# teen (age)

a person who is in the period between childhood and adulthood

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: age  ·  Arena: teen.age

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [children](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-children.human), [adult](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-adult.person), [development](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-development.growth), [previous](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-previous.temporal), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** child develops over time into an adult through a growth process that unfolds in time

**Novel properties:**
- transitional stage
- temporal progression
- emergent maturity

## Examples
- Malala Yousafzai advocated for girls' education at age 16, during her transition from childhood to adulthood. *(social_movement)*
- In 2020, 13-year-old Gitanjali Rao was named Time's first Kid of the Year, recognized as a young innovator entering teen years. *(media)*
- The age cohort 13–19 in U.S. Census 2020 included 14.7 million individuals classified as teenagers. *(demographics)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-teen.age.json*  
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