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I am good in studies. But I spend a lot of time daydreaming about my future life which affects my studies greatly. Please help.
Priyanka (Age 16) / Lucknow

Dear Jellybean,

I moved last summer. Not far, but I had to go to a differnt school than all my friends. I'm in 9th grade,and when I first started going to my new school I only had my best friend with me and her friend. But after the first week of school, a lot of drama started to happen to where they just started ignoring me for no reason. I tried to talk to them and they would just say they didn't know.

Kenzie

Dear Jellybean!

I have a huge issue with my parents. I'm 13 now, and when I was 8 my parents got divorced. They both live in the same neighborhood now, and are both remarried. I go from house to house to spend equal time with each of them.

This past year my dad and I have had some major conflicts. Whenever I am at his house I get really stressed. He makes me feel like I can never do anything right. He is always making super critical remarks. I know that parents are supposed to be critical otherwise the kids end up really messed up. But he is always correcting me. I will be just hanging out in my room and then he or my step-mom will come into my room and get mad at me for not doing something around the house that I didn't know needed to be done. I can't read minds! And then when I try to help I get yelled at for getting in the way!

All of this makes me cry daily when I am at his house. I really would like to live solely at my mom's house, do you have any advice on how I could approach the subject with my dad? I would really appreciate some help here.



Dear Jellybean,

I am 16 years old and I'm very short. When people ask me about my age, I feel so bad. Everyone say I look like I am 12 years old. I don't know what to do. And lots of people tease me for this.

Please,help
Jenisa


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