parenting

Some people definitely go a little overboard when naming their children.  In America you have a lot more freedom in that department, but not in New Zealand

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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 at some of the comments I got from other people saying that this was far too young, for even a supervised "date" and that he would wind up on &quo

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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't know what to do, should i stop helping her...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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...

Here Is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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 her father and I split when she was only 6 and he has since remarried...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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 contact with his Mother and always tell her when I get a letter...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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 more mad when she won't buy him what he wants...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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...

Here is Today's Daily Dilemma: 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 “satisfactory” report cards and at teacher conferences they said they were doing just fine – except my third grader couldn’t really read or do basic math, and my first grader was not participating...