Every parent who has a teenager knows it's not easy to figure them out. Here are some clues. By Bill Adler

A Teenager is...
A person who can't remember to walk the dog but never forgets a phone number
A weight watcher who goes on a diet by giving up candy bars before breakfast
A youngster who receives his/her allowance on Monday, spends it on Tuesday, and borrows from his/her best friend on Wednesday
Someone who can hear a song by Madonna played three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room
A whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make a bed
A student who will spend 12 minutes studying for her history exam and 12 hours for her driver's license
A youngster who is well informed about anything he doesn't have to study
An enthusiast who has the energy to ride a bike for miles, but is usually too tired to dry the dishes
A connoisseur of two kinds of fine music: Loud and Very Loud
A young woman who loves the cat and tolerates her brother
A person who is always late for dinner but always on time for a Michael Jackson concert
A romantic who never falls in love more than once a week
A budding beauty who never smiles until her braces come off
A boy who can sleep until noon on any Saturday when he suspects the lawn needs mowing
An original thinker who is positive that her mother was never a teenager