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

It’s part of what makes her desperate struggle for some adolescent normalcy so resonant.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Dell went to night classes and after three more years got a certification for adolescent counseling, and that put him on the path to work in education.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan