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To: marktwain

The idea of teenagers as a group took off in the 1940s courtesy of ad agencies. Before then, a person was either a child (0-12) or an adult (13-100+).


2 posted on 11/21/2014 9:09:10 AM PST by greatvikingone
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To: greatvikingone

Da yoots.


5 posted on 11/21/2014 9:10:29 AM PST by glorgau
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To: greatvikingone

13 were adults?

did they all have factory jobs and their own apartments?


18 posted on 11/21/2014 9:18:16 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: greatvikingone
"The idea of teenagers as a group took off in the 1940s courtesy of ad agencies."

The term 'juvenile delinquents' was tossed around a lot too.

43 posted on 11/21/2014 12:14:03 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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