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You arranged to meet your friend outside the cinema at seven o’clock. He’s always on time or lets you know if he’s going to be late. It’s now 7.30 p.m. and the film’s about to start. You’ve tried phoning his mobile several times, but there’
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Your mum gave up smoking a month ago, after being a heavy smoker for twenty years. You haven’t seen her smoking since she quit. However, when you got the shopping out of her car this afternoon, you’re sure you could smell smoke.
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Your parents have always had a good relationship and you’ve always enjoyed spending quality time as a family. Recently, however, they’ve been bickering a lot and going out separately rather than together.
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You’re in your older sister’s room looking for your MP3 player, which she borrowed last week. You’re having a look through her drawers and in one of them you come across a small plastic container with a lot of money inside.
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Your parents have just returned from the annual parent-teacher meeting at your school and they aren’t very happy. They inform you that your English teacher said you were immature and didn’t take your studies seriously. You are confused. Eng
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You’ve been attending a private secondary school, where you have been doing very well academically and have made many close friends. Your parents have just told you that you need to change schools next year and start going to the local stat
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Whenever you have female friends over to your house, your younger brother insists on hanging out with you and your mates. Your friends have started to tease you about this and some of them have stopped coming round so often.
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A close friend who has always confided in you has recently become very cagey and reluctant to talk to you. She says everything’s fine, but you don’t believe her. She’s been looking tired recently and is more irritable than usual.
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One of your classmates, Libby, has been absent from school for a few days. You assume that she must be ill. You bump into her mum in the library and ask how Libby is and when she’ll be back at school. Her mum looks confused and asks what yo
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You feel as if your parents love your younger sister more than you. They give her more praise, spend more time with her and there are even more photos of her around the house. You are desperate for them to pay you more attention.
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You’re thirteen years old and your parents have never left you in the house on your own. You have never given them reason to think that you are irresponsible. You would like them to trust you more and allow you more freedom
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You’re on the bus, on your way home from school. Looking out of the window, you’re pretty sure you see your friend’s boyfriend with his arm around another girl.
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