Category Archives: Advice

Forward this to your Mom or Dad: How THEY can Handle YOUR first Heartbreak

Heartbreak. It’s something that happens to all of us. But that doesn’t make it any easier, especially not when you’re right in the middle of it. My first real heartbreak (aside from my little girl crush on Robbie, an older boy who lived down the street) was in high school. I broke up with my [...]

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Talking About Pressure from Boys in TWIST magazine

I’m so excited to be in the March 2011 issue of TWIST magazine (yes, that’s Justin Beiber on the cover).  They contacted me and asked me to answer some reader questions about pressures from guys, all asked by girls like you. Since it’s a tough world out there and YOU WEAR THE PANTS, I think [...]

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dear Sarah: Talking Periods…with Mom

Your Question: I know a question like this has already been asked, but I really need some help! I just got my period and I don’t want to tell my mom. I know she’s been in the same position as me – when she was my age – but I know that she’ll make a [...]

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dear Sarah: How to Make Friends (and Not Worry About Influencing People)

Your Question: I don’t have many friends, and one of my friends moved. I only have a few friends at school. I don’t want to go into the lunch room at school and sit all by myself. What should I do, and how do I make more friends. I want to be more confident, outgoing, [...]

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dear Sarah: To Tell or Not to Tell?

Your Question: I have a friend who just starting going out with this girl. We have become very close friends but I recently found out she has been cheating on him this whole time. Should I be honest with my friend I’ve known forever or not tell him because I don’t want to break his [...]

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dear Sarah: When a Guy Bails Without Even Breaking Up with You

dear Sarah, A guy recently broke up with me without ACTUALLY breaking up with me… it made me feel completely worthless and unwanted. He didn’t even tell me to my face that he didn’t want to see me anymore, he just ignored me completely. I’m pretty sure the reason he did this was because he [...]

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When Boy-Girl Relationships Start to Mean Something Different to Parents

I recently did an interview with a very cool journalist, Myrna Haskell, who has a parenting column that runs in 10 different states. She asked smart questions, all from the parents point-of-view, about what do to when your teenager starts being interested in (gasp!) the opposite sex. Since we’ve all been there (even the parents!), [...]

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dear sarah: The Pressure to be “Beautiful” is TOO much

Dear Sarah, For a long time I really didn’t think I was pretty. In fact, I thought I was really ugly, and I had really low self-esteem. For a while I didn’t really think about it all that much, but now it keeps replaying in my head. I feel as if none of the boys [...]

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dear sarah: I’m Falling for a Family Friend…

What do you do when you fall for a friend? And what if that friend happens to also be a family friend – as in, you know his parents, his parents know your parents, and they would all know if you suddenly started dating said friend? Here’s how to deal… (from my latest column with [...]

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Lesson Learned on the Subway: Enjoy the Moment

This post is going to make me sound old. But I don’t care. I’m going to write it anyway. Let me set the scene for you: Saturday night on the E train, going from Queens (rock on!) to Manhattan for a house party. Ok, so I’m not that lame but I’m also not done yet. [...]

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