Learning About Puberty Gifts

'Thank goodness you were wrong mom, dad says a period is what comes at the end of a sentence.'

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

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

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

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

"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."

"Peach fuzz. How does a nectarine know when it reaches puberty?"

'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!'"

'Soon, you will start to notice changes in your body... massive, horrifying changes.'

'Of course I'm depressed. I've run out of places to pierce.'

Sex Education

Today I am trying to grow a bit of beard...

"Another barnacle?!" "I was a teenage creature."

Sex Education Class: "Smirking or non smirking?"

Pubertry

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

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

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

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

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

'… 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!'

"Thank you. Now we'd like to do our big hit -- I Can't Wait to be 16'."

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

Suddenly...puberty hit Irwin!

"I was 13 once. It was hard."

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

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

'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!"