Straight Talk For Teens By Teens

DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I just picked up my 16-year-old son from a street corner after he was incommunicado for a week. He’s very mixed up, and I need help. Right before freshman year, I moved to LA but he didn’t want to go so he moved to his dad’s in a pretty rough school district. He fell in…

DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I hope you can help me. My parents are in the middle of a divorce and are fighting over us kids. Every little thing, like soccer practice, or one of them having to be gone a few hours, causes huge disruptions in the custody schedule and they won’t stick to it. And every…

DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My daughter, “Paige,” is 14. Her mother and I divorced four years ago and my ex has always said ugly things about me. Somehow Paige seemed to know these things weren’t true and we had a great relationship. Three months ago, Paige was very disrespectful to me over the…

Dear Straight Talk: I’m 15 and during the middle of the school year I was taken from my mom because she drinks. My little sisters, ages two and three, were taken also. My sisters are now back with my mom, and I have the choice to move back, too, or stay here at my dad’s almost two hours…

Dear Straight Talk: I’m considering getting a divorce from my wife because I have finally found true love. You said something about divorce not being such a bad thing for the children as long as both parents remain involved in their lives. Can you talk more about that?—Anonymous

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Dear Straight Talk: I’m 14 and my parents are divorcing. I’ve seen their divorce coming for many years and have been terrified that when it finally happens I’ll be asked to choose which parent I wanted to live with. I hear about this a lot; that I will have to go to court or something and…

Dear Straight Talk: I’m 13 and my parents divorced suddenly about 18 months ago. They each moved into different houses. Nothing is like it used to be. My older brothers are mostly at my dad’s and my sister and I are mostly at my mom’s, but we rotate around and see each other a lot. I’ve…