Counselor Crush!
"I’m totally in love with a great guy. He’s nice, smart, funny, and incredibly sweet. The only problem is that he’s my counselor and way too old for me. I love him so much. What should I do?"

Wow! You do have a problem! The thing is, there’s nothing you can do right now. You’re just a little kid to him, and he probably doesn’t know you from the next little girl who has a crush on him. But there’s hope. Wait about eight years, and then you’ll be legal. Sure, he’ll be practically over the hill, but at least you won’t be jail bait!

Rumors Bite!
"I know this isn’t a love problem, but I don’t know where else to turn. I was hanging out at camp one day just having a blast. Later, I found out that these adults who didn’t even know me had made up a nasty rumor that I was at camp because I have a bad family life. That’s totally bogus, because I love my family and we could be called The Cleavers of my town. The worst thing is that the one person who was at camp that time that I did know was a good friend of my father’s (from camp and our town), and she still helped spread this rumor. Help!"

Being talked about behind your back stinks, especially if people are saying untrue things about you. The fact that these people didn’t even know you and still made this up tells me that they don’t have lives of their own and have to make up stuff about strangers. That is just plain sick! Don’t waste your time worrying about this. You don’t have a problem; they do. As for your father’s friend, I’d tell your dad to make new friends. He doesn’t need buds who spread untrue rumors about his fam. If I know him, he’d totally kick some butt if he knew what these people said.

C.R. Loser!
"I have this really pretty, awesome best bud who always has 3 boyfriends, 8 fiances, and 46 guys with crushes on her. I can’t even get one camp romance, and when I do they ditch me after one week for the entire female camp population. What’s my problem?"

You don’t have a problem except for the fact that you’re a total loser. And that ‘modely challenged thing’ probably hurts too. Maybe if you looked like your beautiful friend you’d have a better chance. Also, you want too much darn attention. What, do you think your camp romance should revolve around you the way your best bud’s revolves around her? You deserve a big "Whatever, dude!"