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The age between late childhood and youth is called adolescence. This age ranges between 12-13 years to 19-20 years. The characteristics of adolescence are as follows:
- Adolescence is an important period that has an immediate effect on the attitude and behavior of an adolescent.
- Adolescence is a transitional period, i.e. it is a bridge between childhood and adulthood.
- Adolescence is a period of physical changes.
- Adolescence is an age of challenges. During childhood, the majority of problems are solved by parents and teachers but an adolescent wants to be independent.
- Adolescence is a time for searching for one’s own identity.
- Adolescence is a time of unrealistic ideas. They have a tendency to look at life through rose-tinted glasses and engage in daydreaming. As a result, they face problems like lack of concentration.
- Adolescence is a threshold of adulthood.
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