What categories/advice would you like to see in a high school guide book for all teens?

Question

I'm an aspiring author and although I look foreward to writing something more fictional when I get out of college I've decided that writing a book for my peers helping them with their everyday lives would be a lot of fun. A lot of the guide books for high school are written by psychologists that don't seem to understand the drama that today's teens face and although I'm planning on consulting a counselor of two as well as many adult figures, I want the books to be majorly influenced by teenagers and their stories/advice. The question is what would you guys like to see in the book?

Answer 1

I think funny or embarrassing stories from past students would be really good; I would read it.

Answer 2

The real deal.

I'd like to see stories about having s*x in high school, considering at least HALF do, and how the abstinence programs do not work, they actually make it more likely for teens to have s*x.

Also, a couple of stories about large house parties, how scary it is to see someone OD, etc.  (one of my friends died at a house party when I was a 9th grader)

Answer 3

Well depending on how in depth you want your book to be.  You can cover things about how to deal with a break up or rejection (every teenager deals with that).  How to deal with divorce, the mystery meat in the cafeteria...  You can go in many directions.  

Answer 4

hey. i'm a teenager, and i would like to see 'stories' about self injury in more books like the one you are planning on writing. it's a taboo subject, and i think it would help clear the misconceptions about it, and i know for a fact, as a self injurer myself, that many teens suffer from it.

good luck with your book!

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