Age 13 to 15

The early teenage years—
a kind of dress rehearsal for adulthood
—have begun to erase the memories of childhood.

The boy is almost a man... in his interests, his attitudes, and thinking. Carefree years... yet ones that anticipate the challenges of adulthood on the horizon. The young woman has begun to blossom into womanhood. Still a lifetime of growing and learning ahead... but never again a child.