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Practical Tips for Teens

By TeriAnn Mann

Spreading your wings can be challenging at times. Pressures can arise from all corners of your life, family, friends, peers, school, even recreational pursuits. Woody in Toy Story may have coined the words, “you’ve got a friend in me” from a Higher Source! Jesus is always close. Hope you find these tips helpful.

 

    1. Download the Bible App or the Rosary App on to your cell phones. So, when you need some divine guidance and you worry your friends won’t understand, words of wisdom from our Lord is just an APP away.
    2. Your teen years can be a difficult time, many teens live their lives through social media. Be responsible, before you post, think: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary
    3. Love your family. It’s easy to use harsh words towards those we love because we know they will forgive us, but refer to #2
    4. Respect yourself, don’t let others convince you to participate in something you know is wrong, only because they don’t want to do it by themselves.
    5. From our high school Seniors: Do not let your GPA slip too low in Freshman year, you will spend the rest of high school trying to raise it back up.
    6. Possessions won’t make you happy, the latest phone, or another technology item, will not fix things. They actually distract you from what is important. Don’t give power over your life to a phone.

 

Mar 21, 2019 | Blogs, Family Spirit, Our Faith, Reflections

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