以下是我刚才跟女儿的对话：
我：在搞活动，写关于青春期的文章。大部分是家长写的，你想不想为你们 teenager 说两句？（其实潜台词是：据说参加活动可以拿到很多分，你写文章我拿分，应该是不错滴 ）
小兔同学：关于青春期？可以啊，用你的ID发吧，这样可以帮你挣点分。（哎呀被她看穿了，怎么这么了解我？ ）
小兔同学：中文还是英文啊？
我：最好中文吧，大家喜闻乐见呀，英文也行，没规定，你随意。。。。
过了一会，小兔同学交作业了，我看了一下，基本掌握了一个中心思想，那就是：青春期的问题都是因为生理因素造成的，如有不满，千万别怪我。。。。 原来借着写征文的机会给我科普哪，完全把自己择出去了哈。。。。我说，你这英文太多，中文不够，看得我眼晕。 小兔同学倒是虚心接受了建议，答应过一会再加点中文内容。
以下是兔子同学的青春期征文：
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Adolescent
每一个孩子小时候，不管多乖或多淘，总会到青春期有巨大的改变，不管是关于身体physical changes，还是在mental, or emotional changes or even social changes, 每一个孩子里面 （虽然外表会有所不同）的内心和身体的adaptation and development will vary slightly up to a degree. 在这个关键时刻家长不能要求孩子像以前，还有需要用心观察孩子的behaviour, to avoid 伤害她/他。
Teenager时期是development的时期。在这几年每个孩子都会有所变化，在他的精神上，或真正身体上。 自己身为teenager下面能分析出来的都写了，如果家里的孩子有所谓的“不乖”的behaviour有可能在以下被提过
在Microsoft Word 上搜索“Girls”, 出来的字会是 “Teenagers”, “Misses”, “Adolescents”, “Daughters”类型的.
It is during adolescent and the teenager period girls develop most prominently, most as a result from hormones that are beginning to become activated during puberty.
Puberty is the factor that causes most of the so called “bad” or “misbehaving” behaviours happening in teenagers. The marker that signifies the arrival of puberty in girls would be her monthly cycle… commonly called a period. After this, she is officially an adolescent, or teenager. Most parents are protective around young teenage girls at this time, but the monthly flow of blood actually means the body is getting ready for reproduction, with the blood as a result from the release of an unfertilised egg every month.
Hormones, too, are beginning to activate the inner sides of a girl.
She begins to become much more concerned towards her own appearances. Appearance refers to the additional amounts added to a body to appear attractive, which includes make-up, hair-do, dying hair, careful around her skin, ear-piercing, rings, short skirts and diets (which refers to “skinny-ness”).
However, puberty is the time where girls are at their most emotionally and mentally weakest. Most girls at this point have fragile feelings; they get broken easily, but also change constantly. Crying may become a result of this.
Most girls have much self-doubt in themselves; doubting their possibilities, doubting their abilities, and their appearances. Because of this, teenage girls shouldn’t be pushed with too much pressure. If they had failed in some area, her self-doubt will increase, and the extent will just be pushed further with any more discouragement.
Many parents claim they don’t scold their children, however, teenagers being at the stage of puberty have a contorted world; they see things differently, and they respond to words in a way most parents wouldn’t have thought she would.
Socially speaking, girls at the stage of puberty would be seen hanging out with friends a lot more willingly than their parents. This is most likely because of a feeling of freedom with their friends; parents shouldn’t need to worry their children are edging away, unless your child seems overly rebellious.
Teenagers require a sense of freedom, a sense of independence, away from their school pressures, family and parents pressures.
Girls should be allowed to take more time off on the weekends or holidays to play with their friends, go shopping or watch some movies during puberty to ease their sense of belonging, to let them know that they belong in this world, that there are people who care for them.
Teenagers，尤其是男生，会有一个很强的感觉要表现，展示自己和自己的能力。
Most parents at this stage may be getting a lot of negative feedback from sons; as boys grow up, they will eventually leave the nest, unlike girls who stay close to the family. Boys are the ones who will eventually be forced, either by themselves or the family or society, to go out there and earn a living by themselves, to be independent. A majority of boys are born with this.
Therefore, at the stage of puberty, boys can be said to be more rebellious than girls. Boys may even take up swearing in this generation at an earlier stage than girls. Also, boys may be more confident in the teenage stage, unlike girls.
At the teenage period, boys may begin to try to become more attention seeking amongst his peers, however be shy and turned away with their families. A majority of boys strongly dislike being pampered at this age, with their strong sense of independence and sense to prove themselves infront of their peers. They mark actions of affection from family members as “embarrassing”. This is simply nothing more than emotional and social changes in the body and brain, and teenagers are prone to have the sense of being independent towards their development into adults, so parents should not worry about common behaviours such as these.
