I love traditions. One of my favorites is collecting New Year鈥檚 Resolutions from teens! This is my 21st year asking this question. First, a quick story. In the early 2000s, our Outreach ran a program called Ambassador for Respect over several years. Each district participated in an essay ...
Q. I鈥檓 coming home for a month for winter break. Will you please print this? My parents read your column regularly. Please tell them that college sophomores (like me) have been on their own for an entire semester for the SECOND year of their lives and they do NOT need to be asked when they ...
Q. This may sound like a trivial problem, and I know it is, in the scheme of things, but I am still stressed about it. I went to get my hair done for the Christmas formal. I had pics of the way I wanted it to look, but when it was finished, it didn鈥檛 look anything like what I wanted. I paid ...
Q. I don鈥檛 have a question this time. I just wanted to report back. I wrote to you about my family fighting, and you answered me in your column. I showed the column to my parents, like you suggested. A miracle happened. They got all weird, kind of embarrassed. They asked me if I told you my ...
This column continues a 20-year-old tradition: I ask young people to share what they鈥檙e grateful for each Thanksgiving. It is humbling to know at least two generations of teens were part of these columns! I find this year鈥檚 comments especially thoughtful. To the young people in our ...
Q. I used to love Thanksgiving. I love the food (well, not the cranberry sauce, but everything else), and I love my family getting together. Maybe I should say I LOVED my family getting together. Ever since last year鈥檚 elections, it鈥檚 like they hate each other. My mom won鈥檛 talk with her ...
