Rebecca Collins - Positive Life Skills For Teens

Rebecca Collins is the mother of two teenagers, a boy and a girl. She is also a highly respected personal development coach. Being the only girl in a family of four brothers, she quickly learned to be tough if she wanted to keep up with the boys.

This go-get-it attitude drove her to set up her own company at the age of 25. After completing a degree in business management, she went on to invest in female start-ups and organized online workshops aimed at enabling women to realize their full potential in both their professional and personal lives.

After several years of coaching, geared towards raising self-esteem and self-confidence in both teens and adults, she decided to put her work into print. Rebecca is also an influential voice in the female empowerment niche. She currently resides in Oxford, England.

Rebecca is also the Author of Help Im A Teenager

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If you are between 12 and 19, youve probably reached that stage in your life where you think your parents are kinda weird.

One minute, they are telling you to grow up and the next, they remind you of how you arent old enough to do this or that. Its a pretty confusing world and here you are, stuck in a kind of limbo: not yet a fully grown adult but certainly NOT a kid.

It can be so annoying and frustrating at the same time. Sure, theres a lot you dont know about life, but that doesnt make you an idiot. There are plenty of things you are capable of doing by yourself and you dont need your parents for everything! Anyway, you probably hate being told you are too young, too immature, or not responsible enough.

So, heres the thing: your parents arent going to cut you any slack if you dont show them youve earned it. Relying on them for mundane stuff like clean clothes, food on the table, lifts to school, and so on, is great, but it also tells them that you arent ready to take ownership of the things that concern you. The best way to overcome this is to prove to them that you ARE responsible, that you CAN do a lot by yourself, and that you ARE ready to grow up.

Think of it like a win-win situation: you begin learning basic life skills and your parents will start treating you like a grown-up. Apart from that, which is a bonus in itself, you also get to stand on your own two feet and skill-up on lifes essentials like how to deal with money, cook your favorite pizza, organize your free time better, and even learn how to defrost the fridge!

Thats what this book is about: teaching you how to do the simple things in life that will stand you in good stead for the future. As well as that, you will learn how to take control of your life now and avoid the constant nagging about your room being a mess, your homework not being done, and hearing over and over again that money doesnt grow on trees.

Seriously? Dont you just want to live a hassle-free life so you can concentrate on chilling out more with friends, be able to buy the things you like with your own money, know that you are at the top of your game with school work, and not have to waste three hours searching your cluttered bedroom for your new earbuds?

You may feel that you have a lot to learn and that school isnt teaching you anything useful. Lets face it: how much use are logarithms really going to be in your future career? The reality is that most schools are designed to give you a general academic education that may or may not be useful in the future. They definitely arent there to teach you how to invest money or change a tire. These are the kind of things you need to learn from someone else and most likely, your parents dont have the time or energy to do that.

As a working parent who has raised two kids, I know what its like to come home after a long day at work and have to cook, sort out the washing, organize drop-offs or pick-ups, and have little time to myself. Its frustrating to find a sink full of dirty dishes (and an empty dishwasher just standing there!), smelly socks littering the bathroom, and kids asking for more money to buy PC games or the latest iPhone.

Sometimes, when my kids were younger, I used to feel like screaming, and would often go on a half-hour rant about how they should help more, how Im not a human cash machine, and how they should Grow up!

Parents, I must admit that this is NOT the right way to go about things. Instead of complaining that my kids didnt do anything to help themselves, I began to realize that I hadnt taught them the skills I accused them of not having in the first place. I had to take some responsibility for that and began to implement a different approach, which worked out best for everyone in the long run.

Now, they are both fully functioning responsible human beings who can handle money, survive the day without starving, and definitely know how to defrost the fridge. How did I manage that? Youll find the answers to that in this book.

To young adults reading this book, there are many life skills that you can pick up at an early age and I know you are a quick learner.

• Even a twelve-year-old can understand the benefits of saving money, and teens can easily grasp the fundamentals of starting their own business or securing a good job. A lot of them are already doing it!
• Learning how to look after yourself and take care of your own personal items such as clothes isnt rocket science - anyone can master the art of using a washing machine - honestly.
• Being organized just needs a little planning and once it becomes a habit, everything gets a lot easier. Time management is one of those essentials in life and helps avoid a lot of last-minute dramas. Once youve nailed that, theres no more rushing around at the last minute trying to find school books or being late for football practice for the umpteenth time.