Q.I’m a former student who is now the parent of a 12-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy. I really wish you could teach them but we live out of state. I’m your FB friend and I learn a lot from your posts. You recently posted an article about reproductive misinformation. Can you address the ...
Q.What if I have sex and then the person gets mad at me later and says I forced her? I haven’t had sex yet, but this worries me. I heard my dad say you can’t trust girls.<em>14-year-old</em><strong>Mary Jo’s response:</strong> Your ...
Q:How can you tell if a relationship is abusive or not?<em>15-year-old</em><strong>Mary Jo’s response</strong> What an important question! I did a podcast last Friday on teen intimate partner violence (IPV), which is another way to talk ...
Q.I read your column about making an ethical decision and it made me think about something that happened in my family.My parents split about 10 years ago. I was 7. I never knew much about why they divorced. Last month my older brother told me he was part of it. At first I thought he had to be ...
Q.Can you give me some examples of microaggressions? I asked my dad at dinner and he started to respond, but my stepmom stopped him by saying, “Nothing good comes of talking about that.” The tension got so high that I excused myself from the table. I don’t understand. I’m curious about ...
Q.I’m a college senior. I know my roommate plagiarized on a paper that’s 40 percent of our grade. She submitted her older brother’s paper in its entirety. He aced this class five years ago. I was certain the professor would notice but he’s in and out of class due to health issues and ...
