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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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You can ask me about anything you want, there's nothing too big or small. I read every single letter but I can only answer a few each week. My replies are published here on my page.

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  • Sam reads every letter, but can only respond to a few each week
  • Sam's replies are public, never private, so others can read them
  • Sam will remove personal info from your letter to keep it anonymous
  • if yours is chosen, you'll see it under one of the topics below
  • if you need support now or want to talk privately, contact a Childline counsellor.

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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i dont know if im being abusd

Hello Ever since my mom had a stoke she's been different she calls me names and trenten to kill me or punch me or hur...

She touches me

Hi Sam I am 8 and my mum is a childminder and she used to look after a 10 year old but doesnt any more because she ...

Scared to get a taxi to school

On a Tuesday and Thursday I get a taxi to school, it's a taxi conpanie that takes children to school. But every time ...

my uncle is creepy

Hi sam, so basically i thought i would just talk to you about what is happening and get your view in it. so im a girl...

social workers

I have a social worker who comes to my house weekly. sometimes when he come I get scared that he take us away from my...

Stalking

Hi, i dont see my biologiacal dad after 8-10 years of him abuseing me but now he seams to be stalking me, hes makeing...

crap life

I am a 15 year old male who has not had anything good come out of life , my brother went prison , my mum Kicked my da...

Parents

Dear Sam.i am 13 years old and currently live with my grandad. My parent have divorced and my 1 sister lives with my ...

My mum hits me

My mum always blames stuff on me she knows I haven't done she hits me and punches me secretly when I'm out in public ...

Help please

I'm a 16 year old male, and I've been getting verbally and physically abused by my mom and dad since I was 5, I'm sca...

Scared of my Family

I've been scared of my family my whole life... scared of them beating me mostly, even though they haven't ever actual...

my granddad

my name is s***** when i was 8-9 years old my grandad sexually abused me and ever since he has been groaping me, pa...

Mom

i am experiencing a hard time living at hom with my mom ever since she was caught cheating on my dad with another man...

sexual abuse

My name is C** and I am 15 years of age. Around four years ago when i first moved in with my stepfather, he would sne...

my family problems

recently I have been feeling extremely depressed about a lot of things but mainly my brother who last year on the 30t...

fire

I am really scared in case there is a fire in our house. I love my family so much, and I don't want anyone to get hur...

Family problems

I've been having a few problems at home, my mum don't know how to control her anger and she takes her anger out on me...

Family problem

Dear Sam , i'm 15 , when i was young my mom allowed me to practice taekwondo but now my mom says taekwondo is not for...

Foster care

I have recently been placed in foster care because my mum wasn't able to care for me but I feel really upset and angr...