What do I do when my family is driving me crazy? I have experienced this before, and I bet so have you. You may have chosen the wrong path. If you have, you may have punched your little/big brother/sister. Or possibly, you slammed the door in your parents face, or say something you would regret or wish was never done. I’ve done some of this stuff, but they have never drove me crazy to run away, or flick them off. I sometimes wished I was never born sometimes, or wish they were dead, sometimes. If you have done all the above, you need some “social” time with your family, because you have to learn how to love your family. Now I can’t stay mad at my parents forever, but I can at Grace. Grace is 3, and she ruins everything! I’ll admit, I’m jealous of her, but that’s only 25% why I dislike her. I don’t hate her, because hate is a strong word. The rest is just because she bugs the çráp out of me. Also she gets everything her way, but this isn’t about me, it’s about you fellow blog readers. My advice, which may not help you, but what I would do is talk to them and confront the problem. That’s for your parents, but for your siblings, just ask politely to stop bothering you. But I bet you can solve it without my advice, in a peaceful matter.
- Matt
When Your Family Drives You Nuts
September 3rd, 2010
Peer Pressure
September 2nd, 2010
Honestly, I have never experienced this “peer pressure” before. If you don’t know what the word “peer” means, it means somebody your age or grade, or something like that. For example, Joe is 12, and his friend Bob is 12, so they would be peers. O.K., back to topic, peer pressure is when some peer or a group of peers would pinpoint you into a dilemma. That dilemma might be making you to do something you don’t want to do, or you can’t. Say that peer or group of peers want you to go party with them, after a great soccer victory or something worth celebrating for. But, your family is looking for you to take you home and have a party there. The peers say you’ve got to choose now, or they’ll leave and say you don’t have guts or something equally insulting to you. You can go with your family and be trouble free and get insulted or party with the peer or group of peers, and get in trouble. That right there is peer pressure. Your peers are giving pressure to you. My advice, if your peers are pressuring you into to doing something you shouldn’t do, don’t do it.
- Matt
The Immediate Hours
August 31st, 2010
Sometimes a parent, guardian, or other relative of a youth who has run away may be extremely distressed after an event where the youth has left home. They might be at a loss as to what to do, what steps to take to help re-connect to their children. This is especially difficult in the few hours after the realization that the youth has run away or perhaps gone missing. Volunteers at the National Runaway Switchboard’s crisis hot-line can help callers who are people in a youth’s life to figure out what to do in the immediate hours after someone has run away or has simply not showed up back home. Volunteers can assist callers in laying out the steps that may help them assess the situation and find out what happened to the youth. They can also assist them in alerting community members about a youth who has left home or is missing.
- Allyson
You Can Help
August 30th, 2010
Reading this blog may help people understand exactly what NRS is all about and the services they provide to runaway youth, however, have you considered how you can help NRS? Besides using our services and allow NRS to help you, there are also a number a ways you can contribute. If you live in the Chicagoland area (where NRS is based) and are 16 years old or older, you can volunteer at the NRS hotline as a Liner. We offer extensive training to prepare our volunteers and allow you to make a real difference in someone’s life. For those that live in the rest of the country consider joining our Street Team. What the Street Team does is spread awareness of the runaway issue, as well as, the NRS hotline. We provide you with ideas and talking point to help your contribution, and with everything you do to help, points are added to your Street Team account that can be used to win prizes. Do your part and help NRS spread its influence to those in need.
- Ruben