Jaci Stephen, writing for the Daily Mail, said Sophie "has always been a brat" and she suggested that a sack, rope and a few heavy stones would sort out the "wayward teen".

Having rechristened themselves with Indian-style names - Stone Bear, Black Wolf, Red Hawk, Mountain Lynx, Rising Wolf - the staff at Red Cliff might strike a wayward American teen as corny Montessori teachers.

Indeed his old world philosophy of hard labour and abstinence clashes dramatically with the daily reality of the wayward teens of the Salvos Youth refuge, where he volunteers every day.

- Warden Lawes speaks out for wayward teens.

It started as a familiar feel-good story: a couple of years ago, an English teacher in Britain used a creative class project to get a group of wayward and uninterested teens excited about reading and writing.

It's a reality bite for a wayward teen.

Here, Knox gives voice to wayward teens, drug-addled sages and fat dogs fantasizing about killing babies-among other unsavory characters-through dramatic monologues and quick narrative sketches.

A Channel 5 writer described him as "a delinquent with a lack of respect for authority and a knack for causing trouble", adding that he would fit in with Summer Bay's reputation for being "a playground to wayward teens".

In June 2011, a Daily Record reporter called Natasha a "wayward teen" and said her relationship with Ivan was likely to end in tears.