
Dear Marsha, I am a sixteen year old girl and I have a crush on a seventeen year old boy. There’s been so many explainable things that happened between me and him that I find unbelievable. I don’t really know what to believe. I’ll start with explaining some of these things. I see him...
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Tags: Boy, Coincidences, crush, Dating, Fate, friendship, Girl, Love, Talk, Talking, Teen
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Marsha, hope that you can help with some advice. My 17-year old son is a senior in high school and is quite popular in school, and for the most part is just a pretty good kid. He is an athlete (one of the best in his school in all sports), and one of the...
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Tags: Athlete, Condoms, Dad, Decision, God, Package, Parents, Preacher, Premarital Sex, school, Sex, Teen, Urges
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Dear Marsha, I dont normally trust advice columnists. Then again, I dont normally trust anyone any more. My problem is twofold. First, I am a freshmen at my highschool and Im finding out the harsh reaility of how much high school sucks. I am constantly bullied by my fellow freshmen mostly. They call me...
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Tags: Cruel, Distraught, Distress, EMO, Emotional, emotions, Father, Freshman, Life, Love, Mother, Moving, Pain, Ridicule, Teen
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Dear Marsha, Almost a year ago now, I met an absolutely amazing guy online. As I am fully aware of some of the more sinister characters on the Internet who try to earn your trust for dishonest reasons, I was rather wary at first when he admitted that he liked me, but after a...
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Tags: acceptance, Dating, Home, Internet, Love, Nosy, Objections, Online, Parents, Relationship, Teen
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Dear AlwaysMarsha… I’m 14 and starting to hit that age when I think about well sex… I don’t intend on starting until the legal age of 16, but I’m worrying about it now… I’m just worried that I do something wrong with her… or I say something wrong… I don’t want to mess things...
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Tags: Commitment, Love, Partner, Relationship, Respect, Sex, Teen, Teenager, Teens
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Dear Marsha, I am 13 years old and my dad will still refuse to let me date. Everyone at my school has been on a date, why should I be any different? I get made fun of because I can’t go out with this boy that really likes me. Is there anything I can...
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Tags: date, Dating, Group, Parents, Public, school, Skating, Teen, YMCA
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Dear Marsha, Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am a mother of a 10 year old daughter. She is wanting to start wearing make-up. While I think it is cute and fun to dress her up, my husband is strongly opposed to me doing so. What do you think is an appropriate...
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Tags: Acne, Age, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, Light, Lip gloss, Lipstick, Make Up, Mascara, Nail Polish, Natural, Pre-teen, Teen, Wearing
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Dear Marsha, My son has recently found a new group of kids to hang out with. This group of boys are very bad influences on him. When my son was arrested last week for stealing, I asked him what was he thinking. He reply was that they dared him to. I do not think...
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Tags: Arrested, Example, Family, friends, Love, Positive, Program, Scared Straight, Teen, Teenager, Theft, Tough Love, Trouble, troubled, unruly, YMCA
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Dear Marsha, I recently found out that my 15 year old son has been smoking behind our backs. He must be getting them from his friends or school. I was wondering what I can do to teach him that smoking is bad for your health and not acceptable in any circumstance in our home....
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Tags: Bad, habit, Nicotine, Overdose, pack, Poisonous, Quit, Smoking, stop, Teen
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