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Teenagers and the Struggle For Identity - 9/16/2010 8:09:04 AM
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“Who am I?” is a question oft-repeated by teenagers, though they may not voice it out loud or use precisely those words. One of the biggest challenges that they face during the transition between childhood and adulthood is this struggle with their own sense of identity. For one thing, it seems to co
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RE: Teenagers and the Struggle For Identity - 4/26/2012 10:17:17 PM
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Hi Seth,Hey, just wanted to say - great article - it's concise and fantastically well measured. I like your point that the process of loosing oneself is probably the journey to finding oneself. I'm conscious also of how this process plays out electronically too - in as much as young people can use facebook and other online/mobile devices to compare themselves with others and learn about the world and their desired place with in it.Cheers!
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RE: Teenagers and the Struggle For Identity - 5/15/2012 6:05:39 AM
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Parents often wonder why even previously obedient kids will suddenly start questioning everything that they’re told once they reach their teen years. Though it looks like nothing more than rebellion (and that may be part of it), what kids are really doing is exploring their own independence and preparing for the life of responsibility that lies ahead of them. If growing up means that they have to learn to think for themselves and make their own choices, then they can’t take other people’s word for anything – even if those people are their parents.
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