Contents

6 Preface: Where Can I Find the Best Advice?

SECTION 1

THE OPPOSITE SEX

14 1 Am I Ready to Date?

21 2 Secret Dating​—What’s the Harm?

28 3 Is This Person Right for Me?

42 4 How Far Is Too Far?

48 5 Why Stay a Virgin?

SECTION 2

LIFE CHANGES

58 6 What’s Happening to My Body?

67 7 What if I Hate the Way I Look?

74 8 Why Do I Have to Be So Sick?

SECTION 3

FRIENDSHIP ISSUES

86 9 How Can I Deal With Loneliness?

92 10 Why Did My Friend Hurt Me?

99 11 What About Online Friendships?

105 12 What’s So Bad About Gossip?

SECTION 4

SCHOOL AND YOUR PEERS

114 13 How Can I Do Better at School?

121 14 How Can I Protect Myself at School?

128 15 How Can I Resist Peer Pressure?

136 16 A Double Life​—Who Has to Know?

142 17 What Should I Know About School Friendships?

 SECTION 5

MONEY MATTERS

150 18 How Can I Make Some Money?

156 19 How Can I Manage My Money?

165 20 What if My Family Is Poor?

SECTION 6

YOUR PARENTS

174 21 How Can I Deal With Criticism?

181 22 Why So Many Rules?

190 23 What if My Parent Is Addicted to Drugs or Alcohol?

199 24 What Should I Do if My Parents Argue?

208 25 Can I Be Happy in a Single-Parent Family?

SECTION 7

YOUR FEELINGS

218 26 How Can I Control My Emotions?

225 27 Why Do I Feel That I Have to Be Perfect?

231 28 How Can I Avoid Homosexuality?

237 29 How Can I Keep My Mind off Sex?

SECTION 8

RECREATION

246 30 Should I Play Electronic Games?

253 31 How Can I Keep Music in Its Place?

263 32 How Can I Have a Good Time?

273 33 Why Avoid Pornography?

SECTION 9

YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH

282 34 Why Live by Bible Standards?

289 35 How Can I Become God’s Friend?

297 36 How Can I Defend My Belief in God?

304 37 Should I Get Baptized?

311 38 What Will I Do With My Life?