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Anyone can write in with their problem. I respond to a few letters each week. You can also read my advice to people who have similar problems to you.

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You can ask me about anything you want, there's nothing too big or small. I read every single letter but I can only answer a few each week. My replies are published here on my page.

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  • Sam reads every letter, but can only respond to a few each week
  • Sam's replies are public, never private, so others can read them
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  • if yours is chosen, you'll see it under one of the topics below
  • if you need support now or want to talk privately, contact a Childline counsellor.

latest letters

My embarrassing day

ye me and my 2 friends went to my crush and I told him J liked him tben ran away I cane back and my friend told me he...

What my friend said

So ive been incecure about my body since forever and i started getting better and better and until a few weeks ago i ...

i feel ashamed

hi sam, i am 15 and a lesbian and i feel really ashamed. whenever people bring up gay people it makes me feel uneasy ...

Intrusive thoughts

Hi Sam, Recently i’ve been worried about something that I know doesn’t matter but i keep thinking about it. Basically...

Help

i havent been doing great ive been crying all night something stopping me from asking for help do you have suggestions

How do u cope

my mum is horrible and never loved me etc and now i don't know how to cope i get so attached to any adult figure that...

Message from Sam

You can write to me about anything you want and I read every single message sent. I can only reply to a few each week and I always do this in public on my page. I’m sorry if I don’t answer your letter but it’s likely there are others just like it that I have answered before. If you want a definite response or need support then talking to a Childline counsellor is the best way to do that.

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Going out

I like a guy and I think he likes me. I've got a feeling he could ask me out any minute. The problem is my parents an...

Family

I've been in foster carer for 5 years and nearly 6 year coming in March my foster family are very strict and I have n...

My cousin tries to touch me

Hi Sam, My cousin sometimes makes me feel uncomfterble. A few weeks ago my cousin said he wants to massage me. He ma...

i need advice about privacy

I am a 16 year old and im finding it hard to be happy at home. Because i work i have to pay money towards the house b...

Family

Im a fifteen year old girl and my parents never let me go out with my friends, i have tried so much talking to them b...

i don't believe in god...

I was born and raised a Jehovah's Witness. From a young age I was taught about god. But now at the age of 12, I'm hav...

Feeling trapped

I know my parents love me but I find it hard to live with them. I'm now 16 but I dont feel like I have any freedom an...

Im not allowed a boyfriend

Soryy to bother you, but this is something that bothers me every day; its always stuck in my head. Im 13 and i really...

Me lying

From a young age i have told little white lies to try and get out of things. I always try and get away with it but i ...

no freedom, no life

I just wanted to write to get some advice on a family issue with my parents. My dad is a muslim and my mum is non rel...

Hello

I'm an 9 aged child and I've got an problem. Everyone in my school is saying that I've got an boyfriend and I don't. ...

Cruelty

My mum is saying that I have to get a level 6 in my reading if I want a new keyboard. I understand that it is really ...

embarrased

Hi, I'm a 11 year old boy who has a problem with my parents not letting me go things that all my friends can. I have ...

Online billing and going over

Hello, I'd really like some help right now but I'm not sure if this is the right place to be for this sort of thing. ...

Forcing religoen?

Ive been brought up to be a christian, but ever since obe of my pets died even tho i prayed and prayed for him to mak...

Am I a young carer?

Hi Sam,I often help a lot to look after my little five year old brother who is autistic. I know my mum relies a lot o...

Pierceing

Hey im 14 , my step sister is the same age as me and we have to share a room. no matter how much i try make conversat...

Mum

My mum treats me like a child even though i am 17, she wont allow me to do certain things like going out with friends...

headscarf

i don't want to wear a headscarf but i have to. when i started a year ago, it was my choice. but now i want to take i...

seperation

my parents have been on and off, they said they were getting a divorce a few years back and then the next day they li...

marriage but studying

hi sam, you seem younger than the other consellors so i wanted to have your advice if that cool.im expected to get ma...