Based on your Personal experience, what is the best advice you would give a teen?

I am a youth worker and the most important thing that I try to get across to the youth is that the have to make their own choices and feel good about them; but yet understand the consequnces of these choices. However the forsight of each person develops differently so your personal knowledge of the teen should temper the freedoms and choices that you are willing to release to the teen's personal discretion.Based on your Personal experience, what is the best advice you would give a teen?
dont become a social retard. That will kill you later onBased on your Personal experience, what is the best advice you would give a teen?
don't have sex and don't party till you're out of school...


I made that mistake... lol


And am payin for it
If you get headed in a particular direction now, it will carry through the rest of your life. This makes right now a really important time for you. All kinds of temptations will come your way, and you're sure to cave to some of them, but if you can keep sight of where you want your life to go and try to be careful to avoid life-wrecking influences (like hard drugs, too much alcohol and loose sex), you'll have a pretty good shot at getting there.





I'd also leave them with Richard Bach's words:





';Your only duty in this life is to be true to yourself.';
Take care of your skin %26amp; dress in way that make you comfortable %26amp; also others.
Get a good education, get a good job, work hard towards your dreams.
Peer pressure doesn't matter. You do loose touch with people after high school.
always be open to new info u can learn the best thing from the people u wood not think
dont get tied down in long term relationships, they are bullshit in the teen years.
Education 1st and foremost.


GO TO COLLEGE and be serious about it. Try a variety of different classes/disciplines to see what really interests you...then work your education towards that field.





Don't have kids until you are established professionally, personally, financially and emotionally. Children will have the single biggest impact on the rest of your life...indeed they change your life forever.





Never compromise your principals for love or money. If you do it for love you will only end up resenting the one you compromised for and it will not work out in the long run anyway. If you do it for money you will resent yourself and you can't really divorce yourself so you are stuck with it (unless you don't have a conscious).





Keep reading...just avoid the Bible.
about what? you didn't really go into much detail there.
Go crazy and live life now, before the weight of the world crushes you into conformity. Go wild, do the crap you wont be able too in a few years.





Side note: at the end of the day though no one should be dead, in a coma, dismembered or now a convicted felon. And for god sake...wear a condom.
.Be yourself, don't stoop to pressure from your friends to be anything else. Think about things before you take action i.e. use the common sense that we all have, take your time to grow up
not always believe what you hear....nor always believe Ur friends
To defend their legal rights all the time.
based on my personal experience, i would warn a teen that doing something just because your friends are doing it, doesn't make you cool. It makes you just like everyone else. Teens usuall just want to fit in with the crowd, but they fail to see how important being unique is. Girls and guys are more attracted to someone who isn't llike everyone else; someone who can catch their eye. So don't just jump on the wagon cuz all your friends are doing in, get your own wagon and be the driver.
Dont have sex.
';Life DOES get easier';
There is alot of good advise here, you may want to pass it on...I have only been on here for a few days and let me tell you what i read fightens me. I cant believe the lack of respect one has for themself...First and formost you need to learn to love yourself and in 20 years be able to look back and be able to live with what you have done. I see to many teens do things that i as an adult cant even fathom doing at that age. Your only young once, enjoy this time, be a kid. Get your education, be able to take care of yourself, so you dont have to have someone take care of you. Dont believe your friends when they say everyone is doing it and if your not doing it your stupid. Respect yourself... mind, body and soul....And eat your vegys :)
Believe half of what you see.....and none of what you hear.
Don't be in a hurry to grow up and have sex, relationships, etc. The women you see wearing next to nothing on tv do that because it's their job. They get paid to dress like that. Oh yeah, the tv shows that show young people partying, etc; it's a tv show. Life is a blast and there is so much you can do, but wait until you get you out of high school to start being adventurous. On the same note, be very careful. Watch out who you trust, and always keep your guard up.
What I tell my son (16) all the time:


Patience, Tolerance, Kindness, Compassion are forms of strength...practice them like you would anything else, and the world will be a better place.





That, and never fart next to an open flame, or around girls. (Unless they are your sister, in which case, be sure to)
Read a lot of serious books and magazines.


Don't listen too much to other's advice.
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the Escape key.
Im 19.... Education is very, very important! And have fun because once ur done school ull have more responsibilities and its less fun if ur about to exit being a teenager.





Oh and dont do drugs..... ull regret it! Ull kill brain cells and its just a horrible mistake.
USE PROTECTION IF YOU FEEL *YOU MUST??* HAVE SEX.





finish your education - it will last longer than your first love probably





a first love is just that - FIRST LOVE...it doesn't mean the BEST LOVE.





In a relationship, either you GROW TOGETHER or you GROW APART.





CRACK KILLS!!! ~~AND SPEED!!~~AND HEROIN!!~~AND ALCOHOL!!~~AND CIGARETTES!!!





IF HE HITS YOU ONCE, HE'LL PROBABLY HIT YOU AGAIN!!





your parents really have SEEN LIFE -- WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!!





Trust in God to guide your life (whoever you perceive him to be!!)





enjoy your life ~~ make wise choices
Actually 3 pieces of advice:-


1) Education


2) Education


3) Education
1. Be cool.


2. Never back down your friends.


3. Carry on and don't ';turn back in anger';


4. Never be sorry for things you did, but for things you didn't do


5. Don't dream. Make your life a dream.


6. If you can't help yourself, no one can. So try the friends.


7. Every ugly duckling becomes beautiful swan.


Those things are my modus vivendi and I am Ok. Try them.
have unproteted sex with as many people a spossible, do a smany drugs as you can get your hands on, drop out of school and break as many laws as you can
Always use condoms and do not think that AIDS will not come to you.
stay in school and keep away from bad influences