When is it okay for teens to ask for help?

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Sometimes being a teen can be really complicated and even confusing.

There are times when we know that we probably need help from the adults in our lives, but we don’t ask for help.

Why does that happen?

In most cases it’s because we as teens think we can solve all problems on our own.  We tend to think that we are fully grown adults who have enough experience to make all of the right choices.

But, we don’t.

Sometimes we don’t have the experience needed to make smart decisions.  Even in these circumstances, asking an adult for help makes us feel weak and as if we’re still…elementary children.

When we make instant or quick choices on our own, they’re not always the smartest or best choices; but, they make us feel all powerful and in control.  For the moment, anyway.

While temporarily “being on top of the world” may seem like a great feeling, it’s still good for us to remember that it’s okay for us teens to ask the adults we know to give us advice on how to get to the top and STAY at the top.


Danielle M. Biggs
High School Student
Trustee & Administrative Assistant ~ Lifeline Foundation, Inc.


Sharon M. Biggs, M.A., is a wife, mother, and 21st Century educational leader who serves as Co-Chair & President of Lifeline Foundation, Inc.  This 23-year educator is also Founder, Editor, and Chief Writer of LifelineExtensions.blog. View Sharon's other published works at www.examiner.com.

Contact Sharon directly for more information: sharonbiggs@mylifelinefoundation.org

"Children are the globe's most precious commodity."
(Terence H. Biggs, Jr. ~ 2009)