“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” – Maggie Kuhn Dear Teen Me, You’re luckier than most, because you escape your teen years mostly unscathed by any serious bullying, though there are a few events that wound you deeply, like the note you find from the girls you considered…
Dear Teen Chessie, Today, a short boy wearing an Ed Hardy t-shirt called you Godzilla. The hallway was empty except for you and your friend and him and his friend. As you passed each other, he gave you the quintessential “that girl could rampage Tokyo” look. You ignored him and…
Dear Junior High Me: Well. Life’s not so great is it? You’ve just moved to another new school … what is this, the fifth one? The sixth? Ugh. It’s not anybody’s fault; your dad gets transferred to new military posts, or goes overseas so you and your mom move somewhere…
Dear Chantele, You’re fifteen and it’s the second week of your sophomore year of high school, which you’re still trying to get used to. You’re super short, shy, quiet, a little insecure and frankly, it doesn’t really change a ton when you get older. Especially the shortness. But, you’re kind,…
I have a rather unpopular stance about bullying. I’m definitely an unconventional mom when it comes to this. Prepare yourselves… this is anything but P.C. My stance is that if you are being bullied, go crazy ass, apeshit, nutcase, ninja geek warrior on them. The first time you feel the…
Dear Teen Mary, Yeah, it’s me again, coming at you from the future. I bet you thought you’d heard the last of me when I embarrassed you by publishing our last letter in the Dear Teen Me Anthology. You were wrong (even though that prior letter pointed out how right…
Dear Teen Rebekah, You’ve just made the freshman cheerleading squad the summer before ninth grade. You’re super excited. Cheerleading is your LIFE. You live. Breathe. Eat cheerleading. But your parents are going to pretty much ruin your life when they tell you that they’ve lost the house and you have…
Dear Teen Me, Don’t worry, things won’t always be this way. You know Mark? Yeah, the chowderhead who uses you as his own personal punching bag. He thinks he’s pretty cool smacking you around, doesn’t he? Tries to make you feel weak and stupid. That’s what bullies do. You’d like…
Dear teen Jus, You’re familiar with bullies. A little on the quirky side, no one really gets you. As you get older, you’ll realize that people have a hard time accepting things they don’t understand. People who are different from them. And you my dear, are an original. Right now…
Dear Teen Me, Please, please, stop thinking about becoming a drug dealer. I know you’re thinking about it because your scumbag father became a pathetic cliché and left you and your mom for his secretary. I know you’re thinking about it because you’re so poor that you sometimes have to…