We are a large combined family. My 9-year-old stepdaughter has been a huge household disruption and as she has gotten older her "temper tantrums" have gotten more an...
Occasionally my husband and I like to head out for dinner (ok, mostly because I don't LOVE to cook!) with our 22-month-old son and 3-1/2 year old daughter. They're B...
My daughter has lived in the same community since kindergarten. She is getting ready to enter her senior year in high school. I feel that this is a triumphant year fo...
hi mamas, i have a real problem here and need some help.
health insurance....how in the heck is everybody else in the world affording this? i don't even know where...
I have been married to my husband for two years. We each have a child from previous relationships. My Mother-in-law was divorced so I would think that she should unde...
I'm a single mom of 3. My widowed mother lives with me to help with the kids so I can work. Child care and everything is so expensive I wouldn't be able to do it with...
ok my hubby is a father of a child which we only found out about 6 months ago, the child is also 2 months older then our oldest daughter(dont ask, its a long story in...
I have a 21 yr old neice with a 2 yr old son. a month ago she lost her apt and almost everything she had. she ended up homeless an no job. i offered my home along wit...
I have an 11 (almost 12) year old daughter and a 9 year old son. They have what we feel to be age appropriate chores. Our issue is that no matter what the punishment,...
I have kids that are in their teens now and two of them are girls. Here's my dilemma....seems that as of late, my teen girls love to come into my room, closet, and ba...