Area Teen Pretty Sure Day Can’t Get Worse, Is Wrong About…

“I've been alone since my mom met Scott. He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly. No nurture, no nourishment left…

— Ellen Hopkins

When I was a teen, I would draw a really, really long line around my eyes with eyeliner, like Lola Flores.

— Rosalia

“Seriously, this old woman had no idea how close she came to being squashed like a roach. -Sage Hannigan, Contingency”

— P. S. Martinez

Accepting your teen's individuality and natural evolution is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face as a parent.

— Wendy Mogel

“It wasn’t that she necessarily wanted to “socialize” at the bonfire, but she wanted to broadcast to the general population that her antisocial behavior…

— J.D. Stroube

For me, music doesn't have a color. 'Teen Spirit' is a fire song made by a white guy that me as a black person…

— Goldlink

The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

— Amity Shlaes

I think as a teen who was thrust into the public eye pretty quickly, I got overwhelmed easily and felt constant pressure to be…

— Luke Hemmings

Teen love is like a llama. Awkward, adorable, and somehow perfect.

— Anonymous

When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish…

— Thomas Friedman

I always wanted to be independent. I worked at a few odd jobs as a teen and, when I was in my early 20s,…

— Lisa Haydon

I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first.…

— Tyra Banks

“Then his lips were on mine and I lost myself, overwhelmed by the surge of Trey’s emotions as they flooded through me. I kissed…

— Heather Jensen

I fell in love with Erica Kane the summer before my freshman year of high school. Like all red-blooded teen American boys, I'd come…

— Andy Cohen

Say what you want about these girls, but it must be rough being a teen mom.

— Anonymous