4 sentences with “adolescent”

"Recklessness is part of the adolescent personality," says pediatric neurologist Donald Lewis.

Poor posture, underdeveloped pectoral muscles, the habit - especially in adolescent girls - of leaning the shoulders forward, being excessively thin on a whim, etc., are largely to blame.

"For adolescents, one of the ways to gain self-confidence is to belong to a group, and groups are formed, among other things, according to the appearance of their members," observes Robert Brooks, an expert in child and adolescent psychology.

A common practice was for an adult male of the elite classes to 'adopt' an adolescent male of his social class and for both to mentor him in politics, social conduct and warfare, and to maintain what we would now consider a statutory sexual relationship with him - this practice was especially common in Sparta's barrack society.