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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’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 ...

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 ...

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’t 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’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I need help with my online time. ItĢƵ only been a week since high school graduation and it hit me that I’m spending most of my days online. I should be happy. I’m 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’m a lot closer to my grandma than I am to my mom? I know my mom cares about me, but she doesn’t show it the way my gram does. I know how gram feels, not just because she says “I love you” 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. HeĢƵ not only my big brother, heĢƵ my best friend. See, I had leukemia when I was 7. Technically, I still have it, but ...