"Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses……" — Mary Blakely

Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as… - Mary Blakely

"Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the "wrong crowd" read like tornado alerts in parent manuals. . . . It is a relative term that means different things in different places. In Fort Wayne, for example, the wrong crowd meant hanging out with liberal Democrats. In Connecticut, it meant kids who weren't planning to get a Ph. D. from Yale."

— Mary Blakely

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Adolescence is just one big walking pimple. — Carol Burnett
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You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. — John Ciardi
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