There’s even a word for it-ephebiphobia-(pronounced eh-FEE-buh- phobia)-which means the fear or hatred of adolescents. On the other hand, sometimes adults mock adolescents for their passion, exuberance, or devotion to a cause. And yet, while our culture prizes youth, adolescents themselves are often underestimated, dismissed, or called lazy. Behaviorists call it a “sensitive period” for this very reason. What happens during adolescence shapes destinies. Adolescence is not a disease to be cured, a burden to be endured, or a phase to be shrugged off. 2 We wanted to understand rising rates of anxiety, suicide, sexual vulnerability, and dangerous risk-taking in teens today.īowers: We also wanted to bring dignity to this intense time of life.
Source: Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowersįor Wildhood, we decided to apply our “species-spanning” methodology to adolescence.
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