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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 youth; but the fact of being old ourselves comes as a surprise, and is often accompanied…](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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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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