Q. My best friend since kindergarten is no longer my friend. I don’t know what I did. She won’t talk to me. What do I do? –13-year-old Mary Jo’s Response: I do wish this wasn’t ...
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Q. My gram died. This is the first death I’ve understood. My pap died when I was four, but I don’t really remember it. My gram meant a great deal to me. I would go to her house when I didn’t get along with my sisters. I’m the middle child and the only boy, so that happened a lot. She ...
In honor of Banned Book Week 2024 (Sept. 22-28), I’m looking back at a poignant question posed to me two years ago by a 16-year-old. A Tennessee school district had just voted to ban Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate ...
You may be wondering what RSV is and why we’re suddenly hearing about it more often. Pediatrician Dr. Joseph Aracri, chair of Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN’s) Pediatric Institute, offered this explanation. “RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus and is known to cause ...
When the eighth annual Washington Italian Festival gets underway this weekend at the Main Street Pavilion, dedicated organizers from Primo Italiano Sons and Daughters of Italy No. 2800 will be in full force to ensure that the event is a success. The wholehearted effort, they say, builds upon ...
Q: I started reading your column in 8th grade because my dad made me read it, but for a while I’ve been reading it because I enjoy it. I like the way you listen to teens. I read your column where you supported an anxious college freshman. Your advice was excellent. I thought I’d write to ...