Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing stories that we included in our new book for preteens, but which are really life lessons that we need to be reminded of, because these are the truths of our lives at any age. One story is about bullying, and the other is about how those popular kids might not be any different from the rest of us. Overall, the lesson is that you never really know what’s going on in someone’s life, much as you think you do based on outward appearances.

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