Maturing Bros

For guys 13 to 17. School, money, training, faith, girls, and becoming someone you respect.

This section is for 13 to 17. There is no dating, no messaging strangers and no adult content anywhere in it. If anything here worries you, talk to a parent, a teacher or another adult you trust.

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Grad & Prom Guide. Go as a group, plan the costs, dress sharp on a budget and get home safe. A checklist you can print, too.

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The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

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Start lifting, and don't let anyone talk you out of it

The five movements worth learning, what your first month should look like, and what to say to the people who tell you not to bother.

GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20265 min

The subject choices that close doors you can't see yet

Forty-five minutes on three university course pages will tell you more about your options than any assembly ever will.

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

What to do when your school doesn't have your club

Your 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.

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The volunteer job worth doing is the one that needs you

Most 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.

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

Starting over when your friendship group falls apart

Groups end. The way back isn't finding another group — it's finding one person, twice a week, for about six weeks.

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

The friends you want are already in a room you haven't walked into

Finding girls who care about the same things you do isn't luck. It's a list of rooms, a bit of nerve, and showing up more than once.</title> <dek>Finding girls who care about the same things you do isn't luck. It's a list of rooms, a bit of nerve, and showing up more than once.

GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20265 min

Joining a team or club when everyone already knows each other

Walking into a room where the groups are already formed is uncomfortable for about three weeks. Then it isn't. Here's how to get through the three weeks.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

Your feed has a style, and it isn't yours

Trends arrive every few weeks because somebody needs you to buy something. Building taste of your own is slower, cheaper and a lot more fun.

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A photo isn't a person, so stop competing with one

The image you keep measuring yourself against was made, not captured — and there's a practical way to stop losing to it.

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

The grad night plan you make three days early

Grad night goes wrong in the same four ways every year. All of them are fixable before you leave the house.

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

If nobody asks you to grad, read this first

You don't need an invitation to go to your own graduation dance. You need a ticket, a ride home, and a plan.

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Grad hair and makeup that still looks like you

A trial run, a short list of what goes wrong, and how to walk into your own graduation looking like yourself on a good day.

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20265 min

Get the grad dress right without spending twice what you planned

Set the number before you set foot in a store, and the whole thing gets easier — plus the hidden costs, the timeline, and the online traps.

GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20265 min

How to Ask Someone to Grad Without Losing Your Nerve

Waiting to be asked hands the decision to somebody else. Here's how to do the asking well, and how to handle either answer.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

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Picking your subjects when everyone has an opinion

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Write down your standards before anyone tests them

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GuideMaturing BrodieNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

Being jealous of your best friend doesn't make you a bad person

The comparison that actually stings isn't some stranger online. It's the girl you'd take a bullet for, and nobody talks about that one.

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Comparison isn't jealousy, and that's why it's hard to stop

A practical way to handle the feeling that everyone else is further ahead, better liked, or just easier to be.

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