Q. I hope you can help me. My 13-year-old daughter has a number of mental health issues. She’s seeing a therapist and is now on medication. My problem is she has no friends. She just doesn’t fit into her old friends’ group. It’s as if they’ve abandoned her. This happened in sixth ...
Since our Common Ground Teen Center’s annual Seesaw Marathon Fundraiser is this weekend (4 p.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday), some of the over 100 teens who will seesaw and volunteer wanted to share what the center means to them. In ABC order:<strong>Piper Bell ...
Q. I wish my parents would split up like the 17-year-old’s parents in your column last week. My mom and dad hate each other. They stay together for us kids. I know divorce could be hard, but I think it would be better than living with yelling. Maybe there’s a time to admit a marriage is ...
Q. I think my parents are divorcing, even though they deny it. I blame COVID.My mom’s a nurse. She took care of COVID patients at the start of the pandemic when a lot of people were dying. She took protecting our family very seriously, especially my grandparents, who are elderly. My dad ...
Reactions to last week’s column showed how important pets are to happiness.Q. I read your column about the boy who wants a dog. I found myself wanting to call the dad and tell him to give his son the dog he wants.Let me explain. I was like that dad. When my kids wanted a pet, I was against ...
Q. So my boyfriend got a puppy and I swear all he does is play with it, brush it, take it on walks, and take care of it. He talks to that dog more than he talks to me. <em>– 17-year-old</em><strong>Mary Jo’s Response:</strong> ...
