Jennifer and Kate had been friends since seventh grade but around the time they started their freshman year of high school, Jennifer noticed some changes in Kate.
Kate seemed more quiet and withdrawn than she had been previously. They still hung out together but not as often as they used to.
Kate also gained twenty pounds in a few weeks and complained of aches and pains a lot. She teared up a lot and more than once, Jennifer had found Kate crying in the bathroom. Click to Continue →
Laura’s boyfriend, Mark, was going away on a camping trip with his buddies. They had been dating for around five months and Laura trusted Mark, so she texted him a racy photo of herself.
When Mark got out to pump gas, he left his phone in the car. One of Mark’s friends found the picture and forwarded it to all of Mark’s contacts. Within hours, every person at her high school had seen the suggestive photo of Laura. Click to Continue →
Josh and Ava met on a youth group outing to the movies. There was an instant spark, a connection between them. They exchanged phone numbers after the movie and Josh texted her the next day.
They texted for a couple of weeks before Josh got up the nerve to ask her out. Josh was a great guy but there were little things about their relationship that bothered Ava.
Once when she was out with friends at a local skating rink, Ava didn’t hear her cell phone ring and missed three calls from Josh. When she finally called him back, Josh insisted she was cheating on him. Click to Continue →
When I was a teenager, my mom was pretty relaxed. I got to do almost everything I wanted to do.
She’d let me read the books I wanted to, listen to the music I liked, and watch the movies I chose.
My friends were jealous. Their parents had a lot more rules than mine did.
What was the deal? Is it just that some parents are more relaxed than others? Click to Continue →