Q. Can you fall in love with someone you only know online? My gram says yes and my dad says no.Since COVID-19, most of my friends are people I’ve met online.My old school friends are distant. When I text they sometimes don’t text back. I met a few new people online during school classes. ...
Q. What if I can’t adjust to being in school face-to-face? I’ve never been that popular kid but now I don’t see my friends at all and I feel alone. It was easier when we learned online because it wasn’t so obvious that no one wants to be my ...
Q. Our daughter is afraid to go back to school because of COVID-19.My mom lives with us. She’s in her 80s. We’ve been extremely careful to protect gramma. My husband and I work from home, we do curbside for groceries and isolate even from our extended family. We do a lot of online ...
I was honored to receive more than 40 texts or calls from young people from Jan. 6 through Jan. 8. I scheduled and held four emergency zoom calls in addition to the two we host daily for teens. These are two of those young people’s words, printed by request.Q. I could not sleep last night. I ...
Q. I have a number of questions I’d like your perspective on. My mom and dad argue about politics and me.Why me? Well, I like politics.I want to major in political science in college and hope to run for office someday. I want to know what’s happening. Here are my questions: How do I get my ...
Traditionally, the last Ask Mary Jo column of each year consists of young people’s New Year’s resolutions.This year, I decided to switch focus.I asked young people, peer educators and peer educator alumni to answer the question: “What would you like to see happen in 2021?” The following ...
