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Anyone can write in with their problem. I respond to a few letters each week. You can also read my advice to people who have similar problems to you.

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My embarrassing day

ye me and my 2 friends went to my crush and I told him J liked him tben ran away I cane back and my friend told me he...

What my friend said

So ive been incecure about my body since forever and i started getting better and better and until a few weeks ago i ...

i feel ashamed

hi sam, i am 15 and a lesbian and i feel really ashamed. whenever people bring up gay people it makes me feel uneasy ...

Intrusive thoughts

Hi Sam, Recently i’ve been worried about something that I know doesn’t matter but i keep thinking about it. Basically...

Help

i havent been doing great ive been crying all night something stopping me from asking for help do you have suggestions

How do u cope

my mum is horrible and never loved me etc and now i don't know how to cope i get so attached to any adult figure that...

Message from Sam

You can write to me about anything you want and I read every single message sent. I can only reply to a few each week and I always do this in public on my page. I’m sorry if I don’t answer your letter but it’s likely there are others just like it that I have answered before. If you want a definite response or need support then talking to a Childline counsellor is the best way to do that.

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arguing

I am sad because every night my mum and dad argue and my little sister gets frightend and comes into my room I am rea...

Please help

In my family we have been alright until 2011 cause my dad lost his job due to medical reasons and then we couldn't pa...

Arguments

Hi Sam, I come from quite a big familly and one of my brothers is a full time chorister. I am the eldest. All my fami...

My dad

I feel bad about this, but I don't love my dad. He annoys me by just talking and he is so irresponsible. He makes me ...

being in care

Hi my name S* and am 16 years old I just been put in care befor Christmas I get really badly bullied but saying that ...

Parents not at home

I am really very  afraid coz my parents are not at home. They had to go out for some impotant work but sometimes don'...

Feelings

i want to tell my parents how i really feel about everything but sometimes i stop myself from telling them because i ...

My parents

Hi, im 14 and i have a younger brother who is 11. For the past 6 months, i havent felt like ive been coping well. My ...

Hi Sam

It's coming towards Christmas,and I'm quite worried because theirs a lot of drinking involved and when my dad drinks ...

My mum drinks all the time

I can't remember the last time my mum was acting kind twards me. When she picks me up from school her eyes look all s...

Christmas in hospital

last year i spent christmas in hospital. it wasn't weird for me because i hadn't actually been home since october. bu...

My Mum

Dear Sam I am 12 and my mum and step-dad split up a couple of months ago. I hated him and I was finnaly happy when th...

Arguments

Me and my mum are forever getting into arguments. Most of the time it starts as a stupid little issue, and goes downh...

Bill Probems

I am 13 and i live with my mum, 2 of my brothers and one of my sisters. My mum crys most days and she always feels do...

Invasion of privacy

My mum and dad wont give me any privacy. They are constantly in my business they yell at me for everything i do, the...

Now

When I was younger my mum was an alcoholic and it I remember only that from being smaller. I don't know if it has aff...

My mum

Dear Sam, I've had trouble coping with my parents lately. My dad lives overseas while I live in England. I only get ...

About my father

I have a father who loves to use a credit card, even though his salary was enough to pay for our family. until finall...

i keep on wetting the bed

i am 13 i keep on wetting the bed and i am sceard that my friends will find out becaces they wont me to stay round th...

sleep :(

I cant sleep at night and I live with my dad and I go downstairs to tell him but he basically says go away it makes m...

family problems

hey, its been happening to me quite a lot but now i just cant take it anymore, my mum takes all her anger out me, she...

my only friend is my dog

hi i am 14 i losted my mum when i was 12 i miss her lots well i had lots of friends but when my mum died i lots all...

HELP ME!

im 10 years old and i get abuse i dont like to talk about it but i really need help ... im not aloud to call on the p...