Louise J. Kaplan
Louise J. Kaplan

Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

Louise J. Kaplan
Louise J. Kaplan

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Louise J. Kaplan
Louise J. Kaplan

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

Louise J. Kaplan
Louise J. Kaplan

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.