Cecily Paterson

Six ways to resist peer pressure (part 2) image

Six ways to resist peer pressure (part 2)

Practical tips to help you get through

Six ways to resist peer pressure (part 1) image

Six ways to resist peer pressure (part 1)

How to be yourself, when everyone wants you to be someone else

Should we give up on people, and only love God? image

Should we give up on people, and only love God?

Maybe life wouldn't hurt so much if we didn't have friends

No sex before marriage? image

No sex before marriage?

We look at the reasons why you should wait.

Q&A: How do I help a friend who won’t take advice? image

Q&A: How do I help a friend who won’t take advice?

We respond to a question from one of our readers, who is concerned by her friend's behaviour.

Meet Anikin, my sons’ imaginary enemy image

Meet Anikin, my sons’ imaginary enemy

Learning to love your enemies - real or fake.

Making your goodbyes really good image

Making your goodbyes really good

Have you moved house recently? Or changed schools? Or church? How are you settling in?

Feeling left out? image

Feeling left out?

How to respond when your friends don't seem to care about you.

Learning to love difficult people image

Learning to love difficult people

Love is easy with people we like, but much harder with people we don't.

How to stay out of bed until you get married image

How to stay out of bed until you get married

It's all a matter of respect

How do you measure up? image

How do you measure up?

Is it right to judge ourselves by outward appearances?

How do you make friends at school? image

How do you make friends at school?

It's not always easy getting to know new people ... but these 10 practical tips might help