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Hey Tyra, I'm Sharine and I'm almost 15. I have so much going on at home. I absolutely can't stand my mom. We don't have a real relationship so I can never express my feelings and struggles to her. Someday after college I want to start modeling and think your such an inspiration to many young girls, including me. Whenever times are tough I just remember my goals in life~ to model, the only thing that keeping me alive for all these years is my drive and that you are like a role model to me.
Posted by Sharine 06/25/09 5:33 PM
 
hello tyra, I am watching you tyra survey episode. You said that most teen fathers never stay with their girlfriends. I guess that makes me the exception. It was really hard at first. I was 17 and I took care of my baby all by myself while going to school. My boyfriend and I ended up marrying and he joined the United States Marines. We have been married for almost two years and we are currently stationed in California. It wasnt easy but he stuck around through everything. I just wanted to say that some teen fathers really do stick around and take responsibility.
Posted by Amanda 06/25/09 2:43 PM
 
hey tyra! i need a miracle. i have always had issues with being overweight && extremely self-esteem. i feel that no one likes me. i have tried my best to be friends with people and to fit in but it never worked. i'm from a place where alot of the people go by your looks. there if you don't look a certain way or dress a certain way they don't like you && sometimes make fun of you. my low self-esteem has affected my life severly. i never like to go anywhere because i always feel like people are looking at me && making fun of me. i know they way that i look is my fault. i have no friends. the ones i used to have had moved on to find prettier & thinner friends. && i really did put an effort into the friendship && i thought that i was a great friend. it hurts so bad. i've cried so much that i can't even cry anymore. i don't know whats going on. it's not like i'm a trashy person. i always make sure i look presentable when i leave the house and go places. i'm neat, very sweet, && easy to get along with. i'm not loud or obnoxious. i'm always so depressed tyra. i can't figure out why nobody likes me. i spend more time daydreaming about what it's like to be pretty && thin than i do anything else. i basically live in my own little world instead of living in reality. PLEASE, I REALLY NEED SOME ADVICE.
Posted by lauren noelle 06/25/09 2:15 PM
 
i need advice. Im 16, 17 this year and ive been with my boyfriend/fiance since grade 8. we are now about to be juniors in high school, grade 11. we want to have sex, but we're both scared, not because we're not ready, but we watch shows and stuff and well so many teens are getting pregnant. but we really want to. what do we do?
Posted by nattalie 06/25/09 2:06 PM
 
Tyra, I'm a 16 year old girl and i have been watching the shows you have done on teen girls having sex and having babies. I have been fortunate enough to have a mother and older sister who have openly talked to me about sex and the responsibility that comes with it. I also go to a school that is dedicated to educating it's students on sex and STDs. The girls that you had on your show that have had sex should have waited. Children such as myself are too young for that responsibility. I was also wondering if you had ever dealt with teen girls that have issues with their fathers and the issues that a bad father daughter relationship can cause, mostly in the area of teen mothers and sex.
Posted by Mary .T. 06/25/09 1:54 PM
 
Hey Tyra, this isnt a secret to our family but its something that resents me. Like a shadow that haunts me in the day and night. When i was five years of age, and my sister was nine. my Cousin would sexually abuse us. I only remember that part of it. But my sister says that it was emotional and physical. I feel like there isnt another person who feels the way i do.. even though in reality there is. Sometimes i think that life would have been so much better with out a horrifying past. This experience has brought me and my sister closer and has given us a story. Whether good or bad, without the story we would not be who we are. And what we've accomplished. Even though i would have loved to live without it. I am now 14 years old, and sometimes question if my past inflicts whether or not i am a virgin. I do believe i am. But sometimes i doubt. and it brings me down. Just thought i would share my personal past, because its changed my life for the worse. And sometimes for the better. You are truley and inspiration, Tyra.
Posted by Monica 06/25/09 1:10 PM
 
As a teenager I have have faced some of the most mind boggling things. I am a gay young African American male and sometimes I feel like the world is against me. As a African American male I am already expected not to do anything but sell drugs and make babies. Society often looks @ me as an outcast or parasite. As a gay indivisual I have to deal with the pressure of my family, church,and often my friends. ALl of the pressure and constant slaps of reality often depress me. SOmetimes to the point where i feel as if i should take my life. Problems at home often ignite this fire of suicide. My mom, a "god fearing woman" often ostracises and belittles me because of my sexuality.Although I have never came out to her. Things like "your going to hell","your a horrible son", and so on. My dad who is not present in my life also treats me as if i dont exsist!... The mind boggling question I have is how am i suppose to deal with it?....what tools can I use to help me?..i find it quite amusing how adults always say being a teenager is great..stress free..but if they only knew the half of it!
Posted by Manire 06/25/09 12:54 PM
 
I was watching the show on teen sex. I notice you do a lot of shows on it and wonder why these girls just don't wait and learn more on having sex. I just wanted to tell you that I got very lucky. I have been with my husband since I was 13 years old,(May, 1999). We got married when I was 18 years old and now I am 23 years of age. We have two beautiful kids together and we love each other. It seems like a perfect relationship but we do have ups and downs. Mostly financial. Well we both wished we would of have waited on having our kids until we were like 28 because it is just so hard financially and wanting to go back to school.But I do feel like we are usually to find because we gave up our virginity to each other and he is the ONLY partner that I have had, and for as far as I know I am the only one. When we were younger we have always talked about diseases and everything you can get out there. So that is why we stay faithful to each other and stay with only one partner. I feel that I am very lucky.
Posted by crystal vega 06/25/09 9:40 AM
 
