Q. Why don鈥檛 I have a period yet? I live with my gram, and she鈥檚 old so I can鈥檛 ask her. My friend goes to a different school than me and they had a class in school about periods, but my school doesn鈥檛. I have so many questions? Why do people have periods anyway? My friend says they ...
Q. I have a problem. Since my periods started two years ago, they鈥檝e gotten worse and worse. My cramps are often unbearable. I鈥檓 in a lot of pain at least 3-4 days each cycle. I told my pediatrician at my yearly exam and she suggested to my mom that she take me to a gynecologist. My mom got ...
Q. 1: I read your column about test anxiety with interest. I鈥檓 not anxious about taking tests as much as I鈥檓 anxious about getting good grades. I worry about grades all the time. It feels like my grades are all that matter to my mom. 鈥� 16-year-old ...
Q. I鈥檓 one of the teen fathers you helped. I remember you treating me with respect and encouraging me. One of the last things you said to me when I graduated was, 鈥淐all me if you need me.鈥� Well, here I am, 25 years later. The baby we had as teens did well, mostly because her mother was ...
Q. I鈥檓 freaking out. April鈥檚 coming, I鈥檓 nervous about PSSA tests. I hate them. They鈥檙e long. You can鈥檛 study for them, not really. And everything 鈥� I mean everything 鈥� rides on them. I want to go to college. My mom always tells me how proud she is of me. She didn鈥檛 get to go to ...
Author鈥檚 note: This column is a followup to last week鈥檚 Ask Mary Jo, where a father brought to my attention the toxic masculinity environment on some video gaming sites. After speaking with teens in our programs and at our Common Ground Teen Center, I concluded more research into the topic ...
