Adolescence Quote by Terri E Apter

“Parents are never forgiven for not giving just the right response at the appropriate moment. Or, rather, there are particular times in the adolescent's or young adult's life, when a certain response is needed, and this need is not met, and the failure to meet this need is forever remembered, and is never forgiven.”

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This is the hope of many adolescent girls--to capture a parent's heart with love for them as they are, as people. They reject thenotion…

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