Teen Independence Seeker Gifts

'Dad, when do I stop being a wholly owned susidiary of you and Mom?'

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

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

"My parents said that until I find a job and move out they will not recognize me as a sentient being."

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

"Your mother and I think it's time you got a place of your own. We'd like a little time alone before we die."

'More hair than brains.'

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

'I'm trying to get my competence and my confidence in the same place.'

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

Whatever!

Ethanol and foreign oil.

"You have to let me make my own mistakes."

'You let me out. What I do when I'm out is my business.'

"To heck with a husband... just help me find a dependable electrician."

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

'I want to go out of town so that I can become a fully independent person, but near enough so that I can bring my laundry home.'

'I find the best way to get them to grow up is to buy them a 1-way ticket to Europe, and let them work their way back.'

Moses as a teenager

'16 years old and I already have a company car!'

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

"And since when does being twenty-five and married and living in Dallas excuse you from a family meeting?"

"My son's a commonwealth - I give him money to be independent."

"Nothing personal - I'm through with the male brain."

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

"I found this hidden under his mattress."

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

"Listen...Tonight I'll decide when I've had enough"

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

"Remember, fall is just one of many reasons you shouldn't leave your mother to go live in California."

"Couldn't stand working for the man, so I started my own business. Now I just can't stand working."