In contrast to the youth in other cultures, Americans enjoy a greatly prolonged adolescence.

That left him with a lot of leeway to make up now, when marriage and responsibility had put a sharp end to his prolonged adolescence.

Companies do not lower their expectations or make allowances because of my "prolonged adolescence."

This may seem trivial, but it's a theme that most contemporary movies, with their incessant focus on prolonged adolescence, avoid.

Throughout my early 20s I could explain away the fact I didn't know how to change a plug as merely prolonged adolescence.

What we see children experiencing now, however, is an ever-shorter childhood, followed by a premature, prolonged adolescence from which ever fewer seem to be emerging.

Baby Boomers who retained their hippie attributes through the 1970's were often described as suffering from prolonged adolescence.

But the 48 of us ran the gamut from prolonged adolescence to early plastic surgery.

It may only be a relatively young country but it's about time it moved beyond a very prolonged adolescence.

Bill said she was going through a 'fikey' stage, a prolonged adolescence.