Absorbing Quote by Daniel J. Siegel

“As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they…

— Daniel J. Siegel

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…

— Louise J. Kaplan

TEENAGER the most misunderstood people on earth, treated like children but expected to act like adults

— Anonymous

One of the main tasks of adolescence is to achieve an identity--not necessarily a knowledge of who we are, but a clarification ofthe range…

— Anonymous

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…

— Terri E Apter

Teenagers: The most misunderstood people on earth. Treated like children and expected to act like adults.

— Anonymous

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…

— Terri E Apter

“And accordingly, the adolescent sensibility is one that prevails in much of the art world, where the most adolescent of goals, transgression, is still…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“...at some point we must achieve our identity -we can't be always in adolescence seeking who we are...”

— John Geddes

“If you wish to know the state of a people, turn to its youth: here, nothing is disfigured yet, they express themselves in ways…

— Annemarie Schwarzenbach

“Once a child enters adolescence, it may become increasingly difficult to raise these issues. Because adolescence is a time of rebellion—of self-definition, of distinguishing…

— Jonathan Berent

“Adolescents who never learn to control their consciousness grow up to be adults without a “discipline.” They lack the complex skills that will help…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi