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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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latest letters

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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Rights in School

Hello, I'm a 13 year old (in year 9 at school ) and I'm a lesbian nobody knows but I am going to tell my parent very ...

i need your help

ok so hi sam im a**** and i have changed my personality from girly to emo/punk i have been wearing darker make up cha...

Foster Care

Dear Sam, I have a friend that is in foster care and i'm really concerned with how she is coping. Before going into ...

Money

I am a 14 year old boy my parents won't give me pocket money that's fine, I'm in need of money so I can go out with m...

my sexuality and my mum

in November i told my Mom i was Gay and within a day she had packed my bags and asked me to leave, i am 16 years old ...

Christmas in Care

i have only just gone into care its a weird place i am in a group home and will probs be there for christmas. i dont ...

sexual abuse?

hiya sam, basically what happened was 2days ago i felt forced into doing ''stuff' with this boy. ive never really sp...

Privacy

Last night, i found out that my dad went through my phone, and i mean he went through everything. Every message, emai...

I feel very left out

My family are always leaving me out of conversations and say it's because she has more potentail(sorry if i spelt tha...

Domestic abuse

My dad got taken away from me when I was a baby for domestic abuse against my mum. I got told that when I am 13 I can...

Social sevices

Okay so recently i have been talking to a man.I didnt realise that.In a sexual way.The police are involed and are try...

Hair colour

just a small thing i was wondering about, nothing big. i have been wanting to dye my hair pink, im 16. but mum says i...

help please

i want to see the doctors without parents knowin. im 13. i may have a mental disorder. where do i go. like what do i...

Where do I go now?

Hey Sam, So, I've spent my life seeing different counsellors and CAMHS and basically they have all decided they don...

Discrimination

Hii have been discriminated against for ages in school because of a speach impediment ihave. everyone is saying it is...

I hate myself.

Growing up I was really happy and confident and wouldn’t care about what people thought of me. Since I’ve started sec...

Can I move?

Hi sam I'm R* I've been in care for ten years now and I'm 16 now I feel I have to get out of care and move on my own ...

Pubity

Hi I'm ten and going through pubity and don't know what to do I'm the first one in my class of the girls and need som...

Is this right?

My mum dosnt feed me and favitises over my brother, Shes too lazy and usarally drunk on the weekend to feed me, but a...

Trying to get help?

I've decided I want to get help because of my low moods and self harming. I went to the doctor a couple of days ago a...

my Dad

hello sam, my parents have split up since i was in year 1 and im in year 7 now i was wondering what rights i have to ...

I worry A LOT

I'm ten and I worry a lot .... I don’t know why but when my mum and dad go out I get really worried and think they wi...

Adoption

Hello sam, my name is N*, i was adopted from India when i was a baby and i feel as if i am giving my adoption parent...

adoption2

hi my nane is b and i am wondering what is the prosses of adoption is it were your perents find out and get chance to...