Life Smart: Choices For Young People About Friendship, Family And Future

Helping to navigate the challenges of adolescence, this book provides advice on dealing with the most pressing concerns of these formative years. Common issues that teenagers experience are covered, including the ups and downs of friendships and love, gaining self-confidence and accepting others, finding a direction in life, and relating to family. Addressed are how to deal with anger and depression and understanding the choices involved with drugs. Also discussed are how to make friendships work and how teenagers' thoughts and attitudes can positively and negatively affect their lives. In addition, suggestions are offered about how teenagers can listen to their intuition and act on it and how to set effective goals and use visualization as a creative tool.