Self-discipline is the ability to discipline one’s self to be able to control feelings. In other words, it is the willpower to persevere, resist and endure. The ability to think through your every course of action, set realistic goals and achieve them in spite of challenges and inconveniences. People who are self-disciplined are typically more
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Any parent who has teenagers around must have, at some point had to deal with the sarcastic comments with dismissive tones and the eye rolls that characterizes teenagers’ disrespect to adults. Indeed, such rude dispositions are synonymous with teenagehood and parents are usually tired and even hurt. That brings me to the main issue of
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In a world where even teenagers can become millionaires and successfully manage their financial resources if they so please, there are no justifiable reasons why parents should not teach their teens to become money wise. Therefore, teaching teens financial literacy is something that should start early in every teen’s life, made possible by their parents
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I am want to believe that every teenager knows what a paragraph is. But then just in case I am wrong, I will briefly define- a paragraph is a part of a composition, an essay or a chapter which contains a set of related sentences about a particular subject matter or topic. The ability to
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Would it be wise to assume that there are quite a number of things about teenagehood which parents do not know? After all, they were once teenagers themselves, right? Moreover, they gave birth to the teenagers and should automatically know everything about them…or not. There are certain facts about teenagehood that parents (at least some
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Virtually every teenager would rather prefer to confide in their friends instead of revealing their deepest secrets to their parents. In the same vein, teenagers discuss their problems more with their friends more than they do with their parents. There are several reasons as to why this is the case, including the natural instinct teenagers
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Every human being on earth has a purpose for being here. Unfortunately, many fail to discover and accomplish their purposes mainly because they were not properly guided towards this light. It is the responsibilities of parents and teachers to help guide teenagers aright towards identifying what their purposes are and accomplishing such. But before parents
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The fear of failure is one of the greatest obstacles to success; second only to laziness. And the unfortunate thing perhaps is the fact that this fear affects a lot people even more than laziness does. Teenagers are particularly affected, especially teenagers who study in places like Nigeria where their levels of intelligence is adjudged
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The life of an average teenager is really not as simple as it seems. Agreed, he or she may not be concerned with the worries of earning salaries and being actively responsible for the daily running of a home. Yet, the average teenager faces a whole lot of other challenges especially as it relates to
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Basically, leadership involves the ability to use a set of skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate others, effectively communicate to them, influence them for the good and come up with thoughtful actions. A good leader is therefore someone who possesses the above skills is good at taking initiative, making and executing plans and
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