Once their daughter or son starts separating from childhood, usually around ages 9 to 13, adolescence commonly begins.

Now the girl or boy feels more restless and dissatisfied, not content to be defined and treated as just a little child anymore, but wanting something different, more, and older.

Thus, the 10- to 12-year coming-of-age passage gets underway as two parallel forces begin to drive adolescent growth.

The young person begins to detach from childhood and parents to create growing independence, pressing for more freedom of action. And the young person begins to differentiate from childhood and parents to........

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