A child of the age of six years

“A child of the age of six years laughs about three times more than an adult.”

Troian Bellisario kicking ass and taking names

o shit

setting the record straight

Oh look, the media casually blaming under-aged girls for their unwilling involvement with adult men

you go girl

so accurate it physically hurts

Graduating high school:


Suddenly having adult responsibilities:

— Helen Mirren

“It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult – but you are not ready.”

I'm an adult.

— Johanna de Silentio

“Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a whole lifetime; time takes time. The only way to fail at life is to abstain.”

— Helen Mirren

“It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult – but you are not ready.”

Relax.

“Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a whole lifetime; time takes time. The only way to fail at life is to abstain.”

The Pink Shoes

Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.

She explained to him in the store that they were really made for girls. Sam then told her that he didn’t care and that “ninjas can wear pink shoes too.”

Sam went to preschool and got several compliments on his new shoes. Not one kid said anything negative toward him about it.

However, my mom received about 20 comments on the photo from various family members saying how “wrong” it is and how “things like this will affect him socially” and, put most eloquently by my great aunt, “that shit will turn him gay.”

My mom then deleted the photo and told Sam that he can wear whatever he wants to preschool, that it’s his decision. If he wants to wear pink shoes, he can wear pink shoes.

Sam then explained to her that he didn’t like them because they were pink, he liked them because they were “made out of zebras” and zebras are his favorite animal :)

What does it say about society when a group of adults could stand to take a lesson in humanity from a class of preschoolers? 




Words cannot express how happy this makes me.

Settle this

Being a

Being a person is a matter of birth. 

Being an adult is a matter of age. 

But being a loving, caring friend is a matter of choice.

— Paulo Coelho

“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”

— Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy

“As babies, we were easy. One cry meant you were hungry, another you were tired. It’s only as adults that we become difficult. They start to hide feelings, put up walls. It gets to the point where we don’t really know what anyone thinks or feels. Without meaning to, we become masters of disguise.”

Treat your son and daughter as a friend and behave like a friend to them

Marian Wright Edelman

"It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone."

If 19 is a teenager and 21 is an adult... What is 20?

— Grey’s Anatomy

“There comes a point in your life, when you’re officially an adult. Suddenly, you’re old enough to vote, drink and engage in other adult activities. Suddenly, people expect you to be responsible, serious, a grown-up. We get taller, we get older. But do we ever really grow up?”
— Grey’s Anatomy

we're all mature until someone

your muchness

Teenagers: The most misunderstood people on earth. Treated like children and expected to act like adults.