“Having a [teenage] daughter is like riding a young horse over an unknown steeplechase course. You don't know when to pull up the reins, when to let the horse have its head - or what.” KnowsYoungCoursesDaughterHorseRidingAdolescenceTeenageReinsPull UpsTeenage Daughter Author:Grace Kelly
“It's important for parents to watch for trouble and convey to their daughters that, if it comes, they are strong enough to deal with it. Parents who send their [adolescent] daughters the message that they'll be overwhelmed by problems aren't likely to hear what's really happening.” IfsImportantEnoughProblemStrongParentDealsWatchesTroubleMessagesHappeningsDaughterAdolescenceOverwhelmedStrong Enough Book:Reviving Ophelia Source: Reviving Ophelia
“Most parents of adolescent girls have the goal of keeping their daughters safe while they grow up and explore the world. The parents' job is to protect, the daughter's job is to explore.” WorldJobsGirlGrowsParentGoalGrowing UpProtectSafeDaughterAdolescence Author:Mary Pipher
“Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter's growing and changing self.” GivingFeelsTryingLooksMeanSelfFeelingsMotherSituationGrowingAdviceParticularListeningDaughterAdolescenceThoughts And FeelingsGiving AdviceConspiring Author:Elizabeth Debold
“Until adolescence I thought I had the best mother in the world. Such a graceful mother. I had this fantasy that I was the wrong daughter.” WorldMotherFantasyDaughterAdolescenceBest Mother Author:Carrie Fisher
“I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.” ThinkingMotherInspiringDaughterRebellionMy DaughterParenthoodAdolescence Author:Brooke Shields
“Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.” LittlesMotherGirlWorryDaughterAdultsOppositesCuteReliefAdolescenceRelaxed Book:Cat's Eye Source: Cat's Eye