Rejection is a part of life. It's ugly, painful, frightening, and disappointing, but we can't avoid it. We can only re-frame it... More >>

I called you once, and you gave me a stern lecture about what a fool I was for putting up with the cruel way in which my college age daughter treated me. You suggested I speak to a therapist, and I followed your advice... More >>

My 38 year old daughter and I were very close when she was growing up, but then we went through a rough stage. She was mean. I cried. She rarely came to visit. I complained... More >>

We were equally 'hard' on all of our kids. They worked for their vehicles, paid their car insurance, cell phone bill, if they had any money leftover they spent a little and saved a lot... More >>

I recently read an article that said for the first time in modern history, living with one's parents now edges out other living arrangements for 18-34 year olds... More >>

I think we really need young people to learn basic things about money, finances, and credit as they're growing up... More >>

It wasn't until I had children that I realized the kind of mom/mother-in-law and grandma I really wanted to be... More >>

Your advice to a strand of callers with college-aged or older children prompted me to write the attached letter to my own children. My two kids are coming home for the summer from college and grad school. I thought you would get a kick out of this... More >>

...As soon as I figured this out, his father and I hired an Interventionist, staged an Intervention and he agreed to go to a 90 day treatment center in another state to receive help. It was probably the most stressful year of my life 2012 and money well spent... More >>

Smartphones are screwing up our kids. They don't know how to talk to people. They don't know how to look people in the eye. They just know how to use their thumbs instead of their tongues... More >>