Love Talk advice on friendships and tough moods
A reader asks how to handle a friend hinting at depression and a crush complicating friendships. The columnist urges telling a trusted adult or counselor, offering hotline options if needed, and advises staying loyal to friends while addressing feelings carefully. Also notes how to respond when a friend admits liking someone and emphasizes lasting friendships.
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Sarah Diederick
Elyria High
Sarah
the Chronicle
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Elyria
Ohio
Veggie revival: teen adopts vegan diet and cooks for friends
Miranda Carr, 17, went vegan seven years ago against family meat habits and now hosts late night meals for friends featuring guacamole, tofu, rice, and salad. Health notes from studies on vegetarian teens show higher dieting and vomiting reports but emphasize protein, iron, and calcium needs with varied diet and surrogate sources. Nutritionists advise vigilance and guidance to ensure balanced intake.
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Miranda Carr
Carr
Jean Eilers
Eilers
University of Minnesota
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Minnesota
Teen guidebooks aid teens choosing vegetarian diets
The Star Tribune notes resources to help families adopt vegetarian eating. It cites A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian by Judy Krizmanic from Puffin Books 1994 at $9.99 and The Vegetarian Way by Virginia and Mark Messina from Crown Publishing 1996 at $35, plus The Vegetarian Resource Group website.
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Judy
Virginia and
Mark Messina
Crown Publishing
Manual High School helps a 14 year old gain study power
Denver students Chris Gilmer and Yesenia Garcia benefited from Manual High School’s reform of fewer longer classes in two core subjects each semester. AVID supports are helping them aim for college while boosting reading growth by more than two years. Chris, with standout English work, shows inner drive to reach 10th grade level and beyond.
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Chris Gilmer
Manual High
Chris
Yesenia Garcia
Manual
Yesenia
AVID
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