Teen Culture Gifts

"Young man, go to your room and stay there until your cerebral cortex matures."

"How am I supposed to think about consequences before they happen?"

Suzie would later win a Nobel Prize for her Law of Special Social Relativity.

'There's so much I want to do with my life...before I reach the age of criminal responsibility, that is.'

'What makes you think I'm not listening?'

"Hello, police? I'd like to report some suspicious activity. A youth without a phone in his hand."

Warning: The following music video contains NO sex and violence.

Forming the adolescent personality

"When I don't like someone, I friend them just so I can unfriend them."

Romeo and Juliet 2.0

'Teenage Beethoven.'

Dog Teenagers

Teenage refrigerators hangin' at the mall. 'Your hat is cool.' 'No, dude,you're cool!' 'You guys are both cool!'

'Beware of the teenager.'

'What's the problem?... You said I couldn't get my ears pierced, so I didn't.'

'Don't you think that loud music will damage your hearing?'

'Geoff, when I said that I wanted you to make the office more 'youth friendly' I was thinking more of some magazines in reception!'

"I'm sorry, but so far medical science hasn't come up with a cure for adolescence."

Text Culture

'I don't know if I like him listening to that pop music.'

"Hey Mom, love your new sweater! #mom #lovemymom #coolmom. . ."

"What's this they say, Billy, about a new, more virulent strain of teen-ager?"

"I don't know how old my parents are, but they remember when a hashtag was a pound sign."

"It's a new mobile game where you can't take your eyes off the screen. You score points by bumping into things."

"Hi - Mom? Going to Kayla's house? Thanks!"

'Hmmphhhh ... High on Life. Now that's something the government ought to regulate.'

"Sorry Sir, no hoodies."

"Wow...you got a hickey?"

'I'm gonna have to change my hair. My parents love it.'

Teen Owl

"Baldo, wash that phony hicky off your neck! Hickies are disgusting and tacky. I don't think any girl with any taste would think otherwise."

'Speak louder. I can't hear you.'

"You missed breakfast and lunch and haven't left your bed so it's not worth you getting up now. Good night!"

Pop Culture for Teens

'Take out the garbage?...Dad, that's so 90s.'