Hey, Cherie! from Creators Syndicate

Handcuffs and a Whip Make Teen Sexually Distraught for 05/24/2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

I'm 16, and I live in Texas (don't say my town please). I've hung with girls before but haven't been serious with anyone until the girl I'm seeing now, Mira. I would hear people talk about love, but I just thought it was something I'd experience down the road, like in college. But then there it was, right under my nose.

Mira lives right down the street from me. I alw ...

Updated: Thu May 24, 2012

How to Keep Your Friends And Not Lose Yourself for 05/17/2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

I'm a 15-year-old girl and I used to be really happy. I live in a nice neighborhood outside of Boston. My parents are cool and have great jobs, and our house is really big and pretty. All my friends used to love to come over and hang out on my porch. Other kids would bike by just to see who was hanging out. I used to have these awesome sleepovers with my three best friends. ...

Updated: Thu May 17, 2012

My Mom, My Son, Myself: Happy Mother's Day! for 05/10/2012

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Readers!

Those of you who have been so kind — not to mention loyal! — and have been reading my column for years may recall that a few years back I did a Mother's Day column with my own mom. Let me tell you a little about her. After getting pregnant at 18, she dropped out of college, got married, and raised a family — my brothers and me.

When my parents divo ...

Updated: Thu May 10, 2012

Teen Mom Millions for 05/03/2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

Hello. My name is Bailey and I live in Maine. I'm almost 16 and have a very level head on my shoulders. I come from a good family. No one is an alcoholic or abusive or anything like that. The only thing I've ever heard my parents fight about is money. My dad got his hours cut because a lot of the work from his plant was moved overseas, where they can pay people a fraction of ...

Updated: Thu May 03, 2012

Teen Drinks Hand Sanitizer for 04/26/2012

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Readers!

I got two similar letters this week on the same subject, though I'm only printing one here to save space. The letters came from completely different parts of the country; one was from a girl and one was from a guy. Since it was a subject I've never been asked about before, which hardly ever happens, and I had only vaguely ever heard about it, I decided to do some research. ...

Updated: Thu Apr 26, 2012

Tween Worries Over Body for 04/19/2012

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

I'm 12 years old. I hope that isn't too young to write to you, so here goes.

When I was a little kid, I was just a normal weight, not skinny and not fat. I never really thought about my weight, and I thought I looked OK. Like people would say I had a nice smile or that I had pretty blue eyes. So I have a best friend, Lisa, who has been my best friend since first grad ...

Updated: Thu Apr 19, 2012

My Boyfriend Is Rich for 04/13/2012

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey Cherie!

I am a girl, 15, and I need some advice about my boyfriend. He is the first serious boyfriend I ever had. He is 16. I met him at a party at my cousin's house, which is a different neighborhood than the one I live in. My cousin, Devon, is my father's brother's son. My boyfriend, Jason, is Devon's best friend. Devon's family is much richer than my family. He and Jason live in a ...

Updated: Fri Apr 13, 2012

I Think My Birthmark Makes Me Ugly for 04/05/2012

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

This is a sad and mad letter, so I know you won't use it, but I don't have anyone else to talk to. I'm a 14-year-old girl who is just finishing eighth grade. I have always lived in the same neighborhood and gone to the same school, so everyone thinks they know me, but really no one knows me.

I was born with what is called a port wine stain on one side of my face. Fro ...

Updated: Thu Apr 05, 2012

Stealing Mom's Pain Pills Is Not OK for 03/29/2012

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

I have a major problem, and please answer fast by email because I can't wait for the newspaper to come out. So here's the deal, and it's not my fault. My mom has this illness, and there's no cure for it. I forget what it's called. It doesn't kill you or anything, but it makes her joints hurt and makes her tired and stuff.

So anyway, one day she couldn't open her left ...

Updated: Thu Mar 29, 2012

Teenage Girl Watches Playboy for 03/22/2012

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

I am age 13. I've never written to you before, and I never thought I would, but I don't know whom to ask. This question is a little personal. OK, here goes. Well, we get the Playboy channel at my house, and my little sister and I were watching it. It turned out every girl I saw on the program shaved down there and no one had any hair. My little sister, who is 7, even said th ...

