'How Do I Get My Best Friend to Pay More Attention to Me?'

Cultivating new friendships (throughout your entire life) is an important survival technique for sensitive people who treasure deep connection.

White Trees (1947) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

Firstly, I want to tell you how much I enjoy your columns. They give me so much insight into life and things that I look forward to experiencing in life. You make me laugh so much, yet educate me on things that school hasn't been able to teach me.

I am a senior in high school currently. I want to be a libra…