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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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Mum

My mum treats me like a child even though i am 17, she wont allow me to do certain things like going out with friends...

headscarf

i don't want to wear a headscarf but i have to. when i started a year ago, it was my choice. but now i want to take i...

seperation

my parents have been on and off, they said they were getting a divorce a few years back and then the next day they li...

marriage but studying

hi sam, you seem younger than the other consellors so i wanted to have your advice if that cool.im expected to get ma...

Kicked Out

I'm 17 years old and I'm currently doing AS exams. I'm still in denial with my parfents and family. I've been given w...

Uncomfortable around family

Hi Sam Sometimes I feel uncomfortable around family, mainly with cousins, aunts and uncles. I find that I can't talk...

Step mum

My mum and dad broke up when I was around 5, they had three children, me, my older sister and my younger sister. My m...

all my fault?

My mum and dad split up a year ago and I feel that it is all my fault and I feel everyone blames me. Also I think the...

Moving out

I live with my mum on one week and with my dad on one week and vice versa. I don't really like my mum because she was...

Mum

My mum says that I dont apreciate anything and that if I move in with my dad she will disown me and never talk to me ...

Christmas

Hi Sam, I really want some advice. This Christmas will be the first Christmas without my mum and my sister who I was ...

I don't think I can go on

Hi Sam  I'm 16 I currently live with my parents and 3 younger sisters. Over the last few months my parent have began ...

want to live with dad

I am a 14yr girl and I don't know what to do anymore. My parents got divorced when I was about one, but my problems w...

I don't think I can go on

Hi Sam  I'm 16 I currently live with my parents and 3 younger sisters. Over the last few months my parent have began ...

Family

Hi Sam my mum and dad have split up about three years so and I haven't seen my dad in two years he just said he was g...

Divorce

Hi Sam, I am in desperate need of advice, my mum & step dad have been fighting on & off for a year now but o...

Mum and dad

Hi ! Thank you for taking the time to read this! So my mum and dad had an argument today and I'm really upset! My mum...

Moving House

Hi Sam,My parents have been separated for about six years now and we have an arrangement that I have to stay at each ...

Got a job

My parents split up a while back, but havent sorted out the money yet. I live with my disabled mum, and her benefits ...

parents are getting divorced

hi sam i have a question for you. can you help me please cause my mum and dad are constonaly aruging and they are dra...

Seperation

My Parents have recently seperated and i have found this really hard. My grades have gone down loads aswell. As we ar...