Turning Sixteen Gifts

'Not till you're sixteen.'

"Sorry, kid. No off-campus drinking until you're twenty-one."

'When I turned 18 something started happening to me every month. I started receiving a credit card bill.'

'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."

Social Networking.

"I'll be glad when this is over and Sarah can be herself again."

Teenage Angst.

Why do I have to go to camp? What's the alternative? Fend for myself like the resourceful youth of old! Right! The kind who worked dawn to dusk! I'll tell your dad you'll be right over to haul mulch for the nursery. The baseball camp sounds plenty rugged!

'Man, I'm age 21 now and so far, I haven't done anything important. Things can't go on like this or I will have to forget my plan to become rich and famous by writing my autobiography at age 35!'

'Your dad wouldn't let you borrow the car tonight?'

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

'Not till you're sixteen.'

"Sure they love us, but once we turn 18 and are no longer a tax deduction, they'll tell us to move out!"

Eighteenth Birthday.

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

"Thank you. Now we'd like to do our big hit -- I Can't Wait to be 16'."

Happy Birthday!

"Dad, this is totally the most important conversation ever!"

"I told him he's going to regret it, but what can I do? He's eighteen now."

Happy Brithday Sweet Sixteen.

Beware... the Piñata of Adulthood

"I told him he's going to regret it, but what can I do? He's eighteen now."

"...And when you turn eighteen, you go over to the dark side, like Mom and Dad."

Carole Jean's First "Big Girl" Heels

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

Another year older and you look as young as ever! Alcohol is a great preservative!

"I'll let you kids in, but you're gonna have to pay taxes and deal with your own mortality."

'You're too young to see this programme, but if you want, I'll tape it so you can watch it when you're eighteen.'

You're doing flowers for a sweet 16 party? Whose is it? I can't say, sweetie. The details are secret. Anyway, I don't know who's invited. Tree's Tree Nursery. Awesome. My dad goes to hotter parties than I do. Mulch.

"The second I turn 16 I'm joining a conservative political party and then I'll be able to do whatever I want!"

"Well, if not now, can I have a man cave after I reach puberty?"

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

"This is a sad 'coming of age' movie? Like when you freaked out over your first gray hair?"

"IRL sucks."