“Throughout my childhood, my parents dropped me off at a multitude of therapists' offices in hopes that I'd avoid growing up to be the kind of asshole who writes books about them. Also because it was sometimes easier than finding a nanny.” WritingKindBookSometimesParentGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodEasierOfficeFindingsTherapyMultitudesTherapistsNannies Book:I Like You Just the Way I Am: Stories About Me and Some Other People Source: I Like You Just the Way I Am: Stories About Me and Some Other People
“The second challenge is to make sure that, growing up in this culture, they have a healthy view of life and God and Scripture. So, that's my other challenge. So, finding that balance is certainly no easy task but it can be very fulfilling. So, that's part of what we talk about in this book.” BookCultureEasyChallengesViewsGrowing UpGrowingBalanceHealthyFindingsTasksScriptureFulfillingEasy Tasks Author:Alex Kendrick
“Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.” MenWayMeanMotherFoundFatherSexGrowsSidesGrowing UpInfluenceMinesBalanceFindingsMen And WomenWestMalesMother And Father Author:Grace Jones
“Well to me growing, up I've had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed by a drunk driver, then two months later my father drowned. He was out with his friends drinking and on medication for depression, and he didn't come out of the water alive. Growing up with sexual abuse and having to be in gangs and dealing with my own trauma; finding the cultural identity when I was 16, and learning those traditional ways saved me from hurting myself.” WayWellsTwoWarAgeYoungMotherFatherParentWaterHurtMy OwnGrowing UpAliveGrowingDyingIdentityMonthsFindingsAbuseDrinkingTraumaSavedTraditionalPsychologicalDrunkDriversGangYoung AgeMedicationTwo MonthsCultural IdentityDrinking With FriendsHurting Myself Author:Adam Beach
“I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother finding God in nature, so I've taken a little from both [traditions].” LittlesMotherGrowing UpTakenGrowingBrotherDadFindingsTraditionCatholicMy DadPriestsStrictDualityFinding God Author:David LaChapelle
“There are definitely things about acting that have helped me growing up and finding myself, but there are also things that make it a bit more difficult. I guess I do allow myself to explore more when I know that, at the end of the day, if I really wanted to, I could just play a different person all day and be fine with that.” IfsKnowsPersonsDifferentEndsPlayWantedBitsDifficultActingGrowing UpGrowingFineFindingsThe End Of The DayFinding Myself Author:Rowan Blanchard
“Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.” PeopleLastsRealizingForeverGrowing UpGrowingFindings Author:Dylan O'Brien
“The band has decided to give him and his wife a much needed break from the road to start a life and have a proper honeymoon and do all the things a newlywed couple should do. I'm very proud to announce my brother's recent marriage. Watching him grow up into a man and finding love makes me the happiest brother alive. I know this is upsetting news, as it is for us, but we will continues to tour with a temporary replacement until he has situated himself in his new life.” KnowsMenLoveGivingShouldAgeGrowsBreakGrowing UpAliveWifeBrotherProudCoupleNeededBandFindingsNewsDecidedUpsetMy BrotherTemporaryNew LifeFinding LoveReplacementsHoneymoonNewlyweds Author:Gerard Way
“One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed. (Bone Crossed)” DifferentGrowing UpGrowingFindingsBonesLooking BackFinding Out The TruthGrowing Things Book:Bone Crossed Source: Bone Crossed