The most significant change wrought by adolescence is the taming of the ideals by which a person measures himself. . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Adolescence Copy Share Image
We humans undergo two major growth spurts: one during infancy and another from eleven to twelve until fifteen or sixteen--pubescence. Between the… — Louise J. Kaplan Body Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a time of active deconstruction, construction, reconstruction--a period in which past, present, and future are rewoven and strung together on… — Louise J. Kaplan Active Copy Share Image
Adolescents are the bearers of cultural renewal, those cycles of generation and regeneration that link our limited individual destinies with the destiny… — Louise J. Kaplan Cycles Copy Share Image
It is an odd fact that what we now know of the mental and emotional life of infants surpasses what we comprehend… — Louise J. Kaplan Adolescence Copy Share Image
It is not speech or tool making that distinguishes us from other animals, it is imagination....Of what use are speech sounds and… — Louise J. Kaplan Animal Copy Share Image
It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our… — Louise J. Kaplan Born Copy Share Image
The invisible bond that gives the baby rein to discover his place in the world also brings the creeping baby back to… — Louise J. Kaplan Adventure Copy Share Image
Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue. — Louise J. Kaplan Alternatives Copy Share Image
Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion. — Louise J. Kaplan Adolescence Copy Share Image
The adolescent frequently supposes that she is breaking out of the confines of her mundane, schoolgirl existence simply in order to break… — Louise J. Kaplan Adolescence Copy Share Image
Hopefulness is the heartbeat of the relationship between a parent and child. Each time a child overcomes the next challenge of hislife,… — Louise J. Kaplan Challenges Copy Share Image
When a child becomes an adult . . . the elders are fearful. And for good reason . . . not we… — Louise J. Kaplan Adolescence Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, the toddler's "No" is also a preliminary to his saying yes. It is a sign that he is getting ready to… — Louise J. Kaplan Behavior Copy Share Image
Adolescence is the time to enlarge the natural sentiments of pity, friendship, and generosity, the time to develop an understanding of human… — Louise J. Kaplan Adolescence Copy Share Image
