Growing up Quote by Quetzal

“The problem with parents is that they're adults.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.”

— Louise Penny

“I can never understand why people seem to think that growing up with unhappy parents is better than growing up with a happy single…

— Sarah Morgan

“At some point you lose sight of your actual parents; you just see a basketful of history and unresolved issues.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Growing up means situations and people change, problems are bigger, feelings are deeper and the hurt devastating.”

— Bailey

“Ask any child who failed to live up to his parents’ idea of success, and you’ll likely hear that they never felt good enough,…

— Nancy Rose

“Children can be too hard on their parents, until they learn themselves how hard life can be.”

— David Clement-Davies

Some parents find it difficult to understand that children are Growing Up and not Growing Down.

— Terry Mark

“...and that there were many things grow-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...”

— Nick Joaquín

“part of growing to maturity, part of growing up, requires that we recognize and accept that we cannot have it all.”

— Matthew Kelly

“You weren’t always born to the right parents. And parents didn’t necessarily get the kids they were meant to raise.”

— Judy Blume

“Surely one’s childhood concerns must be hard to encounter decades later, regardless of the life fallen between.”

— Ruthanna Emrys