Boys at the stage of puberty, as well as girls, will most likely be more considerate to their personal appearance. Boys will start dressing as they please, doing their hair, start wearing accessories such as caps, bracelets, sunglasses etc, and buying their personal style of clothing. However, like girls, some boys may start “working out” to create a more appealing build.
控制teenagers会长的越大越难,他们慢慢会有自己的主张，还有一部分被朋友和同学被影响. 家长应该去开始慢慢接受孩子的长大的变化。家长不能expect孩子永远不变。即便变化是家长不接受的，或者 “不乖的”，家长应该开始接受孩子as who they are （他们自己）, and not who they want them to be （而不是家长希望他们变成的）。
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为什么我青春期的时候，没人科普我这些东西，那时候太乖了，太亏了！
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我也没有。在国内，像我们那个年代，基本上教育的导向都是：你不能干嘛干嘛，你就得干嘛干嘛。。。而且我觉得我中学学的生理卫生课，远远没有他们现在学得多和细。。。。他们学 science 课，简直把整个人体研究透了。。。
从她的文章可以看出澳洲的教育导向，往好了说，是尊重人性，以人为本，往不好了说，有点过于放纵。。。基本上绝大多数亚裔家长还是沿用自己习惯的恩威并用的教育手段，孩子呢也不会离谱。但有的澳洲本地家庭， teenager 是有点离谱的，由此可以看到他们的理论依据。
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荷尔蒙惹的祸。。。
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是啊，找着理论借口了。。。不知道澳洲的法律是否也因为这个原因而对 teenager 特别的宽容？
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儿子青春期时，我能看的，能查的资料都做了，文学城那些父母的博客深入研读了，最后的结论是，青春期的孩子由于荷尔蒙的作用，只有半边脑工作，属于精神病一种。从那以后，我就彻底投降了。
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这孩子很理性。
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荷尔蒙的力量太大了。。。。对精神病人的确要宽容。。。。
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Hahaha exactly. I saw the organ pictures on my daughter's laptop when she was doing her science assignments, both male's and female's, so detailed. She also tried very hard to remember everything as well to prepare science test.
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mm 过奖。我觉得她主要是在说我吧 。因为我总说，小时候你多乖啊，现在 teenager 了一点都不乖了，某人有意见，这可逮着机会了。。。。
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abc 都很会为自己辩解的
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"荷尔蒙引发的间歇性精神病“，似乎真是这样哦！那tcmum，当TA病发时，该怎样治疗？还是让TA自行痊癒？
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据转家说,leave him alone for now，过一段在一起探讨感想。
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那也是，病人都是不讲道理的，还是冷静后才能谈话。
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我们那个时候懂个什么呀？
记得我初三的假期，在学生会办公室的床上住了两晚。 当时担心如果有男的之前刚睡过那个床，会不会造成我怀孕
现在的孩子真幸福
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最会的就是为自己争权益，这一点从小被学校教育到位了。。。
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我们家每次我都是那个被要求“calm down” 的人 。。。某 teenager 过于冷静，而我又经常容易 panic。。。。
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比承受力
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“荷尔蒙引发的间歇性精神病”。。。。这个名字好，听着就透着专业，我喜欢。。。 现在的问题是，我们家这个 teen 基本上倒是没有间歇性精神病症状，反倒动不动让我 “calm down”，因为我很容易 panic，你说气人不。。。。我是没办法啊，大处女座的毛病我一样不拉，强迫症，拖延症，完美主义。。。。。
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是啊，不怕被笑话，我是结婚以后查了书，自学成材明白了这些生理上的道理。。。。结婚前简直啥也不懂，就没人跟我讲这些。。。。
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不用比我们家我承受力最差，动不动跳起来的就我一个。。。。
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me 2
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一直在想，是否EQ高的孩子，青春期症状不明显？
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原来mm也这样，我以为这里的好妈妈们都很calm呢。。。
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这个我也不懂啊，我猜测是不是跟人种有关？貌似亚裔孩子青春期症状没有白人孩子明显？也不知道对不对？另外，男孩和女孩的区别呢？都差不多还是不同性别反应不一？这个估计得做调查才知道。。。。
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学习了。
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最后还是用英文了
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中文太少，英文太多，我眼睛都看花了。 就一头一尾用中文，中间还夹了一堆英文单词。我说你怎么不把中文放在一起，非要整个一头一尾啊？人家说 introduction 和 conclusion 不能乱放。。。。
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还很有章法
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有否听说过 － 人不叛逆枉少年
不知在哪读过，那文章写的真好呀，让我改变了很多想法。
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