Growing Pains:

Adolescence is a period of time to develop knowledge and skills, learn to manage emotions, relationships, acquire attributes and abilities that will be important for enjoying the adolescent years and assuming adult roles.

As a mother watching her two daughters transition from childhood to adulthood,  I wonder if their experiences and rites of passage are the same as they were for me. How has the current age impacted them? What has stayed the same?  What has changed?