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Teen angst column resonates with adults

My column about middle school friendships hit home with many readers. Here are two responses. Response 1: I read your column on Thursday with a great deal of interest and a little bit of flashback. I’m in my early 40s and a parent of two elementary school girls. When I read the question from ...

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’t know what to do. I don’t think I did anything wrong, although I do know my friends are known to exclude other girls. I’ve seen that happen. I just didn’t ...

OP-ED: Learning you’re enough

Like many of you, I have spent large chunks of life chasing shiny things. In that regard, I have been distracted by a desire to appear successful by having the trappings of “success.” You know, the things that say, “I made it. Applause, please.” It started when I was a tween. ...

OP-ED: Steps required to rescue PSU-Fayette

Robb Rhodes has performed an estimable public service: He has put on the table a plan for the Penn State-Fayette campus now slated for the ash heap. Rhodes, the Fayette County controller, wants to convert the campus into a four-year "senior military college," along the lines of Norwich ...

OP-ED: Eighteen holes of fun … or not

They built a golf course all around my grandparents' house. The 18th fairway nearly cut through their backyard, and until we put wire grates over the windows, flying glass and golf balls were a common threat. Dad attempted to play golf a few times. As a little kid, he had fallen off a horse. ...

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. ItĢƵ the kind of thing you always do. I’d love to hear your responses to two of my favorite ones. First, if you could have one ...