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Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

Louise J. Kaplan

Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

Tags: future, struggle, powerful, past

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

Louise J. Kaplan

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

Tags: sympathy, teen, children, compassion

About Author
Louise Janet Kaplan, o.s. Miller, (18 November 1929, New York City – 9 January 2012, New York) was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst best known for her research into childhood development. Kaplan authored seven books including the 1991 book, Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary which was made into the 1996 film Female Perversions starring Tilda Swinton.

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

Louise J. Kaplan

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

Tags: teen, she, find, say

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Louise J. Kaplan

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Tags: teen, childhood, adolescence