Coming Of Age Gifts

Girl to mother: 'Don't call me a teenager. From now on, I want to be referred to as a pre-adult.'

Michelle was the first in her class to pupate.

'I'm guessing it'll have to be by text.'

"All I ask is a chance to ruin my life in my own way."

Johnny departs from the Family Banjo Tradition.

"Come along, son. We are at but the beginning of a long and arduous journey."

Forming the adolescent personality

Father gives son luggage for his 18th birthday.

'Of course I've become more mature since you started treating me. You've been at it since I was 14 years old.'

'I heard that as soon as we become aware of our sexual impulses, whatever they are, we'll have to hide them.'

'Your father and I would rather you didn't go out tonight, Jessica dear!'

Ted hits puberty...

Suddenly...puberty hit Irwin!

Two seconds after the moment you reach adulthood.

'Our little 'birds and bees' talk went really well. I learned quite a lot.'

Snowboy becomes a Snowman.

'We think you're old enough to be told now, Son - I'm your mother, and he's your father.'

'Teenagers'

"Look, I'm going to need a better description. It so happens a LOT of people have lost their innocence in the past few years!"

"Your mother wanted you to have this for good luck. It's her foot."

'Frankly, I don't know what to believe. They say if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.'

The statue of puberty.

'Did you get a chance to get your hair cut, dear?'

"Son, it's time you learned about the Birds and the E's"

'Sure, go ahead! Evolve! It's all the rage, I know! Have fun! I'll just sit here in this murky, primordial soup with nothing but plankton for company. Why should you stay here with your mother? The one who raised you, fed you...'

'He's beginning to notice girls.'

'Son, you're old enough now to know, there's no such thing as Christmas.'

'You can stick your filthy shell. I'm listening to the Arctic Monkeys.'

'Dad, I know all about the birds and the bees; explain stock-swaps and derivatives.'

"You're not old enough for Twitter until you stop peeping."

Seven males, ranging in age from a baby to an old man, wait in a line monitored by a uniformed guard.

Evolution.

'Remember, son, don't believe any thing you hear and only half of what you see.'

Battle For The Teenage Soul

The end of innocence