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Hi, I'm Sam and you can send me letters about things that make life difficult.

Thursday 4 February - This week I've been getting lots of letters about problems with friends and school. I've answered some of these below and I hope they help. Next week I'll be looking at bullying, so if you are having problems with bullying, send in your letters to me and I'll try to help.

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Hi I'm changing schools

Hi I'm changing schools

Hello

Im 10 and im moving school in the summer to the other end of the country and wont have anyone i know there.

The worst part is that i will be going straight to secondry school from primary im really scared.

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Quick question

Quick question

i was wondering if  the following things that i mention should be solved with calling childline threatening to slap round the face , hitting on the legs, causing a bruize shouting in the face well spitting to.

but some family members think thatt normal and i should get silly over it but i think that i might disapoint my family but speaking to you can you help thank you  

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Relationships

Relationships

i love my boyfriend so much, he wants to marry me when im 16, which is in about 7 months, i want to marry him too but i dont think my mum will say yes, he's 18 but by the time im 16 he'l be 19, i dunno what to do cause i wanna marry him and i know how much of a commitment it would be but i love him, iv been with a good couple of people and iv never felt this strongly about anyone or anything before, how can i convince my mum to say yes to us getting married?

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Mum's new partner

Mum's new partner

My Mum is divorced from my Dad but I share my time with both of them.  My Mum's partner keeps going on about how my Dad doesn't care about me and it is really making me angry.  I know that my Dad does care about me but things are bad between my Dad and my Mum's partner and sometimes things get awkward.  I know he is only saying these things to make me hate my Dad. Mum is always arguing with her partner about the things he says to me and it is really getting me down i can't say anything to my Dad as it would upset him.  The best thing would be to live with my Dad but don't want to leave my Mum on her own.

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I'm being bullied at home

I'm being bullied at home

hi i wanted to ask you something. i am 11 and have already been into care but now i am back home and its worse. my mum bullies me more. before i got abused all my life getting smacked. but now she always swears at me calls me names and i dont know what to do 

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