In the days before the internet and World Wide Web people would write to newspaper columnists such as Ann Landers and her sister Abigail Van Buren for help. The advice giver would pick out representative letters to answer and the answers would appear daily in the paper. Similar advice columns now appear on the web, sometimes answered 2238by an individual such as those working with Mike Hardcastle on About's Teen Advice. Carolyn Hax dispenses advice on her website from Seattle. Her column appears with those of Dr. Joyce Brothers and Rev. Billy Graham.
Amy Alkon, calling herself The Advice Goddess, writes a column which is intended to be both funny and appropriate advice. Amy Dickinson gives advice under the rubric Ask Amy.
If you type in the word ADVICE in Google or another search engine, you will find lots of opportunities to receive advice, including all the ones mentioned above. An unusual one is Elder Wisdom Circle. The advice is provided by people who are 60 years old or older who have been selected to offer their wisdom accumulated during a lifetime of activity and learning experience. Every letter is answered by email. You can read sample letters and answers on the website.
If you are troubled by any kind of problem at school or at home or work, about personal concerns, family matters, sexual worries, etcetera, and feel that you have no one to talk to about it, try one of the many advice columns and websites available to you via the internet.
Jack Wilson is a writer and artist in Tempe, Arizona:
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