Hey Tyra! I'm a huge fan. I always watch your show. Teens have it pretty hard. My best friend is seventeen and pregnant. The guy is kind of still around but he's too immature to realize what to do. She has a really hard time between the guy and her mom screaming ay her 24/7. I love the girl with all my heart. We are always together. My mom was very supportive when I told her that my friend was pregnant. She knew before my friend's mom knew. Before any adult knew. She's four months pregnant now. At the end of this month we will find out what it is. It's crazy. We are both going to be Seniors this year. We're both honor roll students. But what people don't realize is how hard teenage mothers have it. She will be a mother in December. She is due four days after my 18th birthday. She wants me to be the GodMother. I am so happy. At first it was scary to know but now we're both excited. I recently have been filling out scholarship accplications and for one I had to write an essay about a topic of my choice. I wrote it about Teen Pregnancy. More and more teens are getting pregnant these days. Adults don't realize how painful their looks can be when they see a pregnant teen. They always say "You've ruined your life!" or "Your life is over now." Technically, I don't believe that. I'm not pregnant, no but I know what my friends going through just from being there for her. People shouldn't judge a teen for being pregnant when most of the ones that are judging were pregnant at a young age too. My friend is planning on graduating high school and going to

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im a 13 year old girl and my whole life has been tough.This year i started cutting myself to deal with some things.Im still so stressed out though and i dont know what to do.I mean i go to a councelor once a week but im scared to tell him why ive been so stressed out.Ive never told anyone about it before and i hadnt planned to untill it started to get worse.I just really dont know what to do.PLz give me advice tyra anyone.

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Hey tyra. I'm 16 and need some advice. I really really really like this guy. The thing is he's 20 years old. Making a sexual relashionship illegal between us. I like him more then I've ever liked anyone though. A lot of people tell me "age is just a number." or the more comman, "ew." but I don't care what anyone says. I don't plan on having sex with him. But I'd like to have a relashionship with him. I just don't know what to do. Should our relashionship continue or should I jus stop and leave him alone even though it might break my heart and his? He's just the sweetest guy I've ever met, and it tears me to think about leaving him. What do I do?

hi tyra, i think that sex drugs and appearance is an issue, and i think that you should do an show on how you can loose weight, in a HEALTHY way;) luuuveee u forever yours// souli :)

hey tyra hey, hi tyra im 16 years old and never been kissed,never had a man either. i dont date because im not allowed but thier is a friend of mine who would like t go out wit me i really need your help i cant talk to my mom because she gets all crazy about those kinds of things. i like him too, he makes me laugh and is a real gentalmen he is a christian but i dont know wat to do i really need your help your my only hope tyra please help me i know that we all have are live a head of us but hes such a nice boy and i happen to really like him.

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hey tyra i need ur help so bad im 15 and i really wanna have sex but the only reason y i havent done it yet is cuz 1 im scared the condom is gonna break and 2 im scared tht i might get an std 3 im scared of geting pregnant and 4 im to scared to get naked in front of a boy but im always gonna use a condom no matter what trust me i just need some advice please help me ur my only hope u could probably change my future if u dont help me i might make the biggest mistake of my life and im scared so pleez contact me on my email thanks so much and by the way i have watched every single one of ur shows i love u gurl!!!

Hey Tyra, I am 14 years old and you are the most amazing person I know! You have changed the way I think about myself. You just give great examples. I love You! -Iris

i love Tyra she is a role model to me .my name is shanisa and am 14 years old i live in St.lucia i love you tyra

I am leah i am 12 and i lost my virginty 2 months ago. I was having sex with a guy who was 14. We started 2 kiss and he wanted 2 go father. But i didn't no wat 2 say. He took off my jeans and my tank top and we had sex. After he left i started 2 cry i was scared. He left me in the cold i started 2 go home and i went to my room and cryed myself 2 sleep that night. Sice then i haven't left the house. I need help 2 get through this. help From Leah

I am 12 and i have some things 2 say. So about a mounth ago i started 2 cut myself and i am also anorexic. I also smoke and pop pills. The reason why i started 2 cut myself was so i could get rid of the pain from my father. When i see the blood from my arms i feel less pain than befor i started cutting myself. I am also anorexic i started when people started 2 see my stomach was getting bigger. And i thought the weight would come off faster if i stopped eating and it does. I still see result alot faster than working out. I smoked so i will die faster. I think the world would be better if i leave it. Popping Pills also kills me faster. And i hope all the things i do help me die faster. Some one please help me so i can die or be saved From Leah

i think that when there are shows about teens facing issues we show the overweight teens who are struggling with their sizes, and the skinny teens who are struggling with eating disorders but while everyone always talks about how difficult it is to be overweight or obese, society tends to think that being thin is so easy because apperently we thin girls have no problems to deal with. Speaking as a somali teen (15 yrs old) who is growing up in a culture where all the somali girls are curvy and all have coca cola bottle bodies (as in big busts and wide curvy hips) it is hard when all my moms friends go "OMG are you not feeding her? She's dying!" and i am commonly referred to as a 'walking stick' Now don't get me wrong, i love my size, i just think that the problems of us skinny girls are under rated because we are often eclipsed by the struggle of more overweight girls-not that i am belittling their problems. I also think it is funny how in my culture im a 'skinny stick' for being tall and slender while in american culture, its what all the girls are putting themselves through hell (anorexia, bulimia) for. Perspective. And it also reminds you that beauty really IS in the eye of the beholder.