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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.

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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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my brother

I'm 16 years old and my 22 year old brother calls me and my mum bad names. He often gets angry and breaks things. He ...

Physical abuse at home

Hi my mum is always on my sisters side just because she is older thn me (she us 16 and I'm 11) today I was downstairs...

why does my hate me

I'm 15 and I only have my mum I live with my mum and her partner and mt younger sister and brother I feel that she os...

my family always argue

I am having quite a rough time at the moment and I can't figure out what to do. My mum and dad are always arguing and...

My sister wreastles with me

I am older than my sister, but smaller. She wreastles with me and it hurts, but I don't want to tell her that it hurt...

Mum and Dad

Hi.I have a lot on for a 15 year old. I have depression and asbergers, a brother with asbergers and I also have a sev...

dad is scaring me

i am suffering from anorexia and have been for the past 3 years, i recently got out of a unit, but i'm struggling at ...

Will He Ever Like me?

Dear Sam, Im 16 years old and I have an older brother who is 19, he hates me. I remeber when I was maybe 4 or 5 he u...

stepdad

My mum and stepdad have been married for about 3 years and at first it was okay and stuff but then like a year, maybe...

family

Hi me and mum always are arguing and it really annoys me and recently I have slept at my nans and I love it it gets m...

foster brother

Dear Sam I have this foster brother.he is really annoying but I don't want to keep him what so I do? I think that my...

argueing

my step mum and dad keep arguing (when i sleep at my dads house) and i cant stop thinking about it and its getting in...

i want to run away

I got into an argument with my mums boyfriend i feel like he hates me and is never gonna talk to me again. it seems l...

Family

Hello, I was wondering if you could help me getting through  this my family are constantly fighting and I get reall...

is my sister abusive?

i'm 17 and my parents divorced when i was young. up until a couple of years ago, arguments in my family usually only ...

I can't do this anymore

Never in my entire life I thought I would be on the childline website let alone writing a letter about my problems! B...

My mum just doesn't understand

Im female, 12 years of age. Me and my mum argue a lot about small things, some things I don't even do. After I say so...

my sister and i

my sister and i keep on argueing and my family keep on saying that i am bullying her, its really upsetting to hear th...

mom and dad

I am 13 years old and I live with my mom and dad at the moment. For the past 7 years, my family has done nothing but ...

Mum Troubles

My name is E. Recently my parents have spilt up after my mum cheated on my dad, my mum and me can't even talk with fi...