My mother gave me this book when I was in high school and I took it on every band trip I went on. At the time I was going through typical high school situations. Reading this book helped me because it allowed me to see how other people dealt with similar situations. I was able to understand proper and improper ways to deal with situations. Some of the stories in the book were more helpful than others because of the situations they covered. For example, relationship stories were extremely helpful since my parents did not accept my partner. I thought I was alone but after reading an article or two I realized I wasn't the only one out there with this problem. I would recommend this book to any teenager because it touches a lot of different topics that are geared for teenage kids. One real reason I like this book is because each story had a title and a section in the context so you can pick and choose which articles you would like to read.