### period | adolescence:

Early adolescence
* appears to be a positive time for youth.
* can be a stressful time for children, parents, and adults who work with teens.
* challenge for youngsters as well as their parents and teachers.
* critical period for addressing anemia in both girls and boys.
* crossroads in women's psychological development.
* distinctive developmental stage of life.
* formative time.
* is also a period of intense conformity to peers
  - an age of heightened curiosity characterized by a sense of adventure
* is characterized by many growth spurts
  - significant growth and change
  - marked by rapid physical growth and maturation
* period of transition.
* sort of limbo between childhood and real adolescence.
* time for students to experience independence
  - when peer acceptance ranks high among student priorities

### period:

Adulthood
* begins at the age of four.
* comes at an early age to rural children, especially the girls.
* green area when money concern in order to form a family.
* includes menopause
  - middle ages
* is an opportunity to redesign holiday traditions
  - defined by mating, which occurs every two to three years
  - distinguished by a kind of haphazard shape
  - knowledge and knowledge is the fruit of survival
  - maturity
  - often a time when the pace of learning slows, due in part to diminished opportunity
  - when people form long-lasting romantic relationships
* means being sensitive to social context and choosing speech accordingly
  - different things to different people
  - the right to make our own decisions about our life
* transition between the beginning and the end of life, a continuing journey.

### period | adulthood:

Young adulthood
* can be a time of loneliness, emotional turmoil, and confusion.
* is the time when most people do their parenting
  - persons are most open to the concept of citizen responsibility
* spans a generation.

### period:

Anniversary
* Anniversaries always spawn memories of times both good and bad
  - are a time to take satisfaction in past accomplishments and to plan for the future
* Anniversaries are also occasions to look forward
  - times to look forward, set goals and dream of the future
  - big deals in relationships
  - days
  - familiar happenings to most men in most societies
  - for celebrating memories
  - holidays
  - landmarks in the history of institutions
  - milestones in the life of whole peoples as well as individuals
  - occasions for looking back but also for looking to the future
  - often a time of reflection
  - present the perfect time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future

### period | anniversary:

Bicentennial
* are big in Cleveland and dayton.
* is an anniversary

### period | anniversary:

Birthday
* Every birthday is celebrated and many holidays are commemorated with decorations and festivities.
* Some birthdays come in winter, Some birthdays come in spring.
* are a special time
  - time for joy and celebration
  - very important occassion in Hawai'i, especially a baby's first birthday
  - also very important in childhood
  - always the most important days in our children's lives
  - anniversaries
  - annual events
  - celebrations filled with joy and laughter
  - dates
  - days of joy and happiness everywhere
  - happy time
  - important events in children's lives
* are special days to children
  - occasions for young children
  - such momentous occasions in a young child's life
* assume importance in proportion to the importance of the thing enjoying the birthday.
* cause a desire to buys
  - institutions as well as people to reflect
  - parties
* day to celebrate that the person has lived a certain number of years.
* eventually come to be associated with declining abilities and skills.
* show ages.
* tend to be a time of retrospection.
+ Birth, Legal meanings: Biological reproduction