Adolescents who are absorbing negative messages about who they are and what is expected of them may sink to that level instead of realizing their true potential. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain (ed. Penguin, 2014) - ISBN: 9781101631522