<span class="Drop Cap">Q:</span> My mom says this is my own fault. Maybe she’s right. I wanted to know what you thought. I was talking with this guy. We just kissed and stuff. Then we broke up. That was in the summer.He’s still posting horrible things about me on ...
Is Halloween a children’s holiday or an adult one? I offer our peer educators a column of their own occasionally; I publish their thoughts unedited to preserve their voices. The theme for this column is Halloween and how the holiday affects them as young people. They worked on their pieces ...
Last week’s question about youth depression inspired several emails. Here are three:<span class="Drop Cap">Q.</span>When I read your column last week, it brought back memories. I’m a father parenting teens, so I try to read your column weekly. Depression affects ...
Q:How can I tell if I’m depressed? I feel different. I cry easily. Then I get angry quickly for no reason I can tell. I can’t seem to shake a feeling of sadness. I tell myself to just make this go away, but it doesn’t. I’m pretty fortunate. I have a decent family, I go to a good school, ...
<span class="Drop Cap">Q:</span>Should I be worried? My 12-year-old ate large quantities of junk food on two occasions – a whole bag of cookies and a gallon ice cream. Then she hid the empty containers. When I found them and confronted her, she lied until finally ...
<em>In honor of our 10th anniversary, I continue to offer a monthly “vintage” column. This one is from Oct. 6, 2008.</em>Q:I’m pregnant. Believe it or not, that’s not my problem. My fiancé and I planned this baby. We wanted to have one. We planned to get ...
