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My Mom, My Son, Myself: Happy Mother's Day!
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Those of you who have been so kind — not to mention loyal! — and have been reading my column for years may recall that a few years back I did a Mother's Day column with my own mom. Let me tell you a little about her. After …Read more.
Teen Mom Millions
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Hello. My name is Bailey and I live in Maine. I'm almost 16 and have a very level head on my shoulders. I come from a good family. No one is an alcoholic or abusive or anything like that. The only thing I've ever heard my parents fight …Read more.
Teen Drinks Hand Sanitizer
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I got two similar letters this week on the same subject, though I'm only printing one here to save space. The letters came from completely different parts of the country; one was from a girl and one was from a guy. Since it was a …Read more.
Tween Worries Over Body
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I'm 12 years old. I hope that isn't too young to write to you, so here goes.
When I was a little kid, I was just a normal weight, not skinny and not fat. I never really thought about my weight, and I thought I looked OK. Like people …Read more.
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Teen Developing Too Early?Hey, Cherie! I have a problem that I doubt you can help with, but I still want your advice. I am almost 12 years old, and I have started developing way before my friends. Like I have been wearing a real bra since school last year, and my breasts keep growing! Like really fast — ridiculously fast. My mother says that the same thing happened to my aunt when they were kids, and she has a humongous chest now! Cherie, I am getting stared at all the time now and not just by boys at school. Even grown ups are looking at me more than my friends. Oh, yeah and my friends? They treat me like I'm a freak or worse, that I made this happen to myself and I am enjoying it?! Why would I ever want this to happen on purpose? Why would I purposely want all this attention? That's crazy, 'cause I don't. My parents say that it's nature and that I am blessed with a healthy body and all that stuff. But I am the one who has the big boobs and everyone has to make me feel strange because of it. —Big Boob Doomed
Hey Big! Oh girl, I know exactly how you feel! All this attention for something you really didn't cause to happen? I went through something similar when I was your age. I know it can be so hard to act like nothing has changed, when its right there in front of you, and that yeah, something has really grown in a short period of time.
The most important thing I think is that you understand this is not something you should ever feel ashamed about. Your folks are right! Its nature, and you are blessed and healthy. It may confuse some others and make them even more jealous because they don't fill out a dress they way you do ... but what is really important here? How you look or how you feel about yourself? This growing thing you are in now? It does not last forever. And if they are fortunate, your friends are growing and changing, too. Boys have changes to their voices, and their bodies go through a lot, too. Noticing you and your "new development" is only one part of it. I hope you can keep in mind that this is natural, that you are so special and these changes happen to every kid in different ways. Good luck! Cherie Bennett is a best-selling author of books for teens and young adults. Visit her website at www.cheriebennett.com. To find out more about Cherie Bennett and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM
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