Updated: Thu Mar 22, 2012

Best Friend Might be Deported for 03/15/2012

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Hey, Cherie!

I am in a fight with my parents over my best friend, Maia. We are both 15. My parents have known Maia since she was 8 and she and her aunt moved into our neighborhood. Her parents died in an accident a long time ago.

Maia and I both love art, so we had this in common from the beginning. We have always been the best art students, and last year, we both got picked to t ...

Updated: Thu Mar 15, 2012

Political War Wages at the Dinner Table for 03/08/2012

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I'm a 14-year-old girl who is interested in politics. I don't know anyone else my age who is interested in national politics. It's not like I can vote! I wish I could because I think I am more informed than a lot of adults who don't even think about it or just believe what they hear in an ad or don't even bother to vote at all!

Anyway, the reason I am writing to you ...

Updated: Thu Mar 08, 2012

Teens Speak out on Ohio School Shooting for 03/01/2012

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey Readers!

I'm sure you're as heartsick as I am about the recent shooting at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio. Questions abound: Was the alleged shooter, T.J. Lane, bullied by the kids he shot? Is he mentally ill and just happened to pick out these people? What was going on in the mind of this teen boy, who allegedly stole his uncle's gun, brought it to a school he did not attend a ...

Updated: Thu Mar 01, 2012

Hippie Parents Are Not Hip for 02/23/2012

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I need your help, like, desperately. I'm 13. My mom didn't marry my dad until she was 45, and she gave birth to me when she was 47. My dad was 50! So now my mom is 58, and my dad is 63. They are old enough to be my grandparents, but they look old enough to be my great grandparents!

Like, they don't do anything to try and look younger or anything. My mom's hair is all ...

Updated: Thu Feb 23, 2012

Teen Asks: Is it Home or Prison? for 02/16/2012

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I used to live in a happy home. Even if I had a really bad day, like if a cool girl made fun of my hair, or if I had a big fight with my best friend, or I didn't get a part in the school play (All of this actually happened to me), I got to come home, relax and just be myself. This is how our home used to be. It was just my dad, my big sister, who is 17, my big brother, who i ...

Updated: Thu Feb 16, 2012

Funny Valentine Isn't So Funny for 02/09/2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I read this book you wrote, "Searching for David's Heart." It was a really good book. The guy in it, Sam, reminded me of myself. Like how he's smart and weird and kids dis him because he's short. I'm the shortest guy in the entire eighth grade. You just made Sam up, right? So I figured maybe I could confide in you and you would understand. So here goes.

Ever ...

Updated: Thu Feb 09, 2012

Teen Wants to Pursue a Different Path for 01/26/2012

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

What do you do when your parents don't approve of your career goals?

I am 17 years old, and I love clothes. Not just buying them and wearing them myself, but helping my friends choose outfits and accessories, seeing how garments are constructed, checking out different materials, etc. Everything there is about clothes, I'm into! I know how to sew and made my o ...

Updated: Thu Jan 26, 2012

Rumors Leave Teen Feeling Alone for 01/19/2012

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I am a 17-year-old senior in high school. I enjoy doing all the things that you do in your last year of high school like going to lots of parties, playing volleyball and hanging out with my friends. Then over the winter break, a girl who I thought was my friend started a terrible rumor about me and one of my friends' boyfriends, saying we "hooked up" one night at a ...

Updated: Thu Jan 19, 2012

Parents Say No to Cellphone for 01/12/2012

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I am 12 years old, and I still don't have a cellphone! My parents have cellphones, all my friends have one and even my little cousin who is 8 has one!

My parents think it's not necessary for me to have one yet. I think they listen to what their friends say about their kids and texting and stuff, or what is on the news about kids and cellphones. I tell them all the tim ...

Updated: Thu Jan 12, 2012

Teen Developing Too Early? for 01/05/2012

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Hey, Cherie!

I have a problem that I doubt you can help with, but I still want your advice. I am almost 12 years old, and I have started developing way before my friends. Like I have been wearing a real bra since school last year, and my breasts keep growing! Like really fast — ridiculously fast. My mother says that the same thing happened to my aunt when they were kids, and she ha ...

Updated: Thu Jan 05, 2012