All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.
Patrick Kenzie asking a bemused waitress for a newspaper in smalltown USA. 'It’s like a homepage without a scroll button?
Storming was one of her main modes of transportation." In reference to teenager Heather in "Carry The One
I raised my three teens with love, perseverance, tenacity, sweat, tears, prayers, lighting candles, and the list could go on.
Okay, then, what was he like? Just give me something to go on so that I have a shot at him!''A shot at him? Are you on an elk hunt?
When adults say, 'Teenagers think they are invincible' with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably br...
Justin, honey, you were my very first kiss. My very first hand to hold. But you were nothing more than an average guy. And I don't say that to be mean- I don't. There was just something about you that...
No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares. She was my friend! You must allow me. Why are you so horrid? As soon as the angry words were out of my mouth, I knew I had gone too far. Matild...
Me: I refuse to attend Support Group.Mom: One of the symptoms of depression is disinterest in activities.Me: Please just let me watch America’s Next Top Model. It’s an activity.Mom: Television is a pa...
Kids are more advanced these days. The teenage years now start at 11.
I was nineteen years five months old when I fell in love for the first time. This seemed to me a profound, advanced age; never can we anticipate being older than we are, or wiser; if we're exhausted,...
I think being a teenager is such a compelling time period in your life--it gives you some of your worst scars and some of your most exhilarating moments. It's a fascinating place; old enough to feel t...
What seems is not what is. Because, none knows what is left, when it is all right!
Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world's problems already?
Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
Everyone wants to feel special - attain a special status among their pears- but not too special. Most kids want to be special the same way their friends are
One of my pet peeves was when an adult imagined they had to encapsulate Life for you, hand you Life in a jar, in an eyedropper, in a penguin paperweight full of snow-A Collector's Dream.
The majority of teenagers don't even make eye contact with people, even people of the same age.
I've been writing poems since I was sixteen. Back then, poems were an obvious release for all the frustrations and anxieties associated with adolescence. Mostly, they were a way for me to impress girl...
If we want kids with 'aspiration', we need to give them something to aspire to.