About Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace graduated from Knox College with a bachelor of arts degree, from Northern Illinois University with a master's degree in education and from Western Colorado University with a doctorate in Educational Philosophy.

He was a teacher at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland, Ill., Phoenix Union High School in Phoenix, Ariz., and La Quinta High School in Garden Grove, Calif. At all three schools he taught English and was the varsity basketball coach. He served as an assistant principal at Pacifica High School and principal at Garden Grove High School, both in southern California.

Wallace is a member of the National Education Association and the National Association of High School Administrators. He has served on the Board of Trustees at Knox College, the Orange County (Calif.) YMCA Board of Directors, The Galesburg (Ill.) Youth Athletic Association, and as a youth counselor at a psychiatric hospital in California.

The Stuttering Foundation of America selected him Print Journalist of the Year in 1997.

Check out his Q&A style column 'Tween 12 and 20.

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It's Been Over a Year, but I Still Want to Try to Find Him Oct 13, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm currently 19 and will soon turn 20. I got pregnant a year and a half ago, and I have a beautiful daughter. The father of my child said all the right things to me at the time, but his actions were the complete opposite of the verbal p... Read More

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My Best Friend Is Pregnant Oct 11, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm a girl who is a senior in high school, and I just found out that my best friend is pregnant. She's obviously feeling a lot of stress, as she doesn't know what she's going to do at this point. Her family is aware of her situation, and... Read More

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My Older Brother Is an Immature Jerk Oct 10, 2025

DR. WALLACE: Walking home from school yesterday, I saw a group of boys standing together near a cliff that overlooks a road about 100 feet below. They were throwing rocks at the school bus! I was shocked and about to yell something at them when I not... Read More

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My Parents Have Opposite Parenting Styles Oct 09, 2025

DR. WALLACE: My mother and father often disagree when it comes to my request to do various things such as hang out with my friends, go to the movies on a school night and so forth. Almost all my friends have a really strict father and a more lenient ... Read More