Hey Brandon, I really need help! My parents are getting a divorce! I've been staying up past midnight, reading books on divorce, like It's Not The End Of The World by Judy Blume. But it IS the end of the world! My mom's taking my siblings and me to Las Vegas! That's like...a thousand miles Read More
MY PARENTS WON’T STOP FIGHTING!
Dear Brandon,I NEED YOUR HELP! My parents won't stop fighting and it's scaring me! They scream at each other and I always distract them and put them in different rooms to cool things off, but it doesn’t work! Sometimes, my parents even threaten to split up, but a week later they forget Read More
MY DAD IS DATING MY 5TH GRADE TEACHER!!!!
What's up, Brandon! I have a major issue. My former 5th grade teacher is—gulp—dating my DAD!!! My father thinks that since I already know her, it's not as strange as him dating someone totally new...but it IS! Whenever she's over for dinner, it gets SUPER awkward!!! I'm getting REALLY Read More
I FORGOT MY FAMILY’S LANGUAGE!!
Hey Brandon,My family is from El Salvador, so my parents speak Spanish. My siblings and I are supposed to speak it at home, but I've adapted to English so much that I can't speak it very well! Even tutoring doesn't help, and my parents are starting to get pretty annoyed with me. Please Read More
My Parents Won’t Give Me an Allowance!
Dear Brandon,I can’t seem to get my parents to give me an allowance. At my school, everyone has an allowance and it seems to me that I’m the only one who doesn’t have one. Please help! Penniless Hey Penniless! Isn’t it the worst when you think you’re the only one who doesn’t have Read More
MY DAD READ MY DIARY!!!
Dear Nikki, OMG!! You are NEVER going to believe this!! My DAD read my diary!!! And even worse, we just had a fight, so the most recent entries were all about how mad I was at him! He went into my room when I was at school and read it and confronted me about what I wrote when I got home! Read More