Ever since G. Stanley Hall first described the “storm and stress” seen in most adolescents, the perception of young people as emotional volcanoes ready to explode has taken on a life of its own.

Stanley Hall, one of the leading psychologists ... this perception that they were biologically constrained to be in "storm and stress"—his phrase. For most of the 20th century, people used ...

Ever since G. Stanley Hall first described the “storm and stress” seen in most adolescents, the perception of young people as emotional volcanoes ready to explode has taken on a life of its own.