Our son received a D.U.I. early in the summer before going off to school. He just got his first job, has probation for several months and has to get drug tested each month. More >>

One of the biggest mistakes newlyweds make today is to purchase a house based on two incomes. I can't understand why my generation (1950's) had so much more economic common sense than young people today. Maybe it's because we grew up with the privation that still existed after the depression. More >>

1. Like and get along with your in-laws. After all they raised your spouse... More >>

I was only 17 when I started college, and since I didn't like school, my first thought was to go during the summers, too, to get it over with. Then I thought, I don't want to be 20 years old and working full time. So I decided to go 'co-op'... More >>

...I'm not surprised to hear parents tell me that the public school system tells them there's no funding. They can't help it; they are just lemmings repeating what everyone else hears in the public school system. More >>

Just because something is true doesn't mean it needs to be said. Everything that crosses your mind shouldn't necessarily come out of your mouth. Honesty is sometimes a cross between stupidity and cruelty, and when it comes to keeping secrets from your spouse, honesty is not always the best policy. More >>

Over the many, many years I've worked as a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice and on the air, I've done a lot of research on divorce, especially when it involves kids. The scientific literature differs very much from popular literature in what the happiness quotient is after a divorce. Scientific literature suggests that a good three quarters of people who divorce regret it. More >>

My husband's position in a public school system has been eliminated due to severe budget cuts. More >>

Downsizing and reorganization in companies sometimes brings lay offs or underemployment which can foster humiliation. How can you help your loved one - particularly a real man - through these tough times? More >>

When I was raising my children, money was tight. I did not have enough in the budget to get a Dr. Laura podcast subscription. I kept up with the topics on your show via the 'Letters' and 'Email of the Day' features. More >>