I'm scared about my career and future

This week a teenager is feeling very stressed out about school starting and some of their upcoming classes, especially history class. This student feels like they're just mentally shutting down and almost about to lose it! What should they do? We answer that question for this student by giving some helpful tips, advice, suggestions, ideas, and recommendations for how to handle stress from school. This advice comes from a youth worker, a school teacher, and two teenagers who share what's worked for them and how you can overcome school stress. HOW TO HANDLE STRESS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itAdP_nx7vM SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions Youth Questions posts a new video every week answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2012 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week's question comes from a teenager who feels depressed ever since graduating from high school. This teen feels like there's little hope for the future, and thus is not eating and feels the urge to start cutting. What should he/she do? We do our best to answer this question from several different angles: the underlying root problem that might be causing these symptoms, the truth of what God thinks about us, and how to go about determining what job and career might work best for us. We all need direction and a future in our lives. We recommend some books to help you figure out what job or career you would be passionate about and how to "turn your play into your work so you never have to work another day in your life." 48 Days to the Work You Love: http://stumin.org/rPoCny No More Mondays: http://stumin.org/u1Ys12 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions YOUTH WORKERS IN THIS VIDEO George - http://www.youtube.com/zackcor Ruth - http://www.youtube.com/ruthevlog Tim - http://www.youtube.com/godrox Youth Questions posts a new video every week answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week's question comes from a teenager who asks, "Hey! I am in grade 10 and my grades suck. I study and everything, but when test day comes up I go a blank. How do I tell my parents?" Tim Schmoyer and two other youth workers share some of their stories from growing up and struggling with tests and school. We also give advice, help, suggestions, and recommendations for how to tell your parents about your bad grades. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions YOUTH WORKERS IN THIS VIDEO George - http://www.youtube.com/zackcor Dana - http://www.youtube.com/danaschmoyer Tim - http://www.youtube.com/godrox PREVIOUS VIDEOS My parents like my sibling more than me - http://youtu.be/JORyCsb-XnU Will romance novels affect my future marriage? - http://youtu.be/nMGkcwvxrUY Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week we answer a question from a teenager who's brother overdoses on drugs and is stealing all the attention from their parents. This teenager feels left in the dust while their brother consumes all their parents time. How do you handle a situation like that? What should you say to your parents? How should you view your brother? These are questions that we answer in this week's question that we answer from a real teenager who's going through some difficult things in life. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS VIDEOS My parents like my sibling more than me - http://youtu.be/JORyCsb-XnU I want to run away from home - http://youtu.be/tTTxjfhistE Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week we answer a question from a teenager who is in college and struggling to resist all the fast food and vending machines at school. This person sees little shops and vending machines everywhere around campus and is constantly tempted to eat that food even tough it has so many negative affects on them. How can you stay healthy in school and resist all the temptations of junk food around you in college? How can you avoid the "freshman 15" or the "freshman 30" weight that new students typically put on when they enter college? That's what we talk about today. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS VIDEOS I'm depressed and might have an eating disorder: http://youtu.be/c3bf98JFCl0 I can't eat or sleep and I wan to die: http://youtu.be/3Zy2PpRR4nU Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week we answer a question a teenager asked about how to pray for your future spouse when you don't even know who they are. How can you, as a teenager or young adult, pray for your future mate -- your future husband or wife -- when you don't even know if you've met them yet? I took that question to three pastors and share their answer with you. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS VIDEOS I had sex before marriage. Will God forgive me? - http://youtu.be/Pq_Y1slNeAA Why does God let bad things happen to good people? - http://youtu.be/2p9JekHAi4U Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions SUBMIT A VIDEO QUESTION http://dropbox.yousendit.com/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week's Youth Questions video is different than what we usually do. While most of our videos provide answers, advice, and input from youth workers, parents, adults, and teenagers, this week I don't have time to pull off a normal video. I'm just way too swamped with trying to get my second book completed and sent off to the publisher and other work. So, instead, I'll share with you all one of the questions that was submitted and ask you guys to answer it instead! Give your best advice, help, and input for this teenager who broke up with his girlfriend but still wants to remain friends with her. How does he do it, even after she calls him names? Is it even possible in the first place? Share your stories with us as a comment or, better yet, as a video response! SUBMIT A VIDEO RESPONSE http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=uAAvn392x9A THE QUESTION I went out with this girl for a week. I felt like she was just dating me to be able to say she had a boyfriend. So i broke up with her. We were friends, but later she sent me a text message that was meant for someone else. She called me a nub. I want to be friends what do I do? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS RELATED VIDEOS My best friend likes my recent ex-boyfriend - http://youtu.be/cI5rpfBJii8 How should I breakup with my boyfriend or girlfriend? - http://youtu.be/azpKyw4Rf28 Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions SUBMIT A VIDEO QUESTION http://dropbox.yousendit.com/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week's question comes from a teenager who asks if God will forgive them for having sex before marriage and if God will send them to hell if she asks for forgiveness. Several youth worker answered this question and shared stories from their own lives about the affects it's had on them, their marriage, and relationships. We also answer the question about if God can forgive you for having premarital sex and if that means He will send you to hell or not. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS VIDEOS My best friend likes my recent ex-boyfriend - http://youtu.be/cI5rpfBJii8 My parents give me no privacy! - http://youtu.be/8SeSwQqJkCU Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions SUBMIT A VIDEO QUESTION http://dropbox.yousendit.com/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

