The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
If you don’t take contraceptive precautions when having sex, the girl may get pregnant which may lead to complications if you are not both ready to be parents.
Any money lender – licensed or unlicensed – who harasses you is breaking the law. You should report any loan shark to the appropriate Illegal Money Lending team and contact the Police if you are in immediate danger.
Criticising people doesn’t have the effect you may think it does. Over time, you may have noticed that most of the people whose faults you have gone to such trouble to correct have improved much less than you would have expected. Being less critical and focusing on what has gone ‘right’ is far more effective in getting people to improve what they are doing.
Insurance is where you pay to insure against something happening to yourself or your property. If the worst happens, the insurance company pays out either the full cost of repairing or replacing the damaged goods, or an agreed sum.
For a drug drive conviction there will be a specific record on the driving licence for eleven years that details a conviction for drug driving. If they drive for work their employer will see the conviction when they have to produce their licence. Car insurance will increase significantly.
If you feel you are not performing well at work, find out how you can do it better. Ask for help and support. This also shows your boss that you want to do well.
Understand that the past cannot and will not define how you live your present. Nor does it own or define you. However habituated you’ve become to blocking the past out, you no longer need to be prey to your difficult history.
Different people need different numbers of sleep hours, depending on age, physical activity levels, general health and other individual factors. Generally, primary school children and teenagers need 9-10 hours of sleep each night, whereas adults need at least 8.
Sometimes we try to criticise others just to make ourselves look or feel better. Taking someone else down for your benefit is destructive, and makes an enemy when you could be making a friend.
If you haven’t yet had a real job, prepare yourself for knowing what it will be like by doing some proper work now – paid, voluntary, or something with responsibility.