“I have a really big family, and pretty much all my work is about my brothers and sisters. I'm the youngest of eight - my mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later - so I was basically raised by all these teenagers.” YearsBigsKidsBrotherMomRaisedSevenMy MomEightTeenagerMy BrotherBrothers And SistersSeven YearsBig Families Author:Ryan McGinley
“[Michael] Brown's mom, Lesley McSpadden, is the latest African American mother whose tear-streaked face forces the nation to remember the name of yet another unarmed black teenager gunned down under questionable circumstances.” RealityRememberFacesMotherPoliticsNamesForceNationsBlackCommunityJusticeFamilyHistoryViolenceGenerationsTearsMomCircumstancesEqualEthicsHuman RightsIdeologyAfrican AmericanTeenagerBrownFree SpeechEqual RightsQuestionableUnarmed Author:Jonathan Capehart
“In LA you can't tell the teenagers and the moms apart, which is so strange to me. And then it's like, "Who is leading who?" Are the moms emulating the daughters? In which case we're going backwards - that's not how it goes - the mothers teach the daughters how to be. It's a very strange thing to me.” MotherTeachCasesStrangeMomDaughterTeenagerBackwardsStrange Things Author:Laura Benanti
“I always believed that my platform would be speaking to young women that were teenagers that had had their babies and were trying to make it as single moms and still have hope and passions and pursuit of great things in their lives.” TryingStillsWould BeYoungPassionBabyMomPursuitGreat ThingsTeenagerPlatformsYoung WomenAlways BelieveSingle MomHaving Hope Author:Shari Wiedmann
“I have been doing merch' since I was 15 and in bands when I was a teenager - silk-screening shirts, making the emulsion in my mom's closet I converted into a dark room, through college. That's essentially how us bands survived was selling homemade t-shirts.” Has BeensDarkRoomsCollegeMomBandMy MomSellingTeenagerShirtsSurvivedClosetsT ShirtSilkScreeningHomemadeDoing MeDark Room Author:Steve Aoki
“When I was a teenager, for the most part, I had a really great, easy relationship with my mom, but there are those occasional mom/daughter things that are unavoidable. That's what makes it more upsetting and more true to life. We have great moments, and then we have terrible moments as well.” WellsMomentsEasyMomTerribleDaughterMy MomTeenagerUpsetReally GreatOccasionalTrue LifeGreat MomentsMom Daughter Author:Mae Whitman
“When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck. I hated it is a teenager. It was not the most glamorous-sounding name in the world.” WorldFirstsNamesHeardMomCallingMetsMy FamilyMy MomStuckTeenagerHatedGlamorousAndrew Author:George Michael
“My mom was a cheerleader and had me as a teenager. I remember her giving me some pom-poms and teaching me how to do some splits when I was 3 or 4.” GivingRememberTeachingMomMy MomTeenagerCheerleader Author:Christina Milian
“My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging.” HeartI CanPrayerImagineBabyMomMy HeartToughRageTeenagerHormonesSingle Mom Author:Jill Scott
“Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.” NeedsNightBabyMomHonorGratefulPrivilegeSpendingMotherhoodTeenagerAwakeMealsPreparingNursingTime And MoneyMommaAwake At NightJust A MomInspiring MotherhoodServanthood Author:Charles Stanley