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23 September 202648 pieces
- Teen GirlsStop apologizing for being a girlThe strongest woman you know probably never raised her voice to prove it. That's not an accident, and it's not weakness.
- Teen GirlsThe quiet signs of an eating disorder, and who to tellIt almost never starts dramatically. It starts with rules, the rules multiply, and the person keeping them is the last to notice.
- Teen GirlsThe hit you shake off is the one that costs you the seasonConcussions don't usually knock you out. They knock you sideways for a second, and then you lie to the trainer. Learn the signs and the sentence that fixes it.
- Teen GirlsThe snack at 3 p.m. decides how practice goes at 5Heavy legs in the fourth quarter usually aren't a fitness problem. They're a lunch problem, and that one's fixable by Tuesday.
- Teen GirlsWhat anxiety actually feels like and who to tell firstIt usually shows up in your stomach before it shows up in your thoughts, and the sentence that gets you help is shorter than you think.
- Teen GirlsWhy You're Wide Awake At Eleven And Wrecked At SevenYour body clock really did move later when you hit your teens. Here's what actually shifts it back, and what's just noise.
- Teen GirlsWhen you're tired all the time and sleep doesn't fix itTwo weeks of real sleep should move the needle. If it doesn't, something else is going on, and it's worth getting checked properly.
- Teen GirlsOne active at a time, and give it longer than you want toMost acne routines fail because they change every ten days. Pick one thing that actually works, use it properly, and stop punishing your face in between.
- Teen GirlsWhat's normal for your period and when to say somethingCycle length, heavy days, cramps that wreck your week, and the specific things worth telling a parent or a doctor about.
- Teen GirlsFour steps, twice a day, and hands off your faceA skin routine you can actually finish before the bus, plus the one habit that undoes all of it.
- Teen GirlsBeing a girl isn't a thing you have to work aroundThe strongest woman you know is almost never the loudest person in the room, and you don't have to put down other girls to be worth something.
- Teen GirlsAlways tired isn't a personality traitSleep fixes some kinds of tired. If two solid weeks of it hasn't fixed yours, something else is going on and it's worth checking.
- Teen GirlsHow to spot an eating disorder and who to tellThe signs are mostly behavior, not body size, and the right move is telling a grown-up today, not watching for another month.
- Teen GirlsAnxiety doesn't always feel like worryingThe stomachaches, the flat weeks and the 3 a.m. replays are part of it. What to watch for, and the exact words to use when you tell someone.
- Teen GirlsWhat vaping does to you, and how to quit if you've startedNicotine is a lousy boss. Here's what it's doing to your body, your sleep and your mood, and a plan that actually gets you off it.
- Teen GirlsWhy You Can't Fall Asleep At Ten AnymoreYour internal clock really did shift later, and it isn't in your head. Morning light does more for it than any bedtime rule ever will.
- Teen GirlsEat enough to still be running in the fourth quarterThe hollow feeling late in a game usually isn't fitness. It's fuel, and it's fixable with a bagel and a plan.
- Teen GirlsWhat's normal for your period and when to tell someoneThe ranges that count as normal, the signs that mean call a doctor this week, and how to start the conversation without dying of embarrassment.
- Teen GirlsThe concussion you hide is the one that keeps you out longestYou don't have to black out to have a brain injury, and "I'm fine" is the sentence that costs athletes whole seasons.
- Teen GirlsShow up before you know what to sayYour friend doesn't need a perfect sentence. She needs you to keep texting, keep sitting there, and know the one thing you can't keep quiet about.
- Teen GirlsWhat to say when a girl is cruel and everyone's watchingNot the comeback you rehearse at midnight. The boring, flat answer that ends it in public and costs you absolutely nothing.
- Teen GirlsHow to say no to a friend and still have the friendThe sentence you decide on now, before your phone buzzes at midnight and you say yes again.
- Teen GirlsWhat to actually do when your friend is strugglingMost people freeze, say "let me know if you need anything," and wait. You can do better than that, and it isn't complicated.
- Teen GirlsWhat to do with your first paycheck before it disappearsYour first check is smaller than you calculated and gone faster than you'd believe. A plan you can set up in one afternoon fixes both.
- Teen GirlsSpeak in the first ten minutes of classNerves grow the longer you sit on them, so go early, go short, and let your voice get used to the room.
- Teen GirlsStop rereading your notes and start proving you know itThe highlighter lies to you. What actually sticks is closing the book and writing down everything you remember.
- Teen GirlsDrive like the calmest person in the carMirrors, empty parking lots, the left turn everybody fears, and the one phone call you make instead of getting in the car.
- Teen GirlsStop writing what happened and start writing what you thinkA journal that only records your day is a diary. A few small changes turn it into the place you figure things out.
- Teen GirlsWhat to pack for your first mission trip, and what to expectOne bag, two pairs of shoes, and a week that won't go how you pictured it. The packing list and the honest version of the rest.
