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Teenage years are hard. And, having taught high school for a number of years, I think they're particularly hard on teenage girls. The most self-conscious human beings on the planet are teenage girls.

Everyone seems to relate to the awkwardness of being a teenager, or even a 30-year-old.

Being a teenager is hard.

The teenage years are such a great subject because everything is heightened and on the surface, and it deals with universal emotions that we face even as we get older.

Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them.

All generations of teens have it hard, I think. Each society and century has its struggles that the others can't compare to.

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.

I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

Teenagers come to things fresh and can really teach us an awful lot.