Thoughtful Preteen Mugs

The big life questions that really get us thinking.

"Frankly, now that he's an obnoxious teenager, I find it more and more difficult to muster the urge to protect him..."

'The doctor said oily fish was good for his brain development.'

"It's an Eyesaur."

'When do they learn to stand upright?'

'Dad, what is peace?'

At the Penguin fishing school: 'Gunvald has set the bar kind of high, gang!'

"It's quiet in here. I suppose it's off the popular tourist route!"

"Seventy-seven. How about yours."

'My kids don't understand me.'

'Awesome!'

"What did you learn in school today that I'd object to?"

'What a coincidence....that's my mum's name to!'

'He was raised by sparrows!'

Ride Bucky/Fly U.F.O.

"Is it wrong to be evasive and not answer questions?"

'Looks like Timmy got solitary.'

"What's it like to be the parent of a nonhuman?"

Baby Philosophy.

Ingredients: me

'Do you mind if my son watches you cook? I'm trying to bring him up to be a vegetarian.'

"I think I'll be more relaxed once my secondary sex characteristics kick in."

"The trouble with children is they don't act like adults."

'I think I'm beginning to understand what sex is all about.'

"Does school choice include whether he gets a tenured teacher?"

"When I was growing up, my parents only ever gave me two choices for everything I did: The carrot or the stick..."

"You know, we're not getting any younger...I mean, pretty soon, we'll both be 16."

All Metamorphosed And No Place To Go.

"I wasn't nervously hovered around enough as a child."

"Wasted water, wasted gas, all that pesticide. . . sorry, dad. I can't in good conscience help with our lawn!"

"We think he needs more individual neglect."

"Just a pear? Is that all you're having for dinner?"

'Actually, Dad knows quite a bit about sex for a man his age.'

"Apparently, Philip and his imaginary playmate are more or less the same weight and size."