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C o v e r S t o r y
Being Thirteen
What's on their minds? TIME takes an inside look at an age of mystery and challenge
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Thirteen-year olds share vivid, often harrowing reflections on their anxieties over grades, peer-pressure to transgress, and sports, as well as their inspiring thoughts on friendship, family, diversity and adolescent hope
 Marissa Anderson: Your permanent record
Ariel DeNeve: Feeling pressure
Jeffrey Dirkin: Being the athlete
Calvin Streit: Crossing boundaries
Haya Rios: Listening to your friends
Briana Katz: Los Angeles
Brandon Close: Santa Rosa, California
Jessica Gonzalez: Coming to America
Duresny Nemorin: Poetry Is What I Love
Armaan Rowther: Why I Don't Go on Dates
Rose Buchberg: My Life as a F.A.T. Girl
Katherine Rack: Not a Minute to Spare
Joseph
Charles: Got to Be Bad to Be Cool
Joseph
Smith:A Little Knowledge
Feels Like Teen Spirit
 Churches have begun to see 13 as a pivotal age for finding God
The Push To Be Perfect
Why you have to be an athlete, a diplomat and a scholar to succeed
on the squad
What They Won't Tell You, and Why
Keeping secrets is a sign of growth. Here's how to help--and
how not to
You Wanna Take This Online?
Cyberspace is the 21st century bully's playground where girls
play rougher than boys
Is Middle School Bad For Kids?
Cities across the U.S. are switching to K-8 schools. Will the results
be any better?
Gotta Have It
It's not just conspicuous consumption, it's self-expression. From
embroidered jeans and flashy phones to body spray and graphic
T-shirts, here are a few of the ways in which 13-year-olds announce
their identities (and keep the global economy flowing).
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