adolescent
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Lucio Campos decided to learn it when his adolescent daughter asked to go to South Korea for her 15th birthday.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
“In my community as an adolescent medicine specialist we are hearing from parents that they are discovering that their children are engaging in similar dangerous behaviors.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Compared to pregnancies in adulthood, adolescent pregnancies have been associated with higher rates of low birth weight, preterm birth, and early neonatal mortality among infants.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 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
In high school, she struggled in the adolescent competition for boyfriends in a world of football games and proms, a world where her looks were plainly uncommon.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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