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Though adolescence may be a time of turbulence and conflict (the second “terrible twos”), 80% of children pass through the teen years without a significant deterioration in their family relationships. The hardest times for parents and caregivers tend to be when great developmental leaps are taking place.
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Sadler, K. (2011). Normal Adolescent Development. In: Goldstein, M. (eds) The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Adolescent Medicine Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6845-6_4
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