adolescent

phobia

leaving

Let's make like a . . . 

adolescence

growing up

Thanksgiving

2nd Amendment

America

beer

Germany

gun ownership

gun rights

is a young person who demands that his parents treat him as a grown-up, but doesn't try to treat them as such.

is a minor who is sometimes a major problem.

An adolescent is a minor who is sometimes a major problem.

is a youth old enough to dress himself if he could just remember where he dropped his clothes.

An adolescent is a youth old enough to dress himself if he could just remember where he dropped his clothes.

is anyone who is well informed about anything he doesn't have to study.

An adolescent is anyone who is well informed about anything he doesn't have to study.

is a teenager who acts like a baby when you don’t treat him like an adult

is one who, when not treated like an adult, acts like an infant.

is one for for whom the only thing he is responsible is all the trouble caused by his irresponsibility.

It is the irresponsible adolescent who is responsible for much of the trouble nowadays.

is no monster. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

adolescent, n.All

adolescent