Adolescent Development Analyst Gifts

"So I blame you for everything - whose fault is that?"

'From six to to eighteen, they're always at that age.'

'Ah, it's so precious to witness a child learn how government actually works...'

'We'll never understand these kids. It's the old evolution gap.'

"Oh come now, darling. When I was your age, I felt different, too."

'I'm not enjoying my childhood, I'm dealing with it.'

"I would share, but I'm not there developmentally."

'Adolescents act like babies when they aren't treated like adults!'

'All those years of teaching me to walk and talk. . . now all they want is for me to sit down and shut up!'

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

"Son, I think it's about time we had the TED Talk."

"Dude, we are not setting the neighbor's house on fire this year!"

Swings Doctor

"But, sweetie, children are the backbone of our educational system."

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

'You can argue until you're blue in the face, Todd. But you rolled your eyes, and Adolescent Ref is not going to change his mind!'

'My answers aren't wrong,merely different.'

'It's not fair! I'm socially excluded from gang culture.'

"Mothers Day is coming up. What shouldn't we do to make sure mom enjoys it?"

These days in Hamelin the piper casts a very lonely shadow. . . improvements in sanitation have mostly controlled the rats, while social media has total control over the children!!

"Why are they always pushing quality on us?"

"I'm getting a little tired of social media. He got mad at me so he said he is going to 'undad' me."

"For some reason, you do most of the aging in February."

'I can't make it tonight. I have to attend my mother's lecture series on responsibility.'

'You gotta try different things! Sometimes a temper tantrum works best an' somethimes sulking an' sometimes not eating!'

"I'd estimate it takes 6 hours of teaching to counteract 2 hours of video games!"

"This says the median age for Hispanics in the United States is 27...the median age for all the other groups is much higher."

"If I had to guess I'd say your son's acne is the result of a sudden surge of hormones."

'Are our eyes going bad on us are are we beginning to see girls in a different light?'

'Son, your mom and me are sick of bearing a capriciously, pubescent teenager. We decided to change you into a goldfish.'

"Edmond is at that awkward age – too old to be a 'rising star', too young to be 'one of a dying breed.'"

Uncooperative Teen

"No Justin. I'm saving myself for college."