Adolescence Explorer Gifts

"Don't you...sometimes get the feeling...that for some reason...we're not like anyone else?"

'I have this fear of the real world...'

A boy acting suspiciously

"Can you make me look like Wolverine?"

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

'You know they've reached puberty when they're more interested in Dr. Ruth than Babe Ruth.'

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

One!

You know you're getting up there in years when your birthday cake requires that extra box of candles....

"Meeting old relatives...is like peeking into our future."

'I couldn't remember your exact age.'

'People have been known to lose an eye when a wink goes seriously wrong.'

"I must be getting old. I've forgotten why I came down the stairs."

"Yeah, I've noticed it too: Young Master's smell has changed a lot since he's become a teenager..."

Child development. How children change.

Pubertry

"That was a great kiss, Joey...but can I have my gum back please?"

Young girl asks young boy what time he wakes in the morning

You're only young once but apparently there's no limit on childish. (Published originally on January 15, 2008.)

'They say ninety is the new eighty.'

How to sleep when you're a kid...

"Would you want to drink from a fountain of youth?" "I'd settle for a fountain of middle age."

It's so quiet. Listen to the sounds of nature! Pound pound thump. Pound thunk. Human nature.

"This place is okay, but it's nothing to text home about."

Highway of Life. No, Ernie, we're on cruise control. It just seems like we're going faster the further we go.

"Needs ketchup."

Driver being taught by impatient parent

"My mom says I'll behaving a growing spurt, so I'll grow into these clothes soon."

'Don't you think he's a little to young to take up fishing, Ralph?'

"Here's the problem, I grabbed the wrong map. This isn't the Fountain of Youth. This is the Fountain of Middle Age."

Retirement Age

"I feel sorry for kids these days - they're always being tested for something"

"I'm sorry, but nine Greek islands in seven days is just too much."

Cast of Dream