"A boy who turns 10 on January 2 could be playing alongside someone who doesn't turn 10 until the end of the year -- and at that age, in preadolescence, a 12-month gap in age represents an enormous difference in physical maturity.". From Wordnik.com. [Fact And Comment] Reference
His simplistic and dysfunctional responses are those of someone in preadolescence. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » How to Avoid Being Shot by Right-Wing Pundits] Reference
Behavior here suggests regression to preadolescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
But The Love Guru makes a terrible case for perpetual preadolescence. From Wordnik.com. [My Year of Flops] Reference
Many of the institutions we have in place remain, I think, in preadolescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Vote Protectors] Reference
It's so much about that period of preadolescence, that feeling of being a child and of being bullied, the difficulties of growing up. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Reeves Says 'Let Me In' Will Be Darker Than 'Twilight' « FirstShowing.net] Reference
The story line effortlessly switches from preadolescence in which he is a sort of guardian big brother to her to and adult love story. From Wordnik.com. [Sundays at Tiffany’sSundays at Tiffany’s-James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference
Severe behavioral problems are sometimes associated with tics, as well, and "there is some evidence that temper tantrums, aggressiveness, and explosive behavior appear in preadolescence and intensify in adolescence.". From Wordnik.com. [David Kirby: CDC: Mercury in Vaccines Damaged Your Child. Or Not.] Reference
Suggested ages for screening are 2 to 3 years of age, after the transition from human milk or formula; 8 to 9 years of age during preadolescence; and again during adolescence, when the peak rate of bone mass accretion occurs. From Wordnik.com. [American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations] Reference
From the wikiepedia article: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal but not maternal grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups] Reference
From the wikiepedia article: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal (but not maternal) grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups] Reference
From the wikipedia entry linked above: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal but not maternal grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old?] Reference
From the wikipedia entry linked above: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal (but not maternal) grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old?] Reference
He added: "The emergence of these subtle IUCE effects suggests the possibility of neurocognitive" sleeper effects "of IUCE, which may become more apparent with the greater functional and cognitive demands of late middle childhood and preadolescence.". From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Further, being that humanity is still developing as a planetary cooperative and is perhaps in its preadolescence intellectually, it may be that the visitors are deeply entrenched competitors having long established colonies, mining and manufacturing complexes on some of our planets. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
Infancy is defined as under 1 year of age; childhood as 1-5 (early childhood) and 6-8 (late childhood) years of age; adolescence as 9-11 (preadolescence), 12-14 (early adolescence) and 15-17 (late adolescence) years of age; maturity as 18-24 (early maturity), 25-44 (maturity), and 45-64 (middle age); and old age as 65-74 (early old age) and 75 or more (advanced old age) years of age. From Wordnik.com. [The Population of the United States] Reference
It’s so much about that period of preadolescence, that feeling of being a child and of being bullied, the difficulties of growing up. From Wordnik.com. [Let Me In Director Matt Reeves Offers Further Thoughts on Remaking a Cult Classic, Defends Against Twilight Comparisons | /Film] Reference
Why fan the fires of preadolescence?. From Wordnik.com. [Cat & Mouse]
The levels are: Level 1: middle childhood, ages 5 through 8; early elementary school … Level 2: preadolescence, ages 9 through 12; later elementary school … Level 3: early adolescence, ages 12 through 15; middle school / junior high school … Level 4: adolescences, ages 15 through 18; high school … "(" Guidelines For Comprehensive Sexuality Education, "The Sexuality Information And Education Council Of The United States, www. siecus.org, p. 17. From Wordnik.com. [Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Gift of Eternal Life] Reference
(Isn't preadolescence a wonderful thing?. From Wordnik.com. [Want Not] Reference
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