adolescent

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The first epoch spans from birth to about age nine, when a major turning point leads into the adolescent phase.

From Science Daily

Hundreds of thousands of adolescents are expected to be impacted, with Instagram alone reporting about 350,000 Australian users aged 13 to 15.

From Barron's

A World Health Organization survey last year found that 11 percent of adolescents struggled to control their use of social media.

From Barron's

The Hollywood Reporter's Angie Han said: "It's time to let these adolescents do as adolescents are meant to do: grow up and move on with the rest of their lives."

From BBC

Researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties when we "peak".

From BBC