Category: teen

I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

Doesn’t matter whether it’s a teen girl who’s pregnant, hasn’t told her parents, or an elderly couple dealing with one of them being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Those are real people to me. Those are the people I dealt with every single day.

I did work at a mall in college – I think retail/customer service is just one of the most hideous jobs in the world. So I always try to be extra nice when I go into a store. But malls are part of our culture, if you watched any teen comedy in the ’80s. it’s … Read more

As I’ve said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager.

When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.

Maybe that’s the whole teen oeuvre, you know covering people in disgusting bodily fluids and whatnot.