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> [The family is constantly changing, as each member changes. Some changes we recognize as developments, and the pleasure they bringusually makes us more adaptable. Some changes threaten, or disappoint other members, who may try to resist the change, or punish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/the-family-is-constantly-changing-as-each-member-changes-some-changes/)

[Terri E Apter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-e-apter/)

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## More by Terri E Apter

> [Adolescents swing from euphoric self-confidence and a kind of narcissistic strength in which they feel invulnerable and even immortal, to despair, self-emptiness, self-deprecation. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/adolescents-swing-from-euphoric-self-confidence-and-a-kind-of/)

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> [Parents are never forgiven for not giving just the right response at the appropriate moment. Or, rather, there are particular times in the adolescent's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/parents-are-never-forgiven-for-not-giving-just-the-right-response-at/)

[Terri E Apter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-e-apter/)

> [Preoccupied with her self, the adolescent sees enormous changes, whereas the parent sees the child she knew all along. For the parent, new developments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/preoccupied-with-her-self-the-adolescent-sees-enormous-changes/)

[Terri E Apter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-e-apter/)

> [Adolescence has been recognised as a stage of human development since medieval times--long, long before the industrial revolution--and, as it is now, has long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/adolescence-has-been-recognised-as-a-stage-of-human-development-since/)

[Terri E Apter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-e-apter/)

> [Adolescent girls were fighting a mother's interference because they wanted her to acknowledge their independence. Whatever resentment they had was not towards a mother's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/adolescent-girls-were-fighting-a-mother-s-interference-because-they/)

[Terri E Apter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-e-apter/)

> [Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are better equipped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/adolescents-for-all-their-self-involvement-are-emerging-from-the-self/)

[Terri E Apter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-e-apter/)

> [Adolescents do get very angry with their parents, and acknowledging this anger is part of acknowledging them. If the anger is notacknowledged then its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/adolescents-do-get-very-angry-with-their-parents-and-acknowledging/)

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> [This is the hope of many adolescent girls--to capture a parent's heart with love for them as they are, as people. They reject thenotion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/this-is-the-hope-of-many-adolescent-girls-to-capture-a-parent-s-heart/)

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> [The adolescent does not develop her identity and individuality by moving outside her family. She is not triggered by some magic unconscious dynamic whereby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/the-adolescent-does-not-develop-her-identity-and-individuality-by/)

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> [It is not however, adulthood itself, but parenthood that forms the glass shroud of memory. For there is an interesting quirk in the memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/it-is-not-however-adulthood-itself-but-parenthood-that-forms-the/)

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> [Parenting can be established as a time-share job, but mothers are less good "switching off" their parent identity and turning to something else. Many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/parenting-can-be-established-as-a-time-share-job-but-mothers-are-less/)

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> [We may be aware of small increments of getting older; we may meet an increasing number of people who make us uneasy with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/we-may-be-aware-of-small-increments-of-getting-older-we-may-meet-an/)

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> [Old age is a strange country, and most of us enter it unwillingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/old-age-is-a-strange-country-and-most-of-us-enter-it-unwillingly/)

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> [Sexual activity, for women, has a history of vulnerability, in a way it simply does not have for men. The mother has to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/sexual-activity-for-women-has-a-history-of-vulnerability-in-a-way-it/)

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> [The family is constantly changing, as each member changes. Some changes we recognize as developments, and the pleasure they bringusually makes us more adaptable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-e-apter/the-family-is-constantly-changing-as-each-member-changes-some-changes/)

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