Learning to make your own decisions is part of growing up.
As an only child growing up with aging parents and no relatives, life had often been lonely.
Adolescent cliques are a part of growing up.
A student's favorite book might be a good place to find a short passage that has to do with growing up or success.
One of the best known American painters and perhaps the best known female painter ever, Georgia O'Keefe fell in love with art is a child growing up in Wisconsin.