Adultification Quotes

“She still said nothing. You are fifteen and this is living life, she thought. She'd be like Serena or Blair or those girls on TV. Powerful.”
― Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West

“But Michael was only six. He should be worrying about learning how to tie his shoes, not about our mother’s checking account.”
― Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband

“Your mother doesn't know these things,” he said, a note of pleading in his voice. "She has always been that way. She is an artist. Her feet barely touch the ground. I've been the one to keep her tethered to the earth. And now it's your job. And you're too young, and it's not fair, but there it is." He was right. It wasn't fair.”
― Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband