Classmates Quote by Daniel Handler

Girls grow up scarred by caution and enter adulthood eager to shake free of their parents' worst nightmares. They still know to be wary…

— Nancy Gibbs

My parents worry all the time because I trust people very easily.

— Deepika Padukone

Girls are worried about the same things: loneliness, falling out with friends, the pain of being excluded, another girl trying to poach their best…

— Carrie Hope Fletcher

Worrying is just part of being a parent.

— Coleen Nolan

“Sometimes I felt that growing up and being a girl was about learning to be afraid. Not paranoid, exactly, but always alert and aware,…

— Claire Messud

Parents are very strict to their daughters cause they think that were gonna raped wherever we go.

— Anonymous

Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.

— Dana Milbank

Parents are almost fearful of disciplining their children. They are scared they are going to lose the connection with them when they are teenagers…

— Jo Frost

Do all kids have to worry about their parents’ mental health? The way society is set up, parents are supposed to be the grown-up…

— Ruth Ozeki

Most parents of adolescent girls have the goal of keeping their daughters safe while they grow up and explore the world. The parents' job…

— Mary Pipher

Children are sensitive and receptive to the thoughts of others about them, and often outpicture the fears of their parents.

— Florence Scovel Shinn

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

— Marilyn Manson