preadolescence

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"It seems like wherever you had your developmental life preadolescence and adolescence tends to be where your thermostat is tuned."

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Gothel could be many modern American parents who think that confining their teens in enforced preadolescence may make them feel younger too.

From Time • Apr. 8, 2014

When McEnroe launched his partnership with the Sportime Randall’s Island Tennis Center in 2010, he said he wanted to challenge the industry orthodoxy that called for full immersion in the sport from preadolescence on.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2013

Whereas the humiliations of preadolescence are fodder for comedy in male characters — the squeaking voice, the pimples, the delayed growth spurt — in girls it’s an age often avoided.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2011

The same principles should carry over into the intermediate, or preadolescence, age.

From How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by Betts, George Herbert