My younger sister is moving in with her future-fiancé. How to mark this passage, and what house-warming gift to buy them? [more inside]
posted by SebastianKnight on Nov 7, 2009 - 7 answers

Fun songs for college graduation mix cd? [more inside]
posted by ginagina on Dec 9, 2008 - 13 answers

I'm scared of having to work for a living. I'm terrified I'll feel hollow and depressed and unfulfilled. Is this normal and part of growing up and entering the real world? [more inside]
posted by rainygrl716 on Aug 31, 2008 - 22 answers

I am no longer covered under my parent's insurance because of my age and i will be traveling soon. What should i do? [more inside]
posted by fjardt on Apr 6, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm finally going to college four years after I was supposed to get out of high school. Please tell me you've done it too, and everything worked out! [more inside]
posted by QuarterlyProphet on Dec 22, 2007 - 41 answers

Should I buy a house? This one? Now? (Sticky family and personal issues involved.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 6, 2007 - 15 answers

I'm dealing with the fallout from coming out to my deeply religious immediate family. For years, I had prepared for their tears, their anger, their remonstrances, their appeals to the Bible, and all of those have come. What I hadn't prepared for was how disappointed I would be, and how fundamental and lonely that disappointment would be. Help? [more inside]
posted by grrarrgh00 on Oct 16, 2007 - 38 answers

How do I learn to survive as a grad student? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 15, 2007 - 15 answers

How do you just move on with your life and grow up? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 12, 2007 - 34 answers

Parents want to move across the country, adolescent children want to stay. What to do? [more inside]
posted by b33j on Jan 29, 2007 - 38 answers

Are teenagers the same around the world and through all cultures? [more inside]
posted by five fresh fish on Sep 23, 2006 - 20 answers

Looking for songs that have a wistful, bittersweet feel to them that captures the move from adolescence into "adult" life - eg the moments before leaving school, or before getting your first job. [more inside]
posted by greycap on May 11, 2006 - 97 answers

Does loneliness have any value? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 28, 2006 - 27 answers

I lost my virginity when I was 8. Is this totally freakish and should I seek counselling or just a bit unusual? [more inside]
posted by public on Mar 3, 2006 - 60 answers

I turned 21 last week and I want to know; what do you wish you'd known when you were 21? What do you wish you'd done but didn't, or what did you do that you think was an unmissable experience? [more inside]
posted by trampesque on Aug 30, 2005 - 62 answers

I was raised by an abusive father. Now in my early 30's I am looking ahead to the future when I may become a father. I am determined not to recreate the family environment I grew up in but know how these things sometimes turn out -- that people determined not to recreate something sometimes wind up doing so in an unforseen manner. I was in therapy for 2 years in my 20's to work on the issues but therapy is not an option now because of money. I have worked hard not to be my father, but part of me is afraid that I will wind up being like him as a parent. (In particular, I worry about being a father to a son because of my history). I am looking for information about the father-son relationship as well as information about how to be a good parent when you have a background like mine. Please offer advice, books, suggestions - anything that can help.
posted by anonymous on Feb 13, 2005 - 16 answers

CareerFilter: What do I want to be when I grow up? (more--->) [more inside]
posted by Jonasio on Jun 9, 2004 - 21 answers