"Some kids go through a rebellious phase," I said.
At the age of 18, Sylvia left home in what was a rebellious phase.
She figured he was going through a rebellious phase and needed to be reined in.
"As much as I appreciated what my father did, I was going through a rebellious phase," he says.
Even if the teen-ager passes through a rebellious phase, he may end up building on the foundation laid in his earliest musical years.
"Everybody was in a rebellious phase back then," he says.
In my younger and more rebellious phase, I would have stormed out of the theater demanding my money back.
At the age of 18, Ratonel left home in what was a rebellious phase, and began visiting clubs and drinking alcohol.
Brooke had slightly grown out of her teenage rebellious phase, and took a job as a reporter.
She is a typical teenager going through her rebellious phase.