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
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
Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence. Caitlin Flanagan adultdangerdivorce 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
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
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
My mother was very involved with Cesar Chavez's work on behalf of the migrant farm workers in California. Caitlin Flanagan behalfcaliforniacesar Change image and share on social
Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period. Caitlin Flanagan adolescenceemotionallyfemale Change image and share on social