I have been through probably too much for someone of 15. I'm bisexual, and with my first 'real girlfriend/relationship' we fooled around a lot, and we did want to get married, but my parents intervened because of the drugs. After that I was so depressed, and started cutting again...and ended up slutting around with some people. And there were points where I just wanted to have sex, just to do it . . . but I am technically still a virgin. And lately I have been hearing things, and 'feeling' spirits.
Posted by Brittney McGhee 06/25/09 7:50 AM
 
Hey Tyra , i felt like sharing this random story that i wrote with you! Dear Tyra, everytime i see a movie that i like or even love it makes me think about how different life would be if it was like the movies, all the action && LOVE they make you want what they have or at least it seems like that too me! i walk around like i don't need any love or anything but once i saw Twilight it made me want that love that Bella and Edward have, ughh, i know its a move && everything but GOSH it seems so REAL & i want it so bad. i started reading New Moon & it makes me feel so weird cause Edward has to leave Bella for her own safety & so she starts hanging out with Jacob & he gets all mean towards her cause that group he goined, but then he starts being nice again, so far. Robert Pattinson & Taylor lautner are so hott and yummy, haa. GOSH i wish there were guys like them that live in my state but i guess not. i sound weird cause I'm all drooling over some movie actors & the people that they play in a movie, so i automatically think that i know how they are in real life. i wish there was a guy like Robert or Taylor in real life that wanted me and only me and loved everything about me even what i think are my flaws. i wish i could meet them in PERSON and just talk, but i don't know if i would be able to talk cuz i will probly be really nervous but i warm up to people in a minute or 2. (i sent you a different
Posted by iloveyou 06/08/09 12:47 AM
 
Hey Tyra , i felt like sharing this random story that i wrote with you! Dear Tyra, everytime i see a movie that i like or even love it makes me think about how different life would be if it was like the movies, all the action && LOVE they make you want what they have or at least it seems like that too me! i walk around like i don't need any love or anything but once i saw Twilight it made me want that love that Bella and Edward have, ughh, i know its a move && everything but GOSH it seems so REAL & i want it so bad. i started reading New Moon & it makes me feel so weird cause Edward has to leave Bella for her own safety & so she starts hanging out with Jacob & he gets all mean towards her cause that group he goined, but then he starts being nice again, so far. Robert Pattinson & Taylor lautner are so hott and yummy, haa. GOSH i wish there were guys like them that live in my state but i guess not. i sound weird cause I'm all drooling over some movie actors & the people that they play in a movie, so i automatically think that i know how they are in real life. i wish there was a guy like Robert or Taylor in real life that wanted me and only me and loved everything about me even what i think are my flaws. i wish i could meet them in PERSON and just talk, but i don't know if i would be able to talk cuz i will probly be really nervous but i warm up to people in a minute or 2. have you ever fell in
Posted by anonymous 06/08/09 12:22 AM
 
hey tyra...well i got pregnant when i was 15 with TWINS!!!yeah if you think being pregnant with one at a young age imagine 2!i was so scared and excited at the same time...my parents were excited so was my boyfriend...i was the only one that felt a little different...i am 16 now my babies are 4 months going to be 5 and they are the most beautiful little boy and girl i have ever seen...i couldnt bring my babies home until they were 2 months because they were born premature...had them in jan 2009...i did not know what to do...now me and my boyfriend are on our own...and its getting easier by the week... =) kinda...i know what every young teen fells like when they find out they're pregnant so young...its so scary...it really it...first you can't really believe it...then when you finally get it through your head you get scared...then when you have the babies its like you have to get it through your head AGAIN that your a mom...its kinda a lot to take in...well just wanted to share my crazy story...
Posted by j_2 05/29/09 2:17 AM
 
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Posted by cody 05/19/09 9:21 AM
 
okay i think teens (I'm 15) should just stop having sex. its ment for married people not for teens, it would save us from grief of pregnancy, STDs, and guilt. how awesome would it to know that your husband has never seen another girls body and he cant compare you to anyone else. and people expect us to have sex before we are 25 but we should rise up and prove people wrong that ya we might be teens but we still are smart
Posted by Anonymous 05/17/09 10:35 AM
 
my name is kristin. i'm 18. i know alot of girls are really young on here. but being 18. i'm still a teen. && having teen "issues". i'm engaged to a wonderful guy named tristin. we are expecting twin girls june 5th. i feel like i'm growing up really fast. but it feels right all at the same time. i read alot of the comments. and 13,14, and 15 year old girls are wanting to have sex. i lost my v. card at 15. to one of my best guy friends in the whole world. && we still are best friends. but if i could go back. and have waited till i met tristin i would have. but i don't regret it. i don't regret anything. not getting prego, geting engaged, or losing my virginity at 15. if anything. i'm glad with my decision. it makes me who i am today. tyra, i love your show, but just because a teen makes a decision you don't agree with doesn't mean she's a bad person. i love my life. && i wouldn't change it for the world. just think about the things you do before you do it. just becuse my life turned out okay doesn't mean yours will. you really never know how something could turn out until it happens. && you never know how you can handle something major until something major occurs. think about it.
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