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Adolescence is perhaps nature’s way of preparing parents to welcome the empty nest. Reader’s Digest, September, 1988, page 21

Adolescence is that time in a boy’s life when he notices that a girl notices he is noticing her. A Time To Laugh, Bob Phillips, page 2

Education had few frills among primitive peoples; to them, as to the animals, education was chiefly the transmission of skills and the training of character; it was a wholesome relation of apprentice to master in the ways of life. This direct and practical tutelage encouraged a rapid growth in the primitive…

At 13 my son Scott had his first date. At the end of the evening I asked him if he felt grown-up now that he’d taken a girl out. “Not really,” he said. “Especially when you know your mother has recorded it in your baby book.” Reader’s Digest, July, 1986, page 118, contributed by Lorrie Baird

Adolescent: a teenager who acts like a baby when you don’t treat him like an adult. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 966

Adolescence: that period when a boy refuses to believe that some day he’ll be as dumb as his father. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 966

The thing that separates the men from the boys is the price of auto insurance. A Time To Laugh, Bob Phillips, page 142

Encourage Your Children I also believe that encouraged and encouraging parents will produce encouraged and encouraging children. Living life with a “Yes!” perspective instead of the all-too-common “No!” should be our guiding philosophy with our children; we need to look for things they’re doing right…