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The average teenager watches roughly 1500 hours of television per year?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence#Body_image

Here in the "Body Image" section:

Much research has been conducted on the psychological ramifications of body image on adolescents. Modern day teenagers are exposed to more media on a daily basis than any generation before them. Recent studies have indicated that the average teenager watches roughly 1500 hours of television per year.[230]

With a citation[230] from 2007.

That is no longer true.

Teenagers almost never watch TV anymore. They are exposed to more media mainly through the internet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16A2:912C:B10:A18A:EF93:D543:9008 (talk) 13:19, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done thus — soupvector (talk) 13:39, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Do we really need a citation for the picture of two teens listening to music when it very clearly shows them with an earbud in one ear? It seems ridiculous. VideōEtCorrigō (talk) 13:16, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, we definitely do not. I removed the tag.--Megaman en m (talk) 14:08, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

When adolescence ends

There is an increasing number of more recent sources considering the age range of 18-21 to be late adolescence. Some say later. This is most likely due to the discussion of the psychological and social development of that age range. Should this be mentioned in the article somewhere? Making it say "is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority) or early 20s" is what unwanted to try, but it mentioned that I should go to the talk page before changing the definition. Here's some of the sources.

https://pediatriccare.solutions.aap.org/chapter.aspx?sectionid=154103158&bookid=2041

https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/Communications-/developmental-characteristics-of-teens-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/pass/learning-circles/four/Late%20Adolescence.pdf

https://www.utmb.edu/pedi_ed/CoreV2/Adolescent/Adolescent5.html

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/Pages/Stages-of-Adolescence.aspx

https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/2014-01/saam_2014_overview-of-adolescent-sexual-development.pdf

https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/adolescent-sexual-health/Pages/Stages-of-Adolescent-Development.aspx

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYPEOPLEFAMILIES/YOUTH/ADOLESCENTGROWTHDEVELOPMENT/Documents/adoldevstages.pdf

https://www.kinbox.com/how-to-recognize-the-3-stages-of-adolescence/

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-42732442

https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/02/18/at-what-age-is-the-brain-fully-developed/

MemeTrooper (talk) 07:43, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We currently state in the lead, "Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier and end later. For example, puberty now typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females. Physical growth (particularly in males) and cognitive development can extend into the early twenties. Thus, age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have found it difficult to agree upon a precise definition of adolescence." I don't think we need to note what you've proposed and complicate that aspect further, especially with regard to the lead and if based on poor sources. It can fit in the "Psychological development" section, though. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 04:32, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]