Q: I鈥檓 not a teen, but I鈥檓 the parent of a 12-year-old. When I was 12, I took a class you taught about growing up. It was on a Saturday morning at the hospital, and I gave my mom a really hard time about going. You met a group of kids and parents in the lobby and chatted with us, and by the ...
Q. Will you weigh in on a debate we had at school? My social studies teacher posed the question 鈥� 鈥�16-year-olds should be allowed to vote.鈥� We were assigned sides, and the conversation was intense. Although some of us were given the negative, and defended it, pretty much all of our ...
Q: Am I too old to trick or treat? My gram says I am, my mom says 鈥淚 don鈥檛 care what you do as long as I don鈥檛 need to drive you somewhere that night鈥� and my dad says, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e old enough to make up your own mind. You decide.鈥� So, I鈥檓 asking you. Is 16 too old? I love costumes. I ...
Q. I never thought this would happen to me, but could I be experiencing depression? I鈥檓 a first-year college student and I thought I鈥檇 be happy at this point in my life. I鈥檓 at a college I selected carefully. I like most of my classes, I鈥檝e made some friends. I feel like I鈥檓 managing ...
Here are some responses to my Oct. 9 column on suicide: Q. Thank you for your wise words on suicide. I lost my brother that way when I was a teen. I鈥檓 in my 60s and I feel I鈥檝e never really gotten over it. I鈥檝e lived my life, married, had babies, now I鈥檓 a grandma to three, and it ...
Q. Something really awful happened. My mom鈥檚 best friend has a daughter who committed suicide. I didn鈥檛 know the daughter that well, but I observed her mom grieve and my mom got all worried about me. I鈥檝e felt depressed off and on in my life but I鈥檝e never even thought of ending it all. ...
