in a pool surrounded by her repulsed classmates echoes an iconic scene from “Carrie,” with Ducournau crafting an analogy for traumatic adolescent rites of passage like menstruation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"There is a tendency for anxious parents to become caught up in a prevailing media panic and see all adolescent brains as simply hardwired for social media addiction," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
"Cumulative trauma, cumulative adverse experiences and ongoing instability and unpredictability certainly put these children at higher risk... of developing psychiatric disorders and negative mental health outcomes," Evelyne Baroud, a child and adolescent psychiatrist told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Soon after, Docter canceled the project, which was based on its director’s adolescent experience with a platonic breakup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Esteban was as madly in love as an adolescent, despite the fact that the movement of the ship made Clara uncontrollably ill and the tight quarters gave her asthma.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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