Transition To Adolescence Prints

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

"This is the year you go from being a miss to a ma'am."

'Teenagers!'

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

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

"I don't know why I worry...Baldo's just a normal boy. It's good to see him maturing...making friends...with nice girls...exploring new feelings...and desires.... You have to go home now."

'Since we're being so honest, perhaps I should mention that I liked you better as an egg.'

'Isn't it time you started thinking about cars instead of horsie rides?'

"Allowance?! Yeah, if you take out the trash, I'll allow you to keep living here."

"Wings will be cool, I guess, but I'm mostly hoping the braces and pimples fall off."

"Well, I've come this close to asking out Sylvia Sanchez. But I'm just an average guy! Nothing about me says 'I'm cool! Look at me!'"

Teenage Angst.

"I don't know...but it seems like nothing ever changes around here. It's like we've been 15 years old forever!"

Pubertry

I'd like to request a transfer to a household offering a higher allowance and fewer choices.

High School

'Not till you're sixteen.'

'That was quite a birthday party - we played full-contact spin-the-bottle.'

'And where have you been all day young lady? Your mother and I have been worried sick!'

"All this running around you do at night … it’s killing your mother."

You're not a little girl anymore

'… and another thing … the only reason you know it's my birthday to begin with, is because we were all born on the same day!'

"If you're going to drink, we'd rather you do it in the house where we can party with you."

"I was 13 once. It was hard."

'You're at that awkward age where the others have figured out that you're a drone and you don't do anything.'

"With finances the way they are we had to give up the idea of a family holiday this year."

"MOM! Connor got all tangled up in his keychain lanyard again!"

Carole Jean's First "Big Girl" Heels

'I think he's beginning to notice girls.He's washed his face without being asked to!'

You need to stay home and study. Mom! It's an educational opportunity

'Talk about being scared straight...I just found out that being held back a grade is not an urban myth.'

"Shaving off your three whiskers doesn't make you older!"

"I don't know what happened - he was such a good egg."

'Adolescents act like babies when they aren't treated like adults!'

"I feel sorry for kids these days - they're always being tested for something"