• ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    They could be children or adults, or even in the processing of one becoming the other (and where the line fell has changed plenty of times), but the idea that distinct stage of life exists between childhood ending and adulthood beginning only coalesced post-WW2.

    https://boundlesstheatre.org.uk/we-are-boundless/the-origin-of-the-teenager/

    https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/02/brief-history-teenagers/

    https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/03/30/birth-of-the-teenager/