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I Want to Keep My Friend!
Why Do the Friendships End With the Project?

How Do I Tell Her I'm Back to Reality Now?
What Can I Do About My Weepy Friend?
I'm So Jealous of My Talented Friend!
Are My Cousin and I Still Friends?

What Do I Get the Mean Girl For Christmas?
A New School But No New
Friends!
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She Flipped Out Over A Boy I'm Not Dating!
My Friend's Parents Are Divorcing; What Can I Do to Help Her?
Am I Losing My Friend?
Will My Friend Ever Believe Me?
What Should I Do About My Lying Friend?

Should I Make Friends With a Mean Girl?

Which One of Us Is Wrong?
My Best Friend Kissed the Boy I Like!
She Thinks She's Too Good For Me Now!
She Hurts My Feelings and Just Won't Listen!
I Just Have to Know!
How Can I Get My Friend to Myself?

I Don't Want My Friend To Get Hurt!
Are We Friends or Enemies?
I Want Her For a New Best Friend!
How Good a Friend Is She?
I Want Back In!
I Want To Be Like Her...
I Think I Lost Her
No One Likes Me
I Want Some More Friends!
We're Drifting Apart!
My Friend is Getting Weird Over a Boy!
My Friend Has Had It Really Bad!
She Hit Me; Should We Stay Friends?
We Just Keep Arguing!
Can I Tell My Best Friend to Just Hush Up?
She Brags Too Much!

Should I?/ Where'd She Go?
I Want to Get the Two Sides To Talk! / I Want to Go But..!

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I'm Missing My Friends!

So the school year is over. I've made lots of new friends and these are the people I've come to love dearly. Though most of them will be going to the same high school, I'll be going to a different one. I'm going to miss them so much. I know we can still keep in touch, but it won't be the same. There's going to be so many tears on the last day of school. I've come to love these people just so much I don't know what to do without them. Any advice on easing the blow of missing them so much? – Sarah, 14, Michigan


Hi Sarah! I have just finished school as well, leaving three out of 10 friends behind to go to a whole different high school. I have come to love them like sisters, and leaving them was like leaving someone you have known all your life... impossible.  But, their mum said a thing to me that I will remember forever: The girls are going to different school, but they are not going anywhere. We are all in the same community and we will always keep in touch. This is part of growing up, leaving people, making new friends, but remembering your old ones. Like I said: We are all not going anywhere.  Those words were spinning 'round my head, and then I finally got it: I will miss them, but I do not need them to continue life. We will be sisters forever, but it's all about growing up, leaving people, making new friends, but keeping the old ones still in your heart. So, it may seem a lie: But you ARE going to find friends that are possibly as great as your loved ones at this moment. You are not going anywhere. – Viky, 11, United Kingdom

Unfortunately, I was in a situation like this but I chose to go to the school that most of my friends were going to as well. The few who went to the other school and I aren't so close now but I do know this. There are phones, computers, and doors you can go to. Call them up or text them, send them an email or facebook message, walk right up to their front door and knock. Something else you can do is just keep yourself busy and try hard to make new friends to somewhat replace the lonely feeling you've got from losing the old ones. They're still there but you'll have new people in your life as well. Good luck, try not to think too much about the negative. Focus on keeping happy and keeping in touch! Remember, they aren't far away! – Rylee, 17, Canada

I know just how you feel. All my friends are going to a different middle school. Just  keep in touch, e-mail, call go over and visit them. It's not like just because you’re going to a different school your friendship is over. You can still talk to them and hang out over the summer. Even when school starts you can call and talk and e-mail you know. Don’t worry, you will make friends at this school. Here's a word of advice - don't be afraid to make the first move. – April, 11, USA
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