... reversal of this trend in Broadway audiences. In 2005, the Theatre Arts Marketing Alliance conducted a survey that focused exclusively on the demographics of theatergoers in the Greater Boston area. The study found that the majority of theatre audiences in Boston fell into the 45-64 year old age range (45.6%), while 23.3% of the audiences were under 35. The TAMA survey also focused on which theatre companies attracted various ... is clearly promoting greater attendance of younger age cohorts through Broadway fare such as Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, an...

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... risks include behavioral issues such as eating disorders and drug abuse. Adolescence is a time of great change--of achieving autonomy, creating an independent self and experience emotional biological turbulence. The gateway to adulthood is in the horizon. A years of awakening--years of realization that he, and he alone, is in charge if his destiny but can also be confusing and scary. No matter ... and challenge authority. However, parents may find comfort knowing that this process is essential for youth to develop a set of values and beliefs that will guide them for the rest of their li...

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... ultimately decided that they had fallen out of love and were no longer able to cooperate as partners, lovers, or parents. This year was the first Thanksgiving that my father was not present "it was a rude awakening to my once-secure world. Through a series of studies, Block has proved that marital concord results in greater social competence in children (Block et ... and say, "It doesn't matter."" But it does matter. Developmentalists affirm that children need to have both a mother and a father who will protect them, care for them, teach them, and guide their feet through darkness into ...

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