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> [What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in the decision-making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/what-causes-adolescents-to-rebel-is-not-the-assertion-of-authority/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

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> [What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules and no involvement in decision-making. . . . Involving the adolescent in decisions doesn't mean that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/what-causes-adolescents-to-rebel-is-not-the-assertion-of-authority-2/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

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## Other authors on Assertion

## More by Laurence Steinberg

> [Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/most-adults-would-not-dream-of-belittling-humiliating-or-bullying/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/what-causes-adolescents-to-rebel-is-not-the-assertion-of-authority/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [The parent-adolescent relationship is like a partnership in which the senior partner (the parent) has more expertise in many areasbut looks forward to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/the-parent-adolescent-relationship-is-like-a-partnership-in-which-the/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Some adolescents are troubled and some get into trouble. But the great majority (almost nine out of ten) do not. . . . The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/some-adolescents-are-troubled-and-some-get-into-trouble-but-the-great/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Peer pressure is not a monolithic force that presses adolescents into the same mold. . . . Adolescents generally choose friend whose values, attitudes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/peer-pressure-is-not-a-monolithic-force-that-presses-adolescents-into/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Adolescents sometimes say..."My friends listen to me, but my parents only hear me talk." Often they are right. Familiarity breeds inattention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/adolescents-sometimes-say-my-friends-listen-to-me-but-my-parents-only/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [At a stage when young people want more than anything to be like everyone else, they find themselves the least alike. Everyone their age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/at-a-stage-when-young-people-want-more-than-anything-to-be-like/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/what-causes-adolescents-to-rebel-is-not-the-assertion-of-authority-2/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents. What the public doesn't know is what we ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/the-public-probably-knows-that-teen-drivers-are-at-greater-risk-for/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Adolescents need to be reassured that nothing-neither their growing maturity, their moods, their misbehavior, nor your anger at something they have done-can shake your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/adolescents-need-to-be-reassured-that-nothing-neither-their-growing/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/adolescents-have-the-right-to-be-themselves-the-fact-that-you-were/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Parents sometimes feel that if they don't criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn't make people wantto change; it makes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/parents-sometimes-feel-that-if-they-don-t-criticize-their-child-their/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

> [Let your child be the teenager he or she wants to be, not the adolescent you were or wish you had been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-steinberg/let-your-child-be-the-teenager-he-or-she-wants-to-be-not-the/)

[Laurence Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-steinberg/)

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