Adolescence Quote by Terri E Apter

Preoccupied with her self, the adolescent sees enormous changes, whereas the parent sees the child she knew all along. For the parent, new developments…

— Terri E Apter

By the time a girl becomes a teenager, her parents are so old that she cannot do anything with them.

— Anonymous

“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

An adolescent does not rebel against her parents. She rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on nonpower…

— Thomas Gordon

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

— Faye Wattleton

An adolescent does not rebel against his parents. He rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on non-power…

— Thomas Gordon

The adolescent frequently supposes that she is breaking out of the confines of her mundane, schoolgirl existence simply in order to break rules and…

— Louise J. Kaplan

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

— Anne Lamott

Some people go through a rebellious phase, and they separate and understand that they're not who their family thinks they are.

— Linda Cardellini

“Underdeveloped adolescents all too often feel strong emotion and look for escape, since they can think of no way to cope with the situation.…

— Elizabeth M. Ellis

As an adult, you think of yourself as being someone else when you're away from your family, but when you come back to your…

— John Wells

Parents wrongly assume that their daughters live in a world similar to the one they experienced as adolescents. They are dead wrong. Their daughters…

— Mary Pipher