quite handy. When I went to college I wanted to be a hairdresser. I did a course in art and design; now I want to try photography. If that fails I want to work with children. But only when I'm older, like when I'm 40-odd. The best thing about being a teenager is that life is easy. You've got no worries. You don't need to worry about money because you've got your parents. You're just at school, all you do is just hang out with your mates really. The worst thing is not having freedom because you're stuck at home and you can't really go places. My mum's a single mum -- at first if I went to a party she wanted the house phone number, I was like, 'That's ridiculous'. Slowly she's started to trust me more and more, and now she's really relaxed and I'll text her because I respect her. When I have kids I would do it the same way she's done it. I might even ring her for advice. 'Adults: just calm down and stop stressing' Fern Hardy, 14, Cheshire I go to a private school an hour away from home. I quite like school, which sounds funny. I chose to study quite a few creative subjects like textiles and home economics, and I get to do quite a lot of music lessons, too. At my school, in every year there'll be, like, one girl group and one boy group and then each of those