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the genital stage of Psychosexual Development
(Puberty Onwards)

Latency represents the calm before the storm of puberty, which marks the beginning of adolescence.  The relative harmony within the child’s personality is disrupted by the id’s powerful new demands in the form of heterosexual desires.

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