One Important Reason To Stay Calm Is

Adolescence Is When Girls Experience Social Pressure To Put Aside Their Authentic Selves And To Display Only A Small Portion Of Their Gifts.

Teenage Girls Are Extremists Who See The World In Black-and- White Terms, Missing Shades Of Gray. Life Is Either Marvelous Or Notworth Living. School Is Either Pure Torment Or Is Going Fantastically. Other People Are Either Great Or Horrible, And They Themselves Are Wonderful Or Pathetic Failures. One Day A Girl Will Refer To Herself As "the Goddess Of Social Life" And The Next Day She'll Regret That She's The "ultimate In Nerdosity.

One Important Reason To Stay Calm Is That Calm Parents Hear More. Low-key, Accepting Parents Are The Ones Whose Children Keep Talking.

I'm A Perfectly Good Carrot That Everyone Is Trying To Turn Into A Rose. As A Carrot, I Have Good Color And A Nice Leafy Top. When I'm Carved Into A Rose, I Turn Brown And Wither.

Telling Stories Never Fails To Produce Good In The Universe.