Q. I’m freaking out. April’s coming, I’m nervous about PSSA tests. I hate them. They’re long. You can’t study for them, not really. And everything – I mean everything – rides on them. I want to go to college. My mom always tells me how proud she is of me. She didn’t get to go to ...
Author’s note: This column is a followup to last week’s Ask Mary Jo, where a father brought to my attention the toxic masculinity environment on some video gaming sites. After speaking with teens in our programs and at our Common Ground Teen Center, I concluded more research into the topic ...
Q. I’m not bragging but I’m a great athlete. I work hard at it. I play a school sport every season – football in the fall, basketball over winter, and baseball in the spring. I’ve been involved with sports as long as I can remember. I played soccer as a four-year old! I’m a junior now ...
I wrote my first Ask Mary Jo column in January 2005. In honor of those 20 years, I’m responding to a few of the questions I’ve received about writing this column. Q. What do you do when you receive a question from a teen? Mary Jo’s Response: I always respond with the best answer I can ...
Q. How do I keep my relationship without having sex? I don’t think I’m ready, but I don’t want to lose him. – 16-year-old Mary Jo’s response: I love your ...
Q. I overheard my mom and my uncle talking. I wasn’t supposed to be there. They said this may be the last Christmas we’ll have with my grandma. She must be really sick. Since I heard them, I can’t think of anything else. My grandma is the best person I know. No one else makes me feel so ...
