That's what spending time with the young can do -- it's the big payoff for all the pain. The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also drag you, as you protest and scold and try to pull away, right up to the window of the future, and even push you through. Laura Moriarty
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It is said that the passage of time makes us wiser and helps us to see life in a more positive light. Noted psychologist, Carl Rogers, even went so far as to say that time spent with the young helps us to grow up. Time spent with teenagers can be frustrating, but it can also allow us to see our role in the future.

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