Their children are on the verge of 'adolescence'.
He struggled through his 'adolescence'.
in early/late 'adolescence'
(..) If I had to I would beg and borrow to get your dower money. But I don't have the money to pay for extortion. Our child is going through adolescence. She is suffering. So you understand the sensitivity of her adolescence. If she was suffering she wouldn't have stayed. (..)2011 A Separation