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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My Mother Has a Double Standard on This Issue Jul 07, 2026

DR. WALLACE: My boyfriend and I plan to move in together soon since he currently lives with his uncle and I live with my single mother and her current boyfriend. My mom got divorced from my father eight years ago and she never dated (that I saw) for ... Read More

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I Fear I'll Never See Him Again! Jul 06, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I'm 16 and have been dating a wonderful guy my age for the past three months. We spent most of our time laughing, kidding each other and just generally hanging out. We reached the point of holding hands regularly and giving each other a ... Read More

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My Parents Are the Only Ones Who Are Totally Unfair Jul 04, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I'm a 16-and-a-half-year-old girl, and my best two girlfriends are the same age. In our area, there are two recent trends that girls are going for. One is to wear pajama bottoms out in public as a fashion statement, and the second is to ... Read More

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My Dreams of Doing Good Are Fading Jul 03, 2026

DR. WALLACE: Over the last several years I've had a deep-seated desire to do good things and be helpful to humanity, and I've done my best to try to recruit friends and relatives to join me to create some kind of program or movement that could help a... Read More