For all of you with teenagers or who had teenagers, you may
want to know why they really have a lot in common with cats:
1. Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call
them by name.
2. No matter what you do for them, it is not enough. Indeed,
all humane efforts are barely adequate to compensate for the privilege of
waiting on them hand and foot.
3. You rarely see a cat walking outside of the house with an
adult human being, and it can be safely said that no teenager in his or her
right mind wants to be seen in public with his or her parents.
4. Cats and teenagers can lie on the living-room sofa for
hours on end without moving, barely breathing.
5. Cats have nine lives. Teenagers carry on as if they did.