The first step is relation/friendships. Whether they are with family, friends or with particular girls, there will be a joint, some good, some bad but they will always be there. Try to have good relationships with your parents, they might come in handy when you have problems. To do this, try to talk to them more, ask them for help, help them when they need you to. Also try to help keep them together, I wasn’t very good at this, that’s why my parents split up. I think you should try to have family days in which the whole family (not including the dog) goes out/spend time together. Try to be friend with as many people as possible, so as not to be bullied/threatened by any one whom might be able to hurt you. I was made this mistake and didn’t make friends with a bully so I was bullied by Barry Kent. Also try to separate your best friends, OK friends and not so OK friends. Hang out most with best friends/not so much with OK friends/least with not so OK friends. Girls can be very important, as they are the ones who will carry on future generations. Try to make friends with some girls who share some interest in your hobbies/interests. I do recommend this, as this is how I met my love of a lifetime. Pandora and I were both into politics. We were dragged together by it and were closer due to a debate club opened for the Argentineans. Just by this our love cycle had started (and most people thought that politics were pointless, but then again we are intellectuals!!!!).
Another big problem is physical changes, puberty and things like that. During and after puberty you will be sexually active. You will also get spots. They are ugly and disgusting to look at. The cause of these spots is that the hormones produce extra oil, which clog up the pores. Pinching and squeezing these spots can make them worse so don’t. Instead, buy some spot cream. These are specially formalised to fight against spots by unclogging the pores (hence the name spot cream!). If you cannot afford it, save up for a few weeks and then buy it or ask your parents for some money (look at last paragraph…your parents may come in handy later on!!!). Your voice deepens because your Adam’s apple getting bigger and facial and body hair starts to grow. This hair grows because the hormones become more active. As you are sexually active you may have sudden urges, i.e. to see a woman’s/girl’s nipple in real life. These urges are OK but try not to ask your girlfriend to see them unless she is the kind of person who is up for everything. You might measure your ‘thingy’ to see how big it is or even masturbate. Of course this is all perfectly normal but as long as it is in your own privacy. Sometimes you may wake up with a wet patch in your underwear. This is also perfectly OK. It’s known as a ‘wet-dream’ which is when you have a slightly erotic dream and you ejaculate.
Anyway, like I said at the beginning, the teenage years are difficult ones and I hope you can learn something from this article. I think it will be best for you if you keep good relationships with others so you will have support from others when you are in need. I thank you for reading my advice but whether you take it or not is purely up to you but I would recommend that you did because it is written by an intellectual (yours truly) so should be very accurate.
Written, Produced, Directed and Edited BY
Adrian albert mole
(aged 15¾)