Q. I read your last week’s column with a lot of feelings. I would never lie to my parents. I think you handled the question well. I’d like to share something though. Some teens are under incredible pressure to excel. Ever since I was a little kid, I knew I better bring home A papers and do ...
Q. I’ve been caught in a lie. Well, I will be very soon. It’s a lie I didn’t mean to have become so big, and now I’m in an awkward position and so very sorry I started this. I graduate college soon. My parents are so very proud. I’m first gen. My grandparents are bursting. They are so ...
Q. What do I do if my child is a bully? I received a phone call no parent wants to get. My son’s teacher told me he was tormenting other children, both verbally and physically. I’m heartbroken. How can my child be a bad kid? I feel like a failure.<em>– Mom of ...
Q. How do I talk to my son about death? A teen from his school died recently and I cannot find the right words. Are there right words? It doesn’t help that he hardly talks to me. All I get out of him is a lot of fines, and nothing, and I don’t knows. Even if he doesn’t want me to help him ...
Q. I didn’t go to prom. I didn’t get asked and I knew friends that went as a group but that’s not me. I wanted a date to ask me. I wanted to get all dressed up like in the movies and that didn’t happen. I thought I was a strong, independent woman but I feel like a cliché.I pretend I ...
Q. I’m not a teen any longer but I didn’t know where else to go. I also know you answer really serious questions from teens, and this is not a big deal, except it is to me. I was one of your students in high school. My favorite part of your classes was when you helped us understand ...
