“Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.”
Sylvia Plath
“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.”
Peter B. Medawar
“Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers; the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul.”
The Wonder Years
“You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers”
John J. Plomp
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
Max Lerner
“Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.”
Dr. James C. Dobson