Q. Can you please help my friends with a disagreement. We all watched the Olympics – three of us had COVID so we were stuck home anyway, but we all got into it. We talked about the winners each night. Some of us think the Olympic competition is healthy and good for the world as a community. A ...
Q. I’m 18 and I’m excited about voting for the first time. Can you please tell my family to let me make my own choices? My parents and my grandparents won’t leave me alone. They’re acting like my vote is their vote. It’s not. I have my own thoughts. This country means a lot to me. I ...
Three years ago, my dear friend Dorothy Curley Tecklenberg invited me to speak virtually at a Youth Conference in Africa. As a result of that presentation, I met Freddy Mushagalusa, the director of an award-winning rural-based organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ...
This week’s column is a gift from me to you. Our Common Ground Teen Center Cooking Camp just finished. We’ve hosted a cooking camp annually, starting in 2020 with a virtual camp. We also facilitate a Cooking Club every Thursday at the center. I’ve had numerous requests for some of the ...
Q. My mom and dad got a divorce. My mom made me go to a counselor to make sure I was okay. The counselor told me lots of kids blame themselves when their mom and dad split. She said I shouldn’t do that. Then I stayed with my dad and I told him what the counselor said. He told me, yeah, well ...
Q. I want to be a nurse. My dad says I’m too young to know what I want. I think he’s wrong, what do I need to do to be a nurse? You’re a nurse, right? – 12-year-old Mary Jo’s Response: I’m proud to say I am a nurse, yes. I’ve done many things since I graduated as a nurse in ...
