It is an odd fact that what we now know of the mental and emotional life of infants surpasses what we comprehend about adolescents.... That they do not confide in us is hardly surprising. They use wise discretion in disguising themselves with the caricatures we design for them. And unfortunately for us, as for them, too often adolescents retain the caricatured personalities they had merely meant to try on for size.

Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood (ed. Touchstone Books, 1995) - ISBN: 9780684800622