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| I have a six year old little brother and he has to go to speech therapy because he stammers. The therapist said that all the normal sibling fighting has to stop because he cant take it. But it’s really hard and I get blamed for it because I’m the one that’s he fights with most. I really cant help it. They only listen to his side of the story and it really upsets me. I break down in tears nearly every incident, but it goes right over his head. He is really getting to me and I’m getting REALLY sick of being in trouble when he gets off scot free. Is it normal that we fight so much? – Tyra, 13, Ireland |
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| I don't want to tell my parents that I’m going through puberty. I'm starting to like this guy. I think my brother might think its weird, and I don't want my parents to know about my private life. What can I do? – Sarah, 14, Canada |
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| Ok, I've been having trouble with my older brother. He is like a dad to me, very protective. I feel protective of him too. He was everything to me; he was the one who taught me how to play basketball, my favorite sport now. We were more than just brother and sister. We were basically best friends. But I haven't talked to him in a long time. He doesn't call or anything. He moved out like a year ago with his "girlfriend". I can't think straight anymore and I hate not having him around. What should I do? – Monica, 14, Kansas |
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| My little sister is really gross. She never washes her hands after going to the bathroom. She sucks her thumb (even though she’s almost 10) and then goes to touch everything in the house. It’s just kinda disgusting after she bakes cookies or uses the keyboard. When I try to talk to my parents or her, I just get yelled at for "making fun" of her. I may sound like a germ-a-phobic, but a few weeks ago I got H1N1, a horrible experience. I feel like it was her fault. How can I solve this problem without hurting anyone's feelings? – Lindsay, 13, Pennsylvania |
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| I live with my mom since her and my dad got a divorce when I was a kid. My dad doesn’t care much for me. His new wife wasn’t a big fan either, but now they let me visit. I love my mom but she has a new boyfriend. Now she's never home, forgets to go grocery shopping, and I’m always home alone. I get paranoid being home alone. We moved twice this year and now she wants to move near her boyfriend and I don’t want to move. I’ve been trying to talk to her but all we do is fight. Now she calls me brat, and is getting aggressive. I don’t know what to do but all I can do is cry. I think about moving in with my dad but I don’t know if he wants me and I can’t move unless court approves it. I want to go to a person like a court person and complain about how my mom's acting. But I love my mom and I don’t know what to do. – Amanda, 14, Maryland |
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| My dad is very, very rude. He's constantly telling me how I'm so fat, ugly, stupid, and a slob. He tells me that my grades totally suck (when, in fact, they don't!), and he doesn't trust me. He thinks he's so much better and it's constant. Every. Day. I can't go on thinking how I'm such a horrible person. He tells me that the only way I can have a friend is if I 'buy' them, which also isn't true!! I can't tell myself otherwise, because I used to look up to him big time! What can I do? I'm too embarrassed to have friends around him! He says very mean things in PUBLIC! Apparently, he thinks it's cool! – Julie, 14, Washington |
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| My family is a religion that is often looked down upon, and I'm home schooled. This doesn't mean I don't have friends. I have plenty of friends, and from different religions too. That's the problem. Whenever I ask my mom if I can do an activity with a friend who isn't my EXACT RELIGION, she says that it's not a good idea to do something with their church or something because they're not my religion. I can understand her worry, but I don't see how going to a few activities at their church will hurt me, especially because I LOVE my religion. I'm also really shy. How can I tell my mom that I WON'T get hurt just going to a few activities? My mom wants me to form deeper friendships with girls from church and I'm fine with that, but I can't stop making friends that don't go to our church. How can I make my mom see that I'm responsible enough to do different activities with my other friends and NOT get any "ideas" into my head? – Hannah, 14, Rhode Island |
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| My dad is in the military and he is in Iraq right now. My ma is worried sick...literally! She once started vomiting blood. I am scared too. But if I tell my mom then she will be worried about me, too. I have to cry when I am alone because mom will feel sad if I cry. Please HELP! – Haley, 12, North Carolina |
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| I have a twin sister and we're extremely close. But because we spend so much time together we have trouble making other friends. About a year ago we became friends with a girl named Tiffany. She was really nice, and my sister and I were glad to have a friend. Lately she's been getting kind of annoying, though. She brags constantly, and she even though she knows that my twin sister still likes her ex-boyfriend, Tiffany keeps hinting that she and my sister's ex-boyfriends are soul-mates. Once she said that he liked her while my sister was going out with him and then covered her mouth like she didn't mean to say that. (It's not true. He told us once that one of the reasons he asked my sister out was because he needed an excuse not to date Tiffany. That was really mean of him, but we didn't know her at the time so we didn't say anything.) Now my sister's over him, and Tiffany seems to be over him, too. Two weeks ago I started dating this guy named Thomas. I really like him, and he seems like he really likes me, too. But now Tiffany is constantly flirting with him! Whenever he leaves she says, "Thomas is cool." Once he said a joke and she laughed for like, 30 seconds, and then told him how creative he is. Yesterday she said she wanted to see a movie, and he said he wanted to see it, too. Then she was saying that she hopes she'll see him there! And today we were going to watch the school Spelling Bee to support my sister who was competing in it, and she said, "Thomas and I will go save you a seat." He told her that he wanted to wait for me, which was nice, but then she persisted, saying, "But we'll miss the Spelling Bee!" She gets offended really easily, so I'm worried that if I say something she'll get mad at me. I value her friendship more than my relationship with Thomas, but it's really bothering me that she won't stop flirting with him. – Madeline, 13, Maine |
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