as in youths
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
adolescence can be a turbulent time for teenagers and parents alike
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But those programs are targeted to youths growing up in poverty or foster care, plus children who lost a parent to COVID-19.
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The city’s Office of Youth Opportunity provides career, development and safety support for Charlotte youths.
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Anything tragic that happened to minorities was inevitable and necessary.
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Deadly attacks blamed on the Islamic State group have targeted religious minorities, including a suicide attack on a church in a Damascus suburb and a bomb set off in a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area in the city of Homs.
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“Adolescences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adolescences. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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