Adults: What advice do you have for teenagers today?

Question

I want to make the most of my life while I am still young. Anything you'd like to say? Is there anything else you want today's teenagers to know? What do you wish you had done or accomplished when you were young/younger? Anything goes.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Answer 1

Finish studies...think for yourself...take responsibility for your actions...do not abuse your body...this is the only one you got!

Answer 2

1. Stay away from Rap and Hip Hop and those that listen to it. It celebrates criminal behavior, hatered and perversion. It cannot lead to anything good.

2. Focus on your future. Save money, start working toward some avocational goal, be it apprenticeship, education or building an enterprise.

3. Stay away from drugs, tobacco and alcohol. They are distractions and poison. Nothing good can come from them.

4. Do not deny yourself small pleasures, but do not let the pursuit of pleasure to be the focus of your ambition.

5. If at all possible, find a job you love. If you can manage that, more than half the battle is won.

6. Be good to others. Be fair with others. Own up to your mistakes and learn from them.

7. Find a significant other that shares your goals and vision. The love and intimacy that comes from a good relationship can make the good times more joyful, and the bad times bearable.

8. Do not waste energy on hate.

9. Keep an open mind.

10. Good friends are rare and wonderful. Cherish them, and treat them like the valued posessions that they are.

11. Obey the rules as much as you can, and when you don't, make sure that what you do leaves you feeling good about yourself.

12. Don't litter. Don't pollute. Leave the place in a little better shape than when you found it.

13. Help out when you can, but choose your actions wisely. Do not foster greater dependence. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats forever.

14. Learn from other's mistakes.

15. Respect and celebrate your elders. They've been at it longer than you, and just might be able to show you a trick or two.

Answer 3

Be wary of everyone, even your friends. Most people are out for #1.

Be wary of most guys. They usually want to get into your pants and will say and do anything to get there. Not all, but most. Guys, even though your hormones are raging and sometimes take control, try to be in a relationship for the person, not the sex. The wildness you experience when you are young may some day come back to haunt you.

Listen, actually listen to what your parents say, and think about their reasoning if they deny you something. It's usually in your best interest.

Listen more to your grandparents, if they're still alive, and find out more about their lives before you. A lot of people reflect back on not spending enough time with their parents and grandparents when they could have.

Watch less tv and do more. How many people do you know have said, 'dang, I wish I'd have those 20 years back spending time with friends so I could have watched a movie or tv show instead."?

Listen to music at comfortable levels. Always wear ear protection when cutting grass or other loud activities. Hearing loss, even slight, cannot be regained. Do you want to have to walk around with a hearing aid all day?

Brush and floss the heck out of your teeth daily. Most older people have bridge work, crowns, fillings and yes, the false teeth. Save them now while you're young. You will be very thankful of that one in the future.

Slow down every now and again to evaluate your life and where you are. Where do you want to be and how do you get there? Don't go through life with blinders on, just taking it as it comes. Come up with a plan to reach your goals.

And lastly, if you can afford it, go to college. So many more opportunities present themselves with a college degree vs. a high school diploma.

Best of luck to you in your future!

Answer 4

That depends a lot on your personality and what you think a worthwhile life would be. NOT what others think is worthwhile, but what YOU think. If you are into art, get as good at it as your talent allows you to be.
Don't be swayed by what others think, but be true to yourself.
Getting yourself set to make some decent money is a good way for you to get to a point where you increase the choices you have, and more choices give you a better chance of being able to do things you find fulfilling, worthwhile and satisfying. (Flying, traveling, becoming a performer, getting to know someone who can help you achieve your dreams).
Specifically, always go for things you have a gusto for (as long as they aren't damaging to your health).
If some things don't work the way you'd hoped, at least you'll never have to think, I wonder where I'd be today, if I had had the guts to follow this up (like asking a person of the sex you are interested in, to go out with you).
I have never been sorry about having been turned down, but have been sorry for not having asked some.
Don't take failures too hard, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and go on full bore.
Have a great life (it is over tooo fast anyway)!

Answer 5

Good question! This is the advice I'd have given myself.

1. It's never too early to decide what career you want to get into. Think long and hard about this, because it can be difficult to change jobs midstream.

