What’s in your backpack? Textbooks? Cell phone? Water bottle? Sneakers? Science project? Gym clothes? Musical instrument? If you’re anything like the kids we interviewed, we bet it’s all of the above.

In kindergarten, kids collect best friends like they’re M&M’s – the more the better! As you get older, though, your friendships change. You like to do different activities. Your favorite foods change.

Let’s face it, when it comes to choosing an adjective to describe how you want to look, sexy is not a bad one! The problem is defining exactly what you mean. What is sexy varies by age group, socio-economic class, and religious affiliation.

Envy and jealousy can make you crazy. Envy is wanting what another person has: If your best friend has a great boyfriend, you could be happy for her, AND want your OWN great boyfriend (not necessarily hers…). We all have envy now and then.

Maybe there’s a guy in class you really like a lot but you’re not sure he even knows you exist. Or perhaps there’s one who is kind of shy… and seems like he’d make a good friend. Or one who is really smart who you kind of admire. If they were girls, …

For some people, going into a new grade is a hard thing to do. Some of you girls who are reading this right now are probably even going into a new school. If you want to survive, there are three things to keep in mind; have great friends by your side, …

With just a few weeks left to summer, it’s time to start thinking about one of the highlights of this time of year…shopping for a new back-to-school wardrobe! The problem this fall is with parents really suffering from the frightening cost of gas and…

Sometimes it might seem like all your girl friends talk about is boys – which girls like which boys, which boys like which girls, who the cutest boys in the class are. Maybe you think it’s boring.

Stephanie is stuck in a rut. She knows she seems bland and uninteresting since she lost the election for class president but her ego was badly bruised. In her room, watching reruns and eating Rice Krispy Treats, no one laughs at her defeat.

Thousands of songs have been composed about tears and almost every movie worth remembering stimulates their flow. We cry for all different reasons… whenever what we’re feeling transcends what language can do.