This week we answer a teenager's question about their career and future. This person has graduated from high school, but doesn't have their drivers license, works a part-time job, and isn't sure what they want to do with their life yet. The uncertainty about their future and career is frightening and scary. I took this graduate's question to several youth workers and asked them to give advice, suggestions, and input into this person's situation regarding their future and career. They gave many responses, summarized for you in this video BOOKS THAT WERE HELPFUL FOR ME 48 Days To The Work You Love - http://goo.gl/diJlj No More Mondays - http://goo.gl/oTWXS 48 Days Blog - http://goo.gl/z6uKl SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS VIDEOS Will romance novels affect my future marriage? - http://youtu.be/nMGkcwvxrUY Does my girlfriend really love me? - http://youtu.be/Iv8nMTLhyWY Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions SUBMIT A VIDEO QUESTION http://dropbox.yousendit.com/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.

Someone asks us if reading romance novels will affect her future marriage and bother her future husband. We answer the question and address the expectations that it sets up for girls to have of guys, romance, and relationships, whether you're married or dating. Soap Operas fall into this same category of women entering into fantasies about relationships, emotions, and men similarly to how men enter into unfair comparisons and fantasies about women sexually in pornography. Romance novels, soap operas, and porn all have similar affects on relationships, expectations, comparisons of the opposite sex, and a twisted view on each other. These youth workers answer this teenager's question about the romance novels and soap operas, but we'd love to hear your response! Comment below and let us know what you think and why! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=youthquestions PREVIOUS VIDEOS I don't eat nor sleep and I want to die - http://youtu.be/3Zy2PpRR4nU Helping a troubled friend without becoming drained - http://youtu.be/LCdktQQaOps Youth Questions posts a new video every Thursday answering real questions from real teens about real life. If you're a teenager, ask your question about whatever you're going through in life using the link below, subscribe, and we'll do our best to answer it in an upcoming video. ASK YOUR QUESTION ANONYMOUSLY http://www.formspring.me/youthquestions SUBMIT A VIDEO QUESTION http://dropbox.yousendit.com/youthquestions LET'S CONNECT! http://www.facebook.com/youthquestions http://twitter.com/godroxtv GET OUR WEEKLY VIDEOS VIA EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dceZA RSS FEED FOR OUR VIDEOS http://feeds.feedburner.com/youthquestionsvids DISCLAIMER We are neither professional counselors nor therapists. We're just people who love teenagers and give information and encouragement based on our experiences and what we've learned from others. This information is given with the understanding that we are not offering professional advice. Since the details of your particular situation are fact dependent, you should additionally seek the services of a competent professional. Music modified and used with permission under the Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" License, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). VIDEO COPYRIGHT 2011 Life In Student Ministry, LLC.