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Brooke Shields

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

Brooke Shields

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Brooke Shields is saying that since she did not experience a typical rebellious teenage phase herself, she now feels like she has to experience those feelings indirectly through her daughter's behavior. This means she is observing and emotionally living through her daughter's acts of defiance instead of having her own adolescent rebellion to reflect on.

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