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Coping with pain of rejection

Q. Where are all my school friends? Summer is moving along quickly, and I feel abandoned. I try to connect but they ghost me. I don鈥檛 know what to do. I don鈥檛 think I did anything wrong, although I do know my friends are known to exclude other girls. I鈥檝e seen that happen. I just didn鈥檛 ...

If you could change one thing …

Q. I just finished a week at a Leadership camp. One of the things I enjoyed the most was Open Talk time. The camp counselor posed a question, and we all responded. It鈥檚 the kind of thing you always do. I鈥檇 love to hear your responses to two of my favorite ones. First, if you could have one ...

Spilling the tea on energy drinks

Q. Please settle an argument with my mom. I drink what she says is too many energy drinks. I think I drink just enough to keep me sharp and they aid my cognition. She says in the hot summer they don鈥檛 hydrate me enough. I counter with the argument that, if I were stranded in a desert and only ...

Unplugging from too much online time

Q. I can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 saying this, but I think I need help with my online time. It鈥檚 only been a week since high school graduation and it hit me that I鈥檓 spending most of my days online. I should be happy. I鈥檓 all set for college in August, and the incredible effort I made to get ...

Teen fears loss of grandparent

Q. Is it strange that I鈥檓 a lot closer to my grandma than I am to my mom? I know my mom cares about me, but she doesn鈥檛 show it the way my gram does. I know how gram feels, not just because she says 鈥淚 love you鈥 to me every time she sees me or talks with me, but because she makes time ...

Trying to make sense of hate

Q. Will you please use my question in your column? I want to know why some people are so hateful about Pride. Let me explain. This is personal to me. My big brother is gay. He鈥檚 not only my big brother, he鈥檚 my best friend. See, I had leukemia when I was 7. Technically, I still have it, but ...