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My older sister is a goody-goody and gets great grades. She is also great at sports. She doesn't care about boys, makeup and teenager things. My parents expect me to be like her. I stink at sports and get bad grades. How do I tell my parents I don't want to be compared to her?
 
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Remind them that you have different strengths and interests. It's fine to enjoy clothes and crushes. But get a jump start on the new school year. Keep up in class, stay organized with homework and join an after school activity or two, like chorus, band, newspaper, theater, student council or community service. Make it a great new grade!
 
 

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BY CAROL WESTON ON 8/10/2012 2:56:00 PM

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My fathers a total neat freak and until he knows I can keep my room spotless I need help

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My parents say if my room isn't perfectly clean I can't have any sleep I think it's unfair cause I can't keep it perfectly clean unlease I don't touch any thing

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I won't be able to make any friends this year unless you guys help me! I can be a bit hyper, which makes people hate me, but I don't want to change that! How can I get people t stop turning me down?

 

hey! You're right, you shouldn't have to change to get people to like you, but if you're struggling to keep friends maybe you should try asking yourself what exactly about your hyper-ness drives them away? if it's a tendency to talk too much try listening for a day, if you become overly physical with people try keeping that in check and see if anything changes. You don't have to pretend you're someone you're not, just keep in mind that you can always learn from different kinds of social interactions. once you have a group of friends that's close, they're likely to be more forgiving of some over the top hyper-ness every once in a while Smile 


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My family is always calling me "emo" and I'm not. They know it bugs me, but they still keep doing it. Especially my cousin and mom. I just say, "please don't label me, I don't like it," and walk away, but I am very sensitive to that. Is there anything I can do to make them stop? Thank you




Hey girlie, have ya tried talking to your mom about it in private? Sometime when it's just the two of you, explain to her calmly that it hurts your feelings when she calls you "emo." If she realizes that you're serious, she should stop. And same goes for your cousin, although if he or she is younger, it might be a li'l more difficult to get 'em to stop. If that's the case, you might just have to shrug it off 'til they grow up a bit. 
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