Writing Prompts: Troubled Teens

Remember yesterday when I said that children had their moments when they are not so good? Well those moment increase in frequency as the child ages into their teens. This is the time when they are struggling with hormones, peer pressure and parental authority. So today we are going to try and help our troubled teens cope with the challenges of life.

1. Write about a teen struggling against their parent’s pressure to overachieve.

2. Write about a teen working their first job.

3. Write about a teen dealing with the peer pressure to have sex.

4. Write about a teen facing the consequences from having an online gossip blog about their schoolmates.

5. Write about a teen forced to decide between being “popular” and doing the right thing that will cost them that popularity.