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Teenage is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood. It is the transitional stage of human growth in which a juvenile matures into an adult. This transition involves natural, social, and psychological changes, though the biological ones are the easiest to measure objectively. The time is identified with dramatic changes in the body, along with developments in a person's psychology and academic career. In the onset of teens, children usually complete primary school and enter higher education, such as high school and higher secondary school. A person between babyhood and the teenage years is sometimes referred to as a pre-teen.

This ages is define by the World Health Organization (WHO), is as adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 19 years of age. In contrast, in more country of the world, adolescence is generally considered to begin somewhere between ages 12 and 14, and end at 19 or 20. As distinct from the varied interpretations of who is measured a minor, the word teenagers more easily defined: it describes a person who is thirteen to nineteen years of age.

Physical development includes:

• Rapid growth in height and weight: During a one-year growth spurt, boys and girls can gain an average of 4.1 inches and 3.5 inches in height respectively. This spurt typically occurs two years earlier for girls than for boys. Weight gain results from increased muscle development in boys and body fat in girls.

• Development of secondary sex characteristics: During adolescence, changing hormonal levels play a role in activating the development of secondary sex characteristics. These include: growth of pubic hair, menarche or penis growth, voice changes, growth of underarm hair, facial hair growth and increased production of oil, increased sweat gland activity, and the beginning of acne.

• Continued brain development: Recent study suggests that adolescence brains are not completely developed until late in teen. Specifically, studies suggest that the connections between neurons affecting emotional, physical and mental abilities are incomplete.

How does These Changes Affect Adolescence:

• Adolescence frequently sleep longer.
• Teens may be clumsier because of growth spurts.
• Teens may ask more direct questions about sex.
• Teenage girls may become overly sensitive about their weight.
• Teens may feel awkward about demonstrating affection to the opposite sex parent.
• Teens may be concerned because they are not physically developing at the same rate as their peers.

In this age, there is also a greater chance of drug and alcohol use, or mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, eating disorders such as anorexia, and depression. The unstable emotions or lack of emotional intelligence among some adolescents may also lead to teen's crime. Searching for a unique identity is another problem that adolescents face. Some, but not all, adolescents often challenge authority or the rules as a means to establish their individuality. They may crave adulthood and to find their place in the society. These teenagers are also interested in achieving the new things by the society. These are interested in knowledge in a sex and also interact with the apposite sex person. These are also very active to doing any work by our opinions.