【推荐1】Arguing (争辩) with your parents is totally natural for teens. From your hairstyle, your friends, your marks at school to your television habits and your future plans, it might just seem that you argue with your parents about everything. While this is not generally a pleasant state of affairs, it is normal and it will most likely pass.     1    

Argue Fairly

If you are a teen arguing with your parents, remember that your parents love you and only want what is best for you. If you must argue with them, argue fairly by:

•Allowing each person in the argument to speak their mind.

•Refusing to cut in when they are speaking

•    2     Bringing up past hurts or issues will not help anyone move forward.

Argue Respectfully

    3    , try to remember that your parents still deserve (值得) your attention, respect and love.

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•Sitting still and staying calm.

•Refusing to behave angrily such as kicking,throwing or hitting anything

Argue Only When Needed

    5     and the parents of teens can be especially tired of it, so keeping things on a serious and even steady level will work to everyone’s advantage.

Before arguing with your parents, decide what type of teen you want to be and what compromises you are willing to make in order to achieve your goals.

【推荐2】How to bring more laughter into your life

Laughter is your birthright, a natural part of life that is inborn. Infants (婴儿) begin smiling during the first weeks of life and laugh out loud within months of being born.     1     Even if you did not grow up in a household where laughter was a common sound, you can learn to laugh at any stage of life. Here are some ways to start:

Smile. Smiling is the beginning of laughter, and like laughter, it’s infectious.     2     Instead of looking down at your phone, look up and smile at people you pass in the street, the person serving you a morning coffee, or the co – workers you share an elevator with. Notice the effect of smiling on others. Their happy faces will make you happy too.

    3     Literally make a list. The simple act of considering the positive aspects of your life will distance you from negative thoughts that block humor and laughter. When you’re in a state of sadness, you have further to travel to reach humor and laughter.

When you hear laughter, move toward it. Sometimes humor and laughter are private, a shared joke among a small group, but usually not. More often, people are very happy to share something funny because it gives them an opportunity to laugh again and feed off the humor you find in it.     4    .

Spend time with fun, playful people. These are people who laugh easily—both at themselves and at life’s absurdities (荒诞)—and who routinely find the humor in everyday events.     5     Even if you don’t consider yourself a lighthearted, humorous person, you can still seek out people who like to laugh and make others laugh. Every comedian appreciates an audience.

【推荐1】Nowadays we all have hundreds of Facebook “friends”.     1    Studies show that even if people have thousands of Facebook friends, they usually only keep close relationship with a few people in real life. So, what are the signs of your true friendships? Let’s read on and find out the answer.

True friends stick with you through both good and bad times. In hard times, a true friend will never leave you in the shadow alone.    2    Fake friends often fail you because they only want to stick around when things go well for you, and feel like helping you through your problems is a burden for them.

    3    To know whether you’re dealing with a true friendship or not, just notice who sticks around when you reach new heights in your life. Some people will get jealous and try to tear you down, but the real friends in your life will feel happy for you

They allow you to have other friendships without getting jealous and possessive. Real friends feel confident enough in your friendship. They give you the freedom to pursue other friendships and activities in your life.    4    

They forgive you when you make a mistake. Don’t expect perfection from true friends, and they won’t expect it from you. They know that you will slip up (出现疏漏) from time to time.    5    They just put it behind them and know that you have good intentions despite mistakes you might make.