Sam, The more that I read: "I do also want to say that, in my book, walking away from these people and places is a form of standing up for yourself. Sometimes disengaging, even when we could technically continue to fight, is the kindest thing we can do for ourselves and is a way of showing we v...

Hi Heather, Right now, and I would have given a very different answer just a year ago, revenge just seems pointless to me. Getting a year of college paid for . . . or kudos to warrant a scholarship of some sort, on the other hand, seem well worth the effort. But, while two attorneys that I have spok...

I will be 18 in a few weeks. I have lived in six homes and had four legal guardians over the past four years (while being a ward of the state twice). I made one account when I was 14/15 and another when I was 16/17 but no longer have access to either email or scarletteen account. In both cases I had...

This is a chronic issue in my life, not an acute one. So, while I would very much appreciate a thoughtful response, please don’t imagine it is of the highest priority, or urgent. I know that it is not. In a quarter I will be graduating in the middle of my class from what is possibly, academically, t...