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> [What eleven- to thirteen-year-old boys fear is passivity of any kind. When they do act passively we can be fairly certain that it is an act of aggression designed to torment a parent or teacher. . . . Mischief at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/what-eleven-to-thirteen-year-old-boys-fear-is-passivity-of-any-kind/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

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> [We humans undergo two major growth spurts: one during infancy and another from eleven to twelve until fifteen or sixteen--pubescence. Between the two is a relatively quiescent growth period in which most of the body takes a rest from growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/we-humans-undergo-two-major-growth-spurts-one-during-infancy-and/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

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## More by Louise J. Kaplan

> [As he walks away on his own two feet--the toddler's body-mind has reached its moment of perfection. The world is his and he the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/as-he-walks-away-on-his-own-two-feet-the-toddler-s-body-mind-has/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . . Carthage, Mahenjo-Daro,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/in-all-times-and-in-all-places-in-constantinople-northwestern-zambia/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [We humans, once we have become emotionally invested in a homeplace, a prized personal possession, or, especially, in another person, find it immensely difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/we-humans-once-we-have-become-emotionally-invested-in-a-homeplace-a/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [We belong to that order of mammals, the primates, distinguished by its propensity for repeated single litters, intense parental care, long life-spans, late sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/we-belong-to-that-order-of-mammals-the-primates-distinguished-by-its/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a "beacon of orientation" during the first five months of life. The mother's presence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/normally-an-infant-learns-to-use-his-mother-as-a-beacon-of/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [A man's fatherliness is enriched as much by his acceptance of his feminine and childlike strivings as it is by his memories of tender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/a-man-s-fatherliness-is-enriched-as-much-by-his-acceptance-of-his/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [For a woman ... to explore and express the fullness of her sexuality, her ambitions, her emotional and intellectual capacities, her social duties, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/for-a-woman-to-explore-and-express-the-fullness-of-her-sexuality-her/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [Infancy is the realm conveyed to us in dreams which look backward to the past. Adolescence, more like a work of art, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/infancy-is-the-realm-conveyed-to-us-in-dreams-which-look-backward-to/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [In every adult human there still lives a helpless child who is afraid of aloneness… This would be so even if there were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/in-every-adult-human-there-still-lives-a-helpless-child-who-is-afraid/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [Though they themselves might be as surprised as their parents and teachers to hear it said, adolescents--these poignantly thin- skinned and vulnerable, passionate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/though-they-themselves-might-be-as-surprised-as-their-parents-and/)

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> [During adolescence imagination is boundless. The urge toward self-perfection is at its peak. And with all their self- absorption and personalized dreams of glory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/during-adolescence-imagination-is-boundless-the-urge-toward-self/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [Fathers have a special excitement about them that babies find intriguing. At this time in his life an infant counts on his motherfor rootedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/fathers-have-a-special-excitement-about-them-that-babies-find/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/adolescence-represents-an-inner-emotional-upheaval-a-struggle-between/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [What eleven- to thirteen-year-old boys fear is passivity of any kind. When they do act passively we can be fairly certain that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/what-eleven-to-thirteen-year-old-boys-fear-is-passivity-of-any-kind/)

[Louise J. Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-j-kaplan/)

> [Other people--grandparents, sisters and brothers, the mother's best friend, the next-door neighbor--get to be familiar to the baby. If the mother communicates her trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-j-kaplan/other-people-grandparents-sisters-and-brothers-the-mother-s-best/)

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