Teen/Young Adult – Page 4

Recently my son (who is no longer a teen) came to realize how he started to get into trouble when he was in high school. This became apparent after he faced one test after another just recently.

We are not talking the academic tests. No these tests are the life given tests that everyone goes through. It is all part of growing up and learning to become a responsible adult.

His dilemma was – he has had two different vehicles in the past six months and he has had serious maintenance issues with both of these vehicles. He was beginning to believe that he had a dark cloud hanging over his head and he was finding it harder and harder to stay above the drowning waters of his financial obligations.

Hence – this became a life test.

He slipped – but this could be looked at in a different way. He learned something from it. He saw what was happening to himself and said aha – why is this happening to me?

He also knew that if he didn’t act fast he was going to slip even more and wind up doing something bad, something that could get him back in trouble with the law.

We talked about his problem from a reasonable point of view.

We looked at the why and what happened. Then we talked about what his problem was that kept surfacing around the incidents.

It was lack of funds to do as he wanted.

This was when we concluded that maybe Mick Jagger was onto something when he sang, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime you might find that you get what you need.”

Now his goal in the coming months is to focus on only what he needs and if he wants something he has to determine if it is a want or a need. He will be allowed to buy what he needs but if it is a want then it will have to wait until another time when he has appropriate funds to buy that want.

Who would have thought that a compulsion to buy what we want could lead us into serious trouble or even worse.

Kids, if you are having financial troubles, don’t expect your parents to fix them for you but they will help you learn how you can fix them for yourself by doing it the right way. We are not always the enemy that you think we are. We might be your parents but we do care about you and love you. Give us a chance to help teach you how to help yourself.

If you’re having problems don’t wait any longer, talk to your parents right away.

The Teen Brain is Under Construction: 5 Tips to Help Parents Get Their Teens Through Adolescence (prweb.com)
Why Messages Got Teen in Trouble (huffingtonpost.com)
What’s The Goal Of Learning? (howtolearn.com)

I did it. It only took me six months but I did it. I am so happy with myself for getting this book finished.

It is hard to believe that at this time in 2010 I was looking at publishing my very first book.

There were a lot of bumps and scrapes along the way but the writing journey has been a great one. I don’t think I would have done anything differently either. It has been a long learning process.

Now that 2 ½ years have gone by and 4 books later I feel pretty good about getting ready to start book 5.

I can see myself flipping back and forth between series with each book. That is fine. I really don’t mind now that the hardest story to write has been written.

I won’t even wonder if it is good enough for my readers. The main thing is that I feel it is a powerful read for me. All that I have learned from my kids are written in these pages.

It is all fiction – mind you, but the ideas for the story came from somewhere. Like hearing someone’s story here or there and tweaking it a little bit more.

I can already hear the mother’s gasp when they read what Carol’s mother has stolen from her room. They will say how could you?

I will say that there once was this child who attended a juvenile rehab facility and his mother did something at the rehab that would make everyone gasp. At a rehab, mind you…….

Any ways,

Road Salt (Wings from Ashes, 2) will be part of the Kindle Select Program for the coming 90 days. Once that is done I will see about releasing it to all the rest of the eReader sites and in print.

So if you are interested: You can find it here…. Road Salt (Wings from Ashes, 2) Kindle Edition

Before I forget!

Starting 01/04/2013 until 01/08/2013

This eBook will be offered for free to everyone who would like a copy for their Kindle. Get your copy while you can…

So you ask, what will you be working on next?

As I said, I will be flipping back and forth between series so naturally the next story I will be working on will be the next book in my Orgarlan Saga.

Who knows, maybe Keja and Chancy will make an appearance in the next book…. Hmmm…