- Teen GirlsThe questions you're scared to ask are the ones that make faith yoursInherited faith isn't fake faith, but it isn't finished either. Here's how to actually own the thing instead of renting it from your parents.
- Teen GirlsSleep isn't the thing you cut when the week gets fullSchool, practice and a game on Friday will fit in one week, but only if you build the week backwards from your alarm instead of forwards from your to-do list.
- Teen GirlsYour first project will be crooked and that's the pointSewing, baking, building — the fastest way to get good is to finish one ugly thing and then start the next one.
- Teen GirlsHow to talk to your mom when she doesn't get itThe moment you pick matters more than the words you pick, and four sentences that keep a hard conversation from turning into a fight.
- Teen GirlsWhat a good babysitter knows before the parents leaveGet trained, ask the awkward questions up front, and say your rate out loud without apologizing for it.
- Teen GirlsWhat to do with a worry that won't shut offSorting worries, a ten-minute window, and the exact words to use when you need to tell an adult what's going on.
- Teen GirlsWhat never to post, and who to tell when it goes wrongSome things never go online, no matter who's asking. And if something already went sideways, there's an adult who can fix more than you think.
- Teen GirlsDon't Start Anything New On Your Skin This WeekSeven days out from photos, the smartest thing you can do to your face is boring on purpose. Here's the calm version of the plan.
- Teen GirlsPut your hands down and the spot heals fasterSqueezing feels like you're doing something about it. It's the one move that guarantees the thing sticks around longer.
- Teen Girls100 Skills Worth Learning This Year and How to Pick TwelveThe full list is below. You won't do all hundred, and you don't need to, so read it once and circle twelve.
- Teen GirlsClaim one night a week and cook for the whole housePicking a night, working backwards from the clock, and what to do when the potatoes are still hard and everyone is hungry.
- Teen GirlsStart with one customer, not a logoHow to get a real business off the ground at 14 or 16 — pricing, parents, safety rules, and the week-six slump nobody warns you about.
- Teen GirlsStay in the sport after you stop being the best at itSomewhere around fourteen, sport stops being easy for almost everybody. What you do in the six months after that decides a lot.
- Teen GirlsWhat a Saturday job teaches that school never gets round toThe first three shifts are humbling, the rest changes how you handle adults, money and your own word.
- Teen GirlsConfidence is evidence you collect, not a feeling you findYou can't talk yourself into feeling capable. You can stack up proof that you are, one slightly uncomfortable thing at a time.
- Teen GirlsTrain for your position, not for the gymCount the sprints in your last game. That number, and a few others like it, should decide almost everything you do between matches.
- Teen GirlsStart with the empty bar and keep going backHow to start lifting at 14, what people will say about it, and why none of that changes what you can carry.
- Teen GirlsThe training that actually shows up in your gameMost off-season work doesn't transfer to the field. Build a week around what your sport actually asks your body to do.
- Teen GirlsHow to start lifting when everybody has an opinionThe bar weighs 20kg before you add anything. Start there, ignore the commentary, and keep a notebook.
22 September 202612 pieces
- Teen GirlsTrain for your sport, not for the gymMost off-season training has almost nothing to do with the game you actually play. A simple way to fix that, plus what to do when something hurts.
- Teen GirlsStart lifting, and don't let anyone talk you out of itThe five movements worth learning, what your first month should look like, and what to say to the people who tell you not to bother.
- Teen GirlsThe subject choices that close doors you can't see yetForty-five minutes on three university course pages will tell you more about your options than any assembly ever will.
- Teen GirlsHow to choose subjects without closing doors you'll want laterSome choices at 14 or 16 quietly decide what you can apply for at 18. Here's how to keep the doors open without wrecking your grades.
- Teen GirlsWhen your friendship group falls apart, start with one personRebuilding after a group splits is slow, awkward and completely doable — and it almost never starts with finding a whole new group.
- Teen GirlsPick one place and show up for six monthsMost volunteering teaches you nothing because it never lasts long enough to get hard. The fix is a standing shift and work nobody else wants.
- Teen GirlsWhere to find girls who are into what you're intoRecurring rooms, a six-week rule, and the one sentence that turns someone you sit near into someone you text.
- Teen GirlsHow to join something when everyone else started months agoWalking into a club, team or youth group mid-year is awkward for about three sessions. After that it's just a thing you do on Tuesdays.
- Teen GirlsWhat to do when your school doesn't have your clubYour school's activity list isn't the whole map. Most of the good stuff happens at the library, the rec department and the church hall.
- Teen GirlsHow to make friends again after your group falls apartLosing a friendship group is brutal and it isn't a verdict on you. This is how you rebuild, starting this week.
- Teen GirlsThe volunteer job worth doing is the one that needs youMost service hours teach a teenager nothing. The ones that change you have a schedule, a supervisor and somebody who notices when you don't show up.
- Teen GirlsHow to Join Something When Everyone Already Knows Each OtherWalking into a team, club or youth group in February is harder than starting in September. It's also completely doable, and worth it.