Teen Empowerment Gifts

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

'By the time we grow up we'll have complete equality with men...Ulcers, high blood pressure,heart attacks...'

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

"He's gone goth"

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

"Maybe if I make myself inconspicuous I won't be called on."

PROBLEM AREAS

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

'I think there was a typo in the lab instructions.'

"I've tracked our GPS coordinates over the past week dad. Well, we're roaming the plains alright!"

'He's at a very impressionable age.'

Welcome to your new English Class.

'Dad, can I borrow the club tonight?'

'Don't forget to put gas in the car and the mower.'

'This book thing, Mum, where do I plug it in?'

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

Mentoring Unit: 'Go on! You can do it! You can be a mentor!'

"Hey, look - Mom left us an internal memo."

The tulip knew it was in trouble when called by its scientific name.

"Stop smirking, it's just an expression! You know perfectly well what I mean when I say I'm putting my foot down and you can't go out tonight!"

'I wouldn't worry too much about his communication skills....grunting is perfectly normal at his age!'

'How did our summer vacation turn intoa summer job??'

"I can't believe this! All these filthy messages on your cell phone! And so many of them! What is it? 100? 500? 1,000?"

Funny Farm

'What does the word ‘Face' mean in this sentence: 'He was only trying to save face.' A) The front of the head. B)To look at something. C) The surface of a solid. D) Dignity.

'By the time I was your age , I'd already run away from home TWICE!'

"Of course, you've always set a good example for me ... that's why you embarrass me so much."

Potential Into Kinetic Energy Conversion Method #18

"Cool game!"