Was told today that I'm not being an effective parent because I don't involve my daughter in more out of school activities. Because she only does dance, she is not going to grow into a well rounded person. First of all, my dau

I have a dilemma, well my brother does. He and his wife who are separated have two children. The wife lives with another man with the children and has for a few years now. When my brother

Here's a dilemma. I think I'm gong to be a grandfather before the year is out!!! Not cool. My boy's a sophomore in college and he hit me with this today.

What would t

My sister and I are married to brothers. They were married first and 2 yrs later my husband and I eloped. My sister and brother-in-law were upset because they were afraid if our marriage went bad that it would affect their relationship with the in-laws. This is the sec

We just had a birthday party for someone in our family. Many came - and there were plenty of gifts. You know what happens- they leave them on the table with cards. Some cards are

Here's a stumper. My sister married a man w/3 children 30 years ago. They lived in a little town in Vermont. He died last September and was cremated. My sister went

I listen to you guys every day and I value what you (and the listeners) have to say, so here's my dilemma. I bet I'm not alone on this one.

Yesterday afternoon when my 8 year old came home from school, I put the TV on for him so he could watch his cartoons. Or at least I t

My dilemma is this: I hear from a certain family member only when they need something and most of the time it is MONEY. They don't call any other time to chat or even update what is going on. This family mem

In a nutshell, My husband is very close to his Mom. I also love her very much and she is a wonderful Grandmother to our 2 kids.

She lives in another state with his Dad and we try to see them as much as possible, but I'm sure she would love to see her Grand kids more often.

That said, W

My family has been taking care of my mother who has a rare neurological disease which leaves her brain as sharp as a tack but her body is slowing ceasing to function. For the last th

A couple of nights ago, I let my 13 year old son go on a supervised (by me) "movie date". I mentioned on Facebook how proud I was that he was such a gentleman and opened doors for her etc. I was shocked a

I have a daughter who is 20, she is in a bad relationship with a boy who hits her and takes her money.

When I have stepped in to help her get away she takes him back.

I really don

I have a daughter who told friends & family that she has taken the drug "Molly" and that she had sold some of her hydrocodone. Those family & friends have told me some of the things she tells them. We are all concerned ab

I have a 15 year old daughter who is a high honor roll over achieving young lady. She is involved in everything at school, never even talks back an all around good kid. That being said

I've got a good dilemma for ya. My boyfriend has recently gone away to boot camp, and has been gone for almost 2 months. He sends me letters at least every day. I keep in conta

My friend has a 13 year old boy that is down right terrible to her. He is so rude, disrespectful, ignores what she says even if she asks him a simple question as "What would you like for lunch". He gets even mo

Here is my dilemma-i have two grown children-daughter is amazing-works a job which makes her 50k took on another job so she can buy a new car.

On the flip side of the coin, our son has struggled so we pay his car payment and his car insurance. He promises mon

Two years ago, I decided to home school my two children when I discovered they were falling behind at school and the school didn’t even seem to notice or care. They had “sat

My wife and I both work full time. When she is sick she will usually go to work anyway and I don’t say anything. But if I’m not feeling well, I generally use a sick day. That’s what t

I have chosen to eat all clean foods – meaning I don’t eat anything processed or that comes in a box, basically. My husband is almost on board with this diet and eats what I make us for dinner – although he does still buy cereal at times. When we go visi