Adolescence, as a singular moment, takes place in distinct modes of action applied by the subject before the meeting with the real and due to the absence of symbolic references, giving rise to the act as something that marks a before and an after - a crossing. This act comes as an attempt to inscription, making necessary to recover its function when the routine extinguishes it. This article aims to raise and develop a hypothesis about these modalities of act and shows an example of attendance care of a teenager in fulfillment of a socio-educational measure, betting that these acts might be promising as a subjective rectification when supported by an operator of the symbolic.
Adolescence; function of father; passing to the act; acting out; symbolic