Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part 1.  Before Adolescence

    1.     Mary & Peter: Teenagers

    2.     Daniel & Esther: Teenagers and TCKs

Part 2.  Adolescence Invented

    3.     Martha & Mark: Teenagers, TCKs, and Adolescents

    4.     Cognitive Maturity

    5.     Moral Maturity

    6.     Really Adults?

Part 3.  Identity Lost

    7.     Cultural Identity

    8.     Community Identity

    9.     Family Identity

  10.     Religious Identity

Part 4.  Sex Forbidden

  11.     Celibacy

  12.     Solitary Sex

  13.     Interpersonal Sex

  14.     Sex or Not Sex?

Part 5.  Work Forbidden/School Required

  15.     Child Labor Ended

  16.     Juvenile Delinquency Begun

  17.     High School Invented/Required

Conclusion

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