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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I Don't Sleep Anymore After My Breakup Nov 25, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm 17 and my 19-year-old boyfriend recently broke up with me and enlisted in the military. He said it was time we part ways permanently and get on with our lives as individuals. He told me he planned to spend at least four years in acti... Read More

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My New Best Friend Has a Big Flaw Nov 24, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I've become best friends with a girl I met at the beginning of summer, about six months ago. Both of us recently turned 17 and we go to the same high school. Her family moved here at the end of the last school year. Our friendship has be... Read More

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We Need Much More Clean Space! Nov 22, 2025

DR. WALLACE: My girlfriend and I are seniors in high school, and we've started an interesting homebase business. We got it off the ground in our family's garage, but now we're outgrowing the space. We want to get a local storage unit a few miles down... Read More

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My Mom Wants to Cancel My Thanksgiving Invitation! Nov 21, 2025

DR. WALLACE: Thanksgiving will be here in a few days, and I have a dilemma! I'm a girl who's 17 and in high school, and my new boyfriend's family invited me to their home for Thanksgiving dinner! We've only been dating for five weeks, but his parents... Read More