If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you. Caitlin Flanagan deepinterestpath Change image and share on social
Girls are the best readers in the world. Reading is really a way of kind of escaping so deeply into yourself and pursuing your own thoughts within the construct of a story. Caitlin Flanagan constructdeeplyescape Change image and share on social
I used to teach at a private school, and the parents thought I loved their children. I did not love their children! I liked them well enough, but I was always delighted to see them go off for summer vacation. Caitlin Flanagan childdelightlove share on social
In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist. Caitlin Flanagan childcorrosivecultural share on social
My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can be a hard way to grow up. Caitlin Flanagan childdaughterfather Change image and share on social
Every great culture has cared a lot, one way or another, about the fate of its girls. Caitlin Flanagan careculturefate Change image and share on social
Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe. Caitlin Flanagan adultboundaryfeel Change image and share on social
I come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself. Caitlin Flanagan coupleculturegeneration Change image and share on social
Pubescent girls, it seems, are manifestly more likely to exhibit extreme and bizarre psychological symptoms than are teenage boys. Caitlin Flanagan bizarreboyexhibit Change image and share on social
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader. Caitlin Flanagan comedidionheight Change image and share on social
