Teenage Survival Guide

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Teenage Survival Guide

Everything you need to know about parents, exams, religion and lying (for the greater good)

The Teenage years. God knows what it’s like for us.  It’s not easy, growing up. No one said it was. But this survival guide should help you on your way to becoming a man (ish!).  This guide will cover some of the topics you may be struggling with at this point in your life and (hopefully), you’ll walk away from this guide having learnt something.

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We’ll start with parents. This single word can generate love, hate, nuisance, despair and a variety of other things. This section will show you how to bend your parents will and how to shut their gobs! As you grow up your relationship with your parents starts to change. You're growing into a young man or woman and your parents are also growing older. They still care for you but are probably having as much difficulty as you are in adapting to your changing relationship. You are no longer totally dependent on them and you want to become even more independent. They are still responsible for your welfare and are trying to use their experience to guide you. As a result of this there is often disagreement. How you handle this conflict is really important.


Your parents will always be your parents so work hard to communicate and be prepared to compromise.

  1. How to make them agree on letting you go somewhere…

A good tactic is lying (covered in section 4) make up a load of trash to make them feel sympathetic towards you. If you can, don’t smile and act depressed. Eventually they will ask you why and tell them that you get bullied at school for not being let out enough. This tactic will seriously make your parents re-consider letting you out. Just make sure they don’t see it in the wrong context start shouting at your mates for “bullying you”. Also, do anything they ask immaculately, you don’t want to be giving them any spare ammunition to throw at you!

  1. How to shut your parents up temporarily…
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Tired of your mum nagging you to clean your room? A solution for you is at hand! Always agree on what they’re saying and promise them you will do whatever they’re nagging about. Try to slowly change the subject onto something they may be interested about. (What I find always works a treat is to ask for some help with your homework, it makes them fell smart!)

  1. Having a positive relationship with your parents

Here are a few tips to maintain a positive relationship with parents

  • Be respectful when discussing any areas of disagreement.
  • Be willing ...

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