Being a Teenager...
Being a Teenager
Loreen Ramapala
19 years old
We judge ourselves because we think that we are not special or good enough for anyone. Sometimes we feel that nobody cares about anything we feel. We don’t listen to older people despite how much they do for us. As teenagers we get jealous of what our friends have and try to be just like them. It doesn’t concern us that you have to earn the money- we just like to have things. We want to be loved but we may not return that love. We avoid people but we don’t want to be avoided. We yell, scream and get angry easily.
Jessica Brown
13 years old
Love, what a strong and beautiful word.  One of my dreams in life is to find love in a wonderful Christian man, but trust me I know that at this age I won’t be finding him any time soon, and I’m ok with that. In other words I don’t want a boyfriend. I don’t need one. Yes at my age a relationship with a boy would probably be harmless, but after just having a boyfriend as a friend who you hug every now and then and who occasionally stands up for you, what happens in the relationship next… where do you go… That’s why I don’t want to get myself into a relationship. The other thing I like to keep in mind is that as young people we don’t know how to commit to anything, so in a relationship, if we have a fight we just back away and end it, and that’s what happens over and over again, it becomes a cycle; get into a relationship, go through a rough patch and end it, and after a while this cycle will become habit, so one day when we get married, we are in this cycle of backing out when the relationship gets tough instead of working through it. So I’m not saying that if you are in a relationship at this age and you fight you need couple therapy, I’m saying, think before you get into a relationship - is it really necessary now?
Pressure Arthur Jones There are many pressures we face as teenagers. There is the presusure from our parents to do well at school. There is the pressure to represent God in your school among your friends. You give into the pressure of your friends because you are scared you will lose them. Friends are few and far between and it feels as if they are your only lifeline to get through school, so you really try not to use them. You will never forget the values your parents put in you frmo young. No matter what pressures come along, they cant be knocked away. Their words are like your conscience in times when you are tested.
What is cool?
19 years old
Felicia Thepa
17 years old
I don’t believe that cool is following the crowd and I definitely don’t believe it is doing things that you will regret afterwards. I think that cool comes from being yourself, a cliché but true! Everyone needs to find their own cool because we are all individuals with different talents and gifts given to us by God. And surely because everyone is an individual there cannot only be one cool. Being cool is when a person radiates a confidence that isn’t vain or dominering. Instead – what you see is what you get! It’s a person that accepts themselves for who they are and loves themselves with the good points and the bad ones. They are not afraid to be themselves, after all that is the person that God wants us to be for Him and for ourselves.
Friendships
Devalynn Jade Maguire
15years and 3 months old
Having friends is such a great thing! They are there when you need support, when you need a hug. The smile of a friend can even brighten your day. There are some that are not true friends. I like to put up a wall so that no one can get in because I have been hurt so muany times by my friends. But when I came to youth it changed my outlook as I met true friends. Friendships are a gift of love, joy, happiness and acceptance. I can tell my friends anything. They never let me down. "Friends are friends forever, when the Lords the Lord of them".
