Some teenagers need help and they are asking for advice

Some teenagers need help and they are asking for advice. These paragraphs are from the advice column of a teenage magazine.

I have just started high school and some boys are making my life a misery. I’m only 13 years old and these boys are over 15. They pick on me every break time and do everything to make me cry. They take my money and if I haven’t got any, they insult me in front of everybody. I’ve tried to talk to my teachers about it, but these boys pretend as if they are the nicest people in the world and they apologize when my teachers want them to. My teachers think that they are really sorry and will not bully me again, but they just don’t stop. I have tried to play truant so that I don’t meet them, but I can’t stay off school forever, as my parents will find out. Please help me. Thanks, Frank

Hello! I’m looking for some advice about having one-on-one conversations. I’m usually confident and easy to communicate within a group of people, but I get awkward whenever I have to talk to one person alone. This means that although I have got a lot of people I can call friends around me, I don’t really have close friends. I don’t have anyone I can share my secrets with or I can ask for advice. Some advice about having a one-on-one conversation and being interesting during a conversation would be great. Thank you, Sally

My parents won’t allow me to have social media. I have never made a mistake to make my parents not trust me. It makes me feel lonely, as I am the only one of my friends who doesn’t have social media. My mom says she wants to keep me safe, and I understand that, but many other parents want their kids to be safe, too. I moved to a new state so I would love to have a way to contact my friends other than using text, because I don’t text a lot of them and I would still like to be connected to them. Not having social media has caused me to think I am not important. I’ll be happy if you respond to this. Thank you so much! Rebecca