Teen Talk Tuesday: Confidence, Dating, & Friends

Weekly Advice for your Teen Self!

Welcome girls and boys! This is your safe space for sharing your feelings and receiving expert advice from our adult writer interns who have graciously opened up their hearts and minds to offer guidance and support on the teenage journey of the soul.

Question # 1) How to gain teenage confidence for insecure girls?

For Question #1: My best advice would be to invest in "small" things that make you feel good. Learning how to do hair. Or learning some makeup tips. Keeping yourself active and eating the right food. These simple fixes are a big confidence booster especially as a teenager when everyone is super self-conscious and worries about how they appear. As you get older you're learning how to take care of yourself and there's nothing more than a big feel good booster than looking after your health and investing into your appearance (no, it's not vain either.) Because when you look good you feel good!

Question # 2) Dating during teen years- best tips from an adult perspective what mistakes or lessons you learned about dating?

Question #2: My best tips from an adult concerning dating during your teen years is to 1) make sure you're still focused on school even in a relationship 2) don't ignore any red flags you see (controlling behavior, passive comments, or seeing how he/she treating others like crap), 3) still make time for family and friends. It'll be tempting to want to spend all your time with your s/o especially when you're in the honeymoon phase, but it's important to retain your own identity and life outside of your relationship.

One lesson I learned about dating especially when I was a teen was that no matter how desired you are by someone else, it'll never cure a low self-esteem. How you feel about yourself will always supersede anyone else's opinions or thoughts. It's okay to desire a partner and want to be in a relationship especially when you're still an adolescent. You're human in the end. But it's important to pour into yourself first before extending it to someone else!

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