2. This too shall pass! High school is NOTHING like real life. There is nothing so liberating as graduation day.

3. Do not not not not worry about what others think of you. Make your own choices even if they go against the grain. Have the courage of your convictions.

4. Enjoy the opposite sex! Learn to use the power you have over them. To put it another way, learn that you do have power over them; enjoy it but don't abuse it!

5. You are NOT fat! Learn early on that not everyone's body fits into the popular mold. Learn how to dress for your figure type; don't assume that because you don't look good in spandex that you're overweight.

That's all for now!

Answer 6

Get a very good education as least a masters or higher. Stay as healthy as you can no drugs good food etc. You don't feel the consequences of things you did wrong at 20 very much at 20, but at 50 you start to really feel very one. My aptitude tests said I should have been a Doctor, 8 year of school seemed forever. Now I have 10 year of school and nothing special to show for it.
"Anything goes"they are a lot of thing that I could have only done
as a young person. But a I am a better person for not doing them.

Answer 7

I believe that you should make the most of your high school years by trying out for sports, drama, rally - whatever peaks your interest. Do not cave in to peer pressure. Find yourself before you give yourself to another. It will make you both stronger people individually as well as a couple.Develop a good work ethic and save the majority of your money for the future. Open the door to opportunity when it knocks as it only happens once and then you kick yourself the rest of your life for missing out. Respect other peoples beliefs even when they don't respect yours because that makes you the better person. Develop your own beliefs and stand by them. Have fun no matter the situation.Look for the positive so the negative won't age you prematurely. Good luck in whatever you do.

Answer 8

Don't marry young. Don't have kids young. Travel, respect your elders even when they don't deserve it. Respect but don't follow the example they set. Some things are better left unexperienced like drugs. Education, education, education and plan for retirement apart from Government programs. Cast informed votes, don't cheat on tests, don't follow the crowd, don't drive drunk and go to live rock concerts. Read a proverb everyday and learn a new word every day. Remember failure doesn't have to be a eulogy. It's better to live with many ideas risking mistakes then living with to few and always being right.

Answer 9

I would say not to let what others think of you matter so much. Trust me, when you are an adult, living on your own, with possibly a family and bills, a career, what your peers thought of you is not going to matter. It's hard to "fit in" and be popular but what matters is becoming a decent and responsible person. I wish I wouldn't have taken friends/peers opinions to heart like I did. All you end up doing is conforming to someone Else's opinion of what is. BE YOURSELF!!!! You will respect yourself and be able to look back on your teenage years with pride.
Also, leave others alone who are different. Not everyone needs to fit the mold. What would the world be like if everyone was cookie cutter identical?

Answer 10

You need to get two things right in this world in order to have a fulfilling life. First, if you choose a life partner choose wisely and second find work that you love. If you do what you need to do in order to accomplish these two things and don't settle for what ever comes along then you will have no regrets. Find the training or experience you need to find work that speaks to you. Nothing feels better then to get up every morning and say "I can't wait to get to work." And when you have someone you truly love waiting for you, then you can also say at the end of the day- "I can't wait to get home!"

Answer 11

don't rush and enjoy your age. i see some teenagers who want to be an adult, want to be treated as an adult -- and yet cannot handle it. i see some teenagers in a rush to try alcohol and cigarettes even before they reach that age. what's the rush? you're going to be in that age anyway? and just because your friends smoke or drink, doesn't mean you should do the same.

youngsters today are always in a rush -- to drink, to smoke, to have sex... but believe me... if you were to make big decisions in your life, i suggest you do so when you're in your twenty's because as you age, you learn how to make decisions using your mind instead of what you feel and therefore you make better decisions. my mom has always discouraged me to have boyfriends when i was in school, and im telling you -- i was tempted a lot of times, but now, im glad i waited and didn't do it with a random horny teenager who cannot handle a relationship. i waited till i was at the right age to taste alcohol -- didn't really like the taste, so why push it? i've tried smoking -- didn't stick to it, because what for?

never ever give in to peer pressure and if they are your true friends, they would never pressure you and/or abandon you if you don't abide by their rules. true friends will stick to you no matter what. it's important that you create your own identity and not force something that you don't want.