Teen Psychology Pillows

"Our little girl is growing up - this very morning she told me she hates me."

'These are very powerful tranquilizers for when your teen has he horrific tantrums. Take two of them anytime she flares up.'

Wordplay: Hibernation.

Text Culture

"He's gone goth"

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

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

"Swiping won't cut it sonny-boy, you have to physically walk to the next painting."

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

'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.'

"He's deliciously vintage."

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

'Teens are like trees, you can chart their growth by the number of rings.'

'He's at a very impressionable age.'

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

'Beware of the teenager.'

"A major crime publisher is interested in publishing your homework!"

'Dad, can I borrow the club tonight?'

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

Tough Teddies

City centre pub.

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

"I can't mow the lawn today. A bug just flew up my nose."

"I failed my driving test...apparently I shouldn't have been texting!"

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

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

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

Spring Break.