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Dear Carol

LIFE: Dear Carol

"Dear Carol, I can't stop biting my nails"

Dear Carol, Help! I've been biting my nails since I was 7. There is no more to bite and my nails started hurting. Do you have any advice? –Nail Biter Dear Nail-Biter, Oh man, I was quite a nail-biter myself, and to be 100...
LIFE: Dear Carol

"Dear Carol, Should I confront him with my feelings?"

Dear Carol, I was going out with my boyfriend for almost a year, but we broke up last month. I see him in the halls every day, and every week he’s with a different girl. How am I supposed to move...

LIFE: Dear Carol

"My grades are my priority, but they're taking a toll on my social life"

Dear Carol, I am a really determined person and right now grades are my top priority, but I feel like it is taking a toll on my friendships. –School Problems Dear School Problems, Kudos to you for being aware that doing well in school...
LIFE: Dear Carol

"Dear Carol, I want to meet my real dad"

Dear Carol, My biological father left when my mom was four months pregnant with me. She has a boyfriend she expects me to call Dad and they have been dating for about nine years. He just doesn’t feel like a dad...

LIFE: Dear Carol

This girl's photo session did *not* go as planned...

Dear Carol, Today my family went to take some photos for my mother's 40th birthday and, when we got to single portraits, I didn't get a choice. There was one that I didn't hate, but I was overruled by my dad...
LIFE: Dear Carol

This coffee shop meet-cute was *almost* perfect

Dear Carol, I met this guy at a coffee place and he was super cute and polite, but I didn’t get the chance to ask his name. Should I try to find out his name or just leave it alone? —The...

LIFE: Dear Carol

"Dear Carol, I'm really sad sometimes"

Dear Carol, Lately I've been researching mental disorders because I’m wondering if I have one. When I tell people I have anxiety or depression, they say it’s only hormones. But a lot of teens have disorders. I’m not sure how to...
LIFE: Dear Carol

My friends say I'm a wet blanket. Are they right?

Dear Carol, My friends call me a wet blanket, like I dampen their fun. I’m sad about it. And I’m jealous of my BFF. She is better than I am in all ways. Every guy in school wants her, and I...

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