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Content: For me, these words capture the irredeemable loss that young people must endure and the daunting challenge that they must brave as they depart from childhoodand face the great unknowns of growing up. They can never "go home" to childhood again. They can never return to that simpler, sheltered, and supportive time. Growing up requires giving up because necessary losses must occur if necessary gains are to be made. Now early adolescent apathy causes the separation from childhood to begin as young people start caring less about what used to matter most. Now they are set adrift in a sea of disaffection. They care less about what they loved to do as children. They care less about spending time with parents. They care less about life in the family circle. They care less about school performance.