The best advice I have ever gotten was from my probation officer. She told me to always tell the truth no matter how bad what I did was because it would make me look responsible and honest in front of the judge and her and my family. I always had so much trouble telling the truth and I would just get in twice the trouble for lying. I did that gig for a while when it finally hit me that lying was just making it worse. It took a while to get the hang of telling the truth but I did and every time I got in trouble and told the truth, it seemed like it wasn't as bad as it usually was. I am so glad that I can be honest now because I feel like I can fess up to mostly anything now without being that scared. Of course its still going to be hard but its definitely way better.