The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
Gaining your driving licence does not make you a good driver, it just makes you legal. Experience, plenty of practice and mindful driving are what improves your skill.
If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart. Give yourself the confidence to try.
If you hurt someone by accident, apologise immediately and ask if they are okay before they have a chance to react. This will diffuse the situation and show that you care.
With a regular savings account, you commit to paying in a certain amount each month. In return, the bank or building society gives you a higher interest rate than you’d get with their current account or ordinary savings account.
If you are in any situation with someone older that makes you uncomfortable, as soon as someone says “this is our secret”, that’s the time to tell somebody.
Today thousands of children will march for road safety from their school gates in the annual Giant Walking Bus. This brilliant event raises awareness of the dangers of traffic, and raises funds for Brake’s work to improve road safety and care for road crash victims.
If you don’t want to do something that your friends want you to do, you can choose not to do it. You shouldn’t have to do anything that you don’t want to do. If they are really your friends they should respect you and not make you do things that make you uncomfortable.
Peer pressure is feeling like you have to do something just because all your friends are doing it. It’s okay to say no and make your own choices.
Each year the RSPCA receives around 6,000 calls from members of the public concerned about an animal that has been left in a car outside. If it isn’t possible to trace the owner, contact the police on 999 or the RSPCA 24-hour cruelty line on 0300 1234 999 if the police cannot attend.
In warm, sunny weather cars become ovens and even if it’s cloudy, the temperature inside a car can become dangerously hot for a dog. When it is just 22°C outside, the temperature inside a car can soar to 47°C or even higher. Leaving the car windows open or putting a bowl of water inside does not help.