Ship of Fools

types. I think I recall a sermon from my adolescence in which a parishioner almost apologized for the fact that our church didn't do these "Personal Salvation" narratives because it wasn't

that people in previous eras didn't know about adolescence doesn't stand up to historical scrutiny. People knew that there was a stage between being a dependent child and being an adult, because they

that people in previous eras didn't know about adolescence doesn't stand up to historical scrutiny. People knew that there was a stage between being a dependent child and being an adult, because they

that people in previous eras didn't know about adolescence doesn't stand up to historical scrutiny. People knew that there was a stage between being a dependent child and being an adult, because they

that people in previous eras didn't know about adolescence doesn't stand up to historical scrutiny. People knew that there was a stage between being a dependent child and being an adult, because they

have said here on the thread, the concept of adolescence/teenagers is a very recent concept, historically. The category of adolescence being recent does not, in itself, make it untrue, but even if it

Just listened to a discussion that on average the male brain does not fully mature to 25. Sorry, they did not talk about the female brain. Maybe should raise official adulthood activities to 25?<

/>For another thing, I've read that "adolescence" as a social category didn't exist until my parents' childhood. It would've seemed a luxury to a previous generation when for - poor folk

adoption - things frequently break down around adolescence. I don't know if there is a country that has it sussed, I doubt it, but I know we haven't. Even if you brought these services back in-house

<br />I vaguely have the idea that, at least in Canada, underaged drinking parties fell outta favour after a few incidents of kids' driving home drunk and causing fatal car accidents, leading to

fixated - and this is even me thinking back to adolescence - on horror stories about "crazed" serial killers and weirdos. We want to have control of the eldritch "unknown" violenc

the Golden Globe for best Supporting Actor in Adolescence.<br />

You aren’t wrong,MO. Can’t even blame the demon grog at that early hour. The nuns of my adolescence would have said serves you right for missing Mass. not much to choose between them and atheist daugh

I expect only those who specialise in treating adolescence and their development would have the experience necessary to give an answer to the question of how rare, or otherwise, precocious puberty is

I expect only those who specialise in treating adolescence and their development would have the experience necessary to give an answer to the question of how rare, or otherwise, precocious puberty is

<div class="QuoteText">I find it interesting SoF focuses on one very small example of how AI can be used to craft what could be used in the religious sphere, but totally ignored other

I find it interesting SoF focuses on one very small example of how AI can be used to craft what could be used in the religious sphere, but totally ignored other problems I listed, like teenagers havin

The Netflix drama 'Adolescence' has been number one globally, leading to comments from the UK prime minister (guardian link in the OP). Kier reckons it would be usefully used in schools.<br />I

as many of us come off the back of watching 'Adolescence'<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/22/netflix-from-the-police-to-the-prime-minister-how-adolescenc

<br />Oh my God I had that for years and years. It started when I hit adolescence – before that I could totally eat all of those raw with no problem – and in the last couple of years I can eat t