ABSTRACT
The present world-wide interest in adolescence and in the problems of the adolescent indicates the special conditions of the times we live in. If we wish to explore this area of psychology we may as well first ask ourselves, do adolescent boys and girls wish to be understood? The answer, I think, is no. In fact adults should hide among themselves what they come to understand of adolescence. It would be absurd to write a book for adolescents on the subject of adolescence, because this period of life is one which must be lived. It is essentially a time of personal discovery. Each individual is engaged in a living experience, a problem of existing, and of the establishment of an identity.
