#teenage

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#bringing #capable #causing #children #considerably

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#autonomy #between #characterized #conflict #country

I think my anorexia was to do with being a teenager, not being in films. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#being #being a teenager #films #i #i think

When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#girl #i #i always #jackson #like

Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school. ↗

— Denise Richards

#being #being a teenager #date #get #glad

I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#felt #i #insecure #lots #other

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#did #early #exploring #france #free

I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#being #i #teenager #young

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#every #guy #ibm #lawyers #life

And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

#being #black #childhood #essentially #feet