individuate
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The Jonas Brothers in 2023 offer cool adult-contemporary sounds for an audience that grew up with them, similarly navigating the life that emerges once you begin to individuate, become intimate and start families.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023
The relationships are so close and you have to start to individuate in terms of roles and who is getting what information.
From The Verge • May 3, 2022
Robust peer friendships allow adolescents to safely individuate from their parents, but in these settings, peers can feel pitted against each other.
From Salon • May 1, 2022
Second, a 2-year-old is starting to individuate, meaning he’s finding his own mind and owning his body.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022
Children specialists have found that at about the end of the second year their charges begin to individuate.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.