Teenagers aren’t just the future, but the present.

Teenagers all around the world are making a difference, changing the world for the better! Let’s take a second to celebrate that.

Last year, an awesome film came out about teenagers, called Teenage. Take a look at the trailer above. The documentary explores what it means to be a teenager and revisits the time when the term “teenager” was starting to become a thing.

The origin of the word “teenager” goes back to 1922. The word “teener” existed from 1894 but wasn’t commonly used.

It’s strange to think that there was a time when no one used the word “teenager”. People were children, and then they were adults. There was no need for a word that marks the transitional phase between the two. But then things started to change. Adolescents were starting to become more independent, staying in school for longer and generally living the way they wanted. The teenager was born!

As the film’s website says: “Teenagers didn’t always exist. They had to be invented. As the cultural landscape around the world was thrown into turmoil during the industrial revolution, and with a chasm erupting between adults and youth, the concept of a new generation took shape.”

Watch the clip and enjoy. It’s fascinating stuff!