# Independence

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Podcast: [This Teenage Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-teenage-life-668254)
Published: 2026-01-31T00:29:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thisteenagelife.org/
Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisteenlife/TTL_Independence_FULL.mp3?dest-id=1136438
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Duration seconds: 936

## Resource

In this episode of This Teenage Life, teens discuss what independence means to them: how they discover it, the challenges of balancing freedom with still being a "kid," and how their sense of independence evolves from high school to college.

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