The teenage years can be a turbulent time, and managing the pressures of school, friendships, puberty and family life is tricky for many young people. This book takes an honest look at some of these issues, and offers plenty of tips and suggestions to help teenagers cope with anxiety and stress. Many aspects of self-care are explored, including eating well, sleeping enough, doing things you enjoy and socializing. There's guidance for managing social media too, and a 'happy, healthy life plan' to take forward. In a time of many pressures on young people, this book offers both insight, and sound friendly advice.
Chapters in this book include:
- Being the best you can be
- How well do you really know yourself?
- How much do you LIKE yourself?
- Families, and how to survive them
- Friendships, and how to survive them
- Eating well and feeling good
- Taking care of your body
- Mental health matters
- School, and how to survive it
- Sleep, and how to get enough of it
- Social media - good, bad or both?
- It's all aobut the money
- Relationships and how to survive them
- What makes you feel good?
- Teen survival tips
This is Book 8 in the Usborne Life Skills Series. See all Usborne Life Skills books here.
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The Boy Fitz Hammond (Illustrator)
Born in York in the late 1970s, The Boy Fitz Hammond now lives in Edinburgh with his wife and their two sons. A freelance illustrator for well over a decade, he loves to draw in a variety of styles, allowing him to work on a range of projects across all media. Find him online at www.nbillustration.co.uk/the-boy-fitz-hammon
Laura Wood Biography
Dr Laura Wood is an academic and writer. She is the winner of the Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children's Writing and the author of the Poppy Pym series.
Laura loves Georgette Heyer novels, Fred Astaire films, travelling to far flung places, recipe books, poetry, c
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