Adolescence Quote by Stella Chess

Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate. Over-controlled by…

— Susan Forward

Adolescents are like cockroaches: They come out the minute you leave town, crawl the walls, feed indiscriminately, reproduce alarmingly unless drugged, and will certainly…

— Gail Sheehy

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

The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly,…

— Maria Montessori

I was trying to make them face their fears. Youth spends so much energy trying to forget them. There's the fear of failure in…

— Muriel Lester

Adolescents need to be reassured that nothing-neither their growing maturity, their moods, their misbehavior, nor your anger at something they have done-can shake your…

— Laurence Steinberg

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

Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably…

— Virginia Satir

Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable,…

— Stephen Dobyns

Young boys who are awkward or nervous or anxious, they find self-confidence in a way of looking at the world that is toxic.

— Miles Robbins

We underestimate teenagers at our peril. Even the dismissive thing out on the street--look at what they're wearing. Then we'll hear stories about how…

— Markus Zusak

During adolescence imagination is boundless. The urge toward self-perfection is at its peak. And with all their self- absorption and personalized dreams of glory,…

— Louise J. Kaplan