Proverbs for young people
Humorist Mark Twain didn’t have a high opinion of the American teenager. “Things run along pretty smoothly,” Twain wrote, “until your kid reaches thirteen. That’s the time you need to stick ‘em in a barrel, hammer the lid down nice and tight and then feed ‘em through the knothole. And then, about the time he turns sixteen, plug up the knothole.” Stories about guns in schools and the suicide rate among teens fuels the belief that teenagers are out of control and adults often feel little respect for teens. One man wrote, “The world is passing through troublous times. The ...
