“I loved 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' It was such a big part of my childhood.” BigsChildhoodTeenageTurtlesNinjaMutantsNinja TurtleTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Author:Megan Fox
“It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It's a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.” YearsChildhoodSymbolsWitchLionsTeenageWardrobeTeenage YearsLion Witch WardrobeLion The Witch And The Wardrobe Author:Christina Ricci
“A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out of turn, chewing gum in class, doing homework, stepping out of line, cleaning their rooms. Then it listed the five top concerns of parents today: drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, suicide and homicide, gang violence, anorexia and bulimia. We can also add AIDS, poverty, and homelessness. . . . Between my own childhood and the advent of my motherhood--one short generation--the culture had gone completely mad.” ChildrenTodayTurnsCultureParentLinesMy OwnRoomsTalkingClassPovertyGoneFiveTeacherViolenceGenerationsChildhoodDrugConcernSuicideMadAddAddictionMotherhoodAidsFeaturesUsaPregnancyTeenageCleaningGangHomelessnessHomeworkAnorexiaDrug AddictionDrug AddictAdventGumChewingBulimiaSnapshotsHomicideParents And TeachersChewing GumTeenage PregnancyGang ViolenceAnorexia And Bulimia Author:Mary Blakely
“I think I grew up a bit quickly. I wish I was younger than I am in my head. I feel like an old lady for various reasons. I have a yearning to live out my childhood and teenage years and have a bit more fun than I actually did.” ThinkingFeelsYearsReasonFunWishBitsChildhoodGrewGrew UpVariousYearningTeenageOld LadyTeenage Years Author:Elena Tonra
“One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.” ThinkingWritingYearsReasonProblemDifficultChildhoodTeenageTeenage YearsDifficult Childhood Author:Meg Cabot
“Obviously from childhood to my teenage years, I really came into my own. I left the house early; I was on the streets when I was, like, 15. I've been holdin' my own since that age.” YearsAgeHouseLeftMy OwnStreetsChildhoodTeenageTeenage Years Author:Nipsey Hussle
“I'm a huge fan of Tupac. I'm from Chicago and his music helped me kind of get through that phase of my childhood, my teenage years. He was one of the biggest artists of all time and his music got me through just day to day life. He was a key to our generation and culture and he still is, even after his passing.” KindArtistCultureChildhoodAll TimeTeenageTeenage Years Author:Cory Hardrict
“Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew, forbidden books read secretively late at night. Teenage years reading -trying to read- books I'd heard were important, Naked Lunch, and The Fountainhead, Ulysses and Women in Love... It was as though I had dreamt the perfect lover, who vanished as I woke, leaving me pining and surly.” TryingYearsHeartImportantBookHomeSchoolDesireNightReadingFoundLostPerfectHeardChildhoodReaderLoversLateSickLeavingNakedLunchPortraitsTeenageForbiddenLeaving MeNancyFountainheadTeenage YearsUlyssesPiningSurlyNancy DrewPerfect LoverHome Sick Author:Audrey Niffenegger