Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

adolescence, bio-physiology, childhood phase, development, pubertal phase

Disciplines

Child Psychology | Developmental Psychology

Abstract

The Wonder Years was a television comedy-drama that aired for six seasons from 1988 to 1993.  It was a series on the coming of age…life through the eyes of an adolescent boy, Kevin Arnold, living in the late 1960’s - early 70’s.  From surviving the indignities of the junior high gym locker room, to discovering the joys of the opposite sex, to struggling to cut parental apron strings, a nation watched Kevin Arnold try to navigate the ever-changing waters of puberty, friendships, love and lust, and the uncertainty of tumultuous social times while trying to forge a sense of self and wellbeing.  The television program offered its audience an up close and personal view on the changes that occur in the mental, physical, and social constructs of a maturating adolescent.

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