From her homemade pink and green bead tie to the duck earrings she's wearing, 12-year-old Phoebe Wolf never had a confidence problem.

"I didn't have self-doubt a lot," she said.

But when she started middle school last year, things started to change. Friends and classmates got in her head a little bit.

"It was kind of scary at first because I was like, I have never had this before, why do I care what people think? I don't need that. I'm trying to be my own person, I don't need that," said Wolf.

That's a relatable statement — and while those of us who are a little older know how to handle a little self-doubt and changing relationships, it was new for Wolf.

"It was impacting me a lot that people were kind of just playing with my feelings," said Wolf.

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