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 problem is simple yet very frustrating, I have a toddler who is biting and pulling hair. I can't seem to find a way to make him stop. I have been given so many different ideas from friends with kids, some seem silly , like "talk/reason with him, and others seem extreme, like bite him back????

I just figured if I write in and you guys ask the question maybe there will be more of a general consensus on what is the best way to stop this behavior, it is becoming a problem at his pre-school.

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So my boyfriend and I have a 2 year old girl. While we are not married we have been together for 8 years and have lived together for 6. I should say that my daughter looks just like her mom, I am dark skinned, my boyfriend is a blonde, we have joked, or so I thought about how she doesn't look anything like him, and how that is a good thing. Now on to the d

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

My just turned 24 year old son is living with a 38 year old woman with three daughters, ages 13,9,& 5. Couple different fathers involved, my son not being one of them, he lives only minutes away, but never visits, because of her..as you could guess,

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

My husband and I separated about nine months ago. He is with a woman who he had been cheating in me with for about two years. Once we separated she move right in with him and everything to them seems great as in their minds they've been together for years. Needless to say

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

I’m engaged to the man of my dreams, and we’re planning a summer wedding. I’m kind of concerned about how much his mother still does for him, though. I mean, she goe

I saw the article Richie posted about kids calling their parents by their first name and I have this same exact problem right now! All of a sudden my twelve year old son insists on calling me by my first name, instead of Mom, and I hate it! I tell him every time he needs to call me Mom and that it’s not right for him to call me by my first name, but he just keeps doing it. What can I do t

I am writing to you about a dilemma I have been facing. This dilemma is that I am newly engaged and my parents are divorced. My father’s side of the family has always been a problem so I fear that if I ask my stepfather to walk me down the aisle that it will end badly. My stepfather h