The term teenager is a modern construct, but the idea of a time period where someone is no longer a child but not yet a full adult is ancient. In some pre-mode

The term teenager is a modern construct, but the idea of a time period where someone is no longer a child but not yet a full adult is ancient. In some pre-modern cultures even though a 14 year-old could work, they couldn't inherit, hold office, fully own property, serve in the military, or even marry (without parental consent). This applies differently to men and women and even in the same culture it can vary between social classes.