Acting Up: Adult Child

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My Son Forgot His Lunch Today - Was I Too Harsh?

T.T. asks from Washington DC

My son is nearly seven and about to start first grade. We've been talking a lot about how he has to start being more responsible for himself. An ongoing issue is wh...

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Older Children Giving Me Gray Hair!

S.T. asks from Albuquerque

This may be a loaded question, so I am apologizing up front. Do other single mother's have difficulty with their older children? Specifically how they speak to yo...

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17 Yr Old Stepchild Girl and Husband Who Overcompensates for Her Mother's Death

C.C. asks from Chicago

Any step parents with some feedback about what a 17 year old should be doing in the house by way of chores? I ask my step daughter to go nothing,again nothing exce...

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Husband Is Freaking Out About Surprise Pregnancy

A.P. asks from Tulsa

Hello Mommies... I just found out 2 days ago that I am pregnant with number 3. I am thrilled, but my husband, well, not so much. We have a 7 1/2 year old girl in...

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Little Pet Peeves. DH Leaving Food Out to Point of Having to Toss It.

S.C. asks from Omaha

DH goes to bed in the morning as he is maintaining a night schedule for work. But there is a habit I have noticed that is absolutely getting to me lately. He'll get f...

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Older Children Who Don't Appreciate Anything

A.S. asks from Columbus

How do you handle a child who does not appreciate anything you do along with disrespecting you in the process. Nothing is ever good enough or amount enough, thinks s...

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Stepchildren Staying the Weekend

P.R. asks from Los Angeles

I have a stepdaughter that 18 1/2 and a stepson 16 1/2. For the last 3 years they have been spending a weekend a month with us. When they come to visit they say hi ...

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Teenage Son with ADHD Constantly Sneaks Food

S.H. asks from San Francisco

My 13 year old has ADHD and is constantly hungry. For years he has gotten up in the middle of the night to snack. We believe this to be unhealthy but after working wi...

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Considering Otoplasty for Beautiful Kindergartener - Ears Protrude Greatly

L.A. asks from Dallas

Ok ladies...I could use your help and advice. My sweet wonderful little girl has greatly protruding ears. We think that she is just perfect...but we know how cruel ...

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Parenting Adult Children

M.R. asks from Seattle

As a mother with 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren, I find little to no information in this culture about how to appropriately parent adult children. Telling th...