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LIFE: Dear Carol

Midteen crisis

Ever since high school started, it suddenly hit me. I have only four more years until I’m an adult! I still have so much to do, and there’s no time. It just doesn’t feel like I’ve done enough or accomplished...
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Crochet All the Way

Thirteen-year-old Victoria goes to school, hangs out with friends and does all the normal things a girl at her age would. But on top of all that, Victoria started crocheting and has taken it to a whole new level. She...

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Snag that dream job: I wanna...be a teacher

Casey Marie, a 22-year-old from Silver Spring, Maryland, is a brilliant young woman on the path to changing the lives of young adults everywhere. Casey attended the one and only Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is now using her...
LIFE: Dear Carol

I'm desperate

I’m 14 and desperately anticipating sex. Enough to where I simulate it. I promised myself I’d stop, but I keep breaking my promise. I keep thinking what my relatives and friends would think. I can’t talk to my parents about...

LIFE: Get Inspired

Infant-Sitting 101

Get lots of infant-sitting gigs? Not sure how to keep ’em happy or whether you know the essentials? Chill out! Here’s your guide to everything baby. Avoid a Cry-Baby Babies constantly need three things: to eat, to have their diaper changed...
LIFE: Tough Stuff

I Always Feel Excluded

I get paranoid whenever I think my friends are doing something without me. I always check on Facebook and if it looks like they've done something without me, I take it personally and wonder if they really like me or...

LIFE: School

Make the grade

Who knew fall would come so soon? You’re back in school, cruising on autopilot, but your mind’s still in summer mode. Gettin’ yourself to focus on work is wayyy harder than you remember. Well, chica, it’s time to shift gears...
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Monisha's Shea Butter

Ever think about getting your hands dirty and making your own beauty product? Meet 15-year-old Monisha White, creator of “Monisha,” a 100 percent natural shea butter. Opportunity Knocks How’d she do it? Monisha explains, “I observed my mother preparing batches...