Everyone, including adults struggle to understand things. But, one thing you can do that will help a lot is just observe, watch what is going on around you and try to see patterns and think about how things go. Then as time goes on, whatever you are trying to learn more about will get easier to understand. Whatever thing is bugging you right now, that’s a good place to start! Thanks for writing! – SMW

That is a good point. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to be overly concerned about things that they can’t actually do anything about. That is especially a problem when they aren’t trying to work on and improve things in their own life. But it is always good to be considerate of what is going on with others and do what you can to help. – SMW

Your Health:

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/finder/browse_categories

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/

http://whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

Dealing with Bullies:

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/article4.html

Social Skills:

http://www.nasponline.org/resources/factsheets/socialskills_fs.aspx

Keeping Your Home Safe:

http://www.statefarm.com/learning/be_safe/home/burglary/burglary.asp

Preparing for Natural Disasters:

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/types.shtm

Signs of Child Abuse:

http://www.childabuse.org/recognizing%20abuse.html

Police Reports for Your Area:

http://www.crimereports.com

It sure is hard to have to work with an allergy like that. But, even though you can’t stop being allergic, there is still a lot you can do to help things go well. You can be aware and careful of what to eat or not eat, and you can be ready to quickly get the help you need if you accidentally eat something you shouldn’t have. Then you can feel prepared and be able to relax about it. – SMW

Emotional health usually means that you can learn to handle things well so you don’t get stressed out about them. You can learn to feel confident so that no matter what comes up, you can be calm and think clearly about what would be best to do. – SMW

One way that can help you is to go to the “Steps” slide and that should give you a good
review of a way to make a plan to be ready for whatever could come up. Thanks
for writing! – SMW

When I was little I overheard two of my friends backstabbing me, they were actually saying how fun it would be to hurt me! Ever since then, I set a goal to try to say nice things about people and to go away when I hear anyone backstabbing somebody. This helped me a lot a little while ago when a girl was talking to me and telling me all this stupid stuff she had heard about one of my other friends. I told her I didn’t want to talk about that anymore and left. It was really good I did that because it turns out that she was just making it up to see if she could get me to stop talking to the other friend.

That is a good example of trying to set positive goals! And it is good you stopped her so it didn’t seem to her that you were okay with what she was saying. Sometimes, when you don’t say anything, people will think you are on “their side” and that you agree with whatever they say. – SMW

That’s a good idea, you are obviously trying very hard to understand people and how to interact well with them. You may want to be careful to watch out for people who might be looking to try to take advantage of someone, as they might “act” nice but try to use/harm you. Good luck!!! – SMW

It is good thing to want to help others, but if you feel like they are just trying to take
advantage of you, that is disappointing. Sounds like you understand the point! Thanks for
writing! – SMW