Rebellious Teen Gifts

"We said 'no' but then he started a crowd-funding campaign and bought it himself."

"My parents are okay too, I suppose. I just wish they weren't so...parenting!"

'Yes, mom - this is a tattoo! You don't like? Then screw you!'

'The nightlife around here? Pretty boring if you ask me Dude: My parents are awake...'

'Why are you so upset over a little thing like your daughter's bikini.'

"Turn it up Shaz - I can hear myself think."

"I know I should live every day like it's my last, but if I skip class and my mom finds out it will be my last."

A kid like me needs a dad like you! You know. Someone to post bail.

"My mom says I can start a rock band if I call it 'I Love My Mommy.' You in?"

'When played backwards these say terrible things like 'do your homework' and 'clean your room.''

'More hair than brains.'

"Stop with this mathematics dictatorship."

'What was the first music they ever said 'this isn't even music' about?'

Whatever!

"I attempted to circumvent the traditional trappings of a teen furlough...but I was thwarted by my czar-ish parental unit."

My dad's doing flowers for a huge sweet 16 party. Everyone's invited except me! Who cares? It's probably some loser who couldn't get anyone to come over without going over the top. Thanks, Em! You know what's important. Plus! We'll figure out whose party it is and crash it! You're my spiritual guide.

'Can I go home now, before I get overeducated?'

"Actually, I'm tired of the man trying to shape our minds so they fit into some pre-arranged societal widget."

'Going to school is NOT an abusive relationship!'

High School. I was suspended for throwing a Robert Frost book. They didn't see that it was performance - poetry in motion.

"He's just discovered French Baroque organ music."

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

"My mom says I can start a rock band if I call it 'I Love My Mommy.' You in?"

'Dad, I decided not to get a tattoo in the end. Like you, I got a piercing, instead.'

'My Social Worker said SOCIETY is to blame for my loutish behaviour, which came as an enormous relief to me.'

'Not Andy. He'd rather do anything than go on the family vacation.'

'Where's your self-hurt section?'

Young Frankenstein

'If you think you're going to sit around here while I wait on you hand and big foot, think again young man.'

'I don't want to wear that, Mom!'

Young Mohican

"I just had the weirdest thought. ... What if our parents are right?!"

Dad, can you give me my pocket money?"

"It's great! Dad's gonna hate it!"

Pug 4 Life: 'It's a Dog Thing ... you wouldn't understand.'