Awkward Adolescence Gifts

'I think I'm beginning to understand what sex is all about.'

'Well, Tommy, you've grown a foot since the last time I saw you!'

"I don't know why I worry...Baldo's just a normal boy. It's good to see him maturing...making friends...with nice girls...exploring new feelings...and desires.... You have to go home now."

'Since we're being so honest, perhaps I should mention that I liked you better as an egg.'

"Wings will be cool, I guess, but I'm mostly hoping the braces and pimples fall off."

"Well, I've come this close to asking out Sylvia Sanchez. But I'm just an average guy! Nothing about me says 'I'm cool! Look at me!'"

Sex Education Class: "Smirking or non smirking?"

"God help us, it's that guy."

"All in favor of telling Anderson about that thing stuck to his lip, say aye."

Pubertry

"No surgery. I'm just trying to hide a pimple."

"I don't know...but it seems like nothing ever changes around here. It's like we've been 15 years old forever!"

"Don't worry, son.. everyone goes through the awkward teenage years."

'And where have you been all day young lady? Your mother and I have been worried sick!'

'That was quite a birthday party - we played full-contact spin-the-bottle.'

"All this running around you do at night … it’s killing your mother."

'… and another thing … the only reason you know it's my birthday to begin with, is because we were all born on the same day!'

"I was 13 once. It was hard."

"Sure I'm Alfred the Great now, but in high school I couldn't get a date."

'I think he's beginning to notice girls.He's washed his face without being asked to!'

"Shaving off your three whiskers doesn't make you older!"

"Nicole, Kyle, would you guys burn my yearbook?"

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

Carole Jean's First "Big Girl" Heels

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

"I think I'll be more relaxed once my secondary sex characteristics kick in."

"Oh no, not dinner again!"

"Son, I really wish I could tell you that "Cowboy Ballerina" is a normal part of growing up, but... it's not."

'I remember when she was proud to be seen with her parents.'

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

"My dad really went ballistic! I'm not grounded...I'm under house arrest!"

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