Accepting a Messier Home: Adult Child

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Ground Rules for Adult Child Moving Home

M.M. asks from Dallas

Our son graduated college in May. He works as a freelance camera man in the TV & film industry and rents a room in a house from a friend. His housemate's girlfriend...

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Tackling the Task of Cleaning a Dirty House.

M.G. asks from Columbia

First of all, I want to say that I'm fairly embarrassed I am even posting this. It's a sensitive thing for me but I'm to the point where I really just need some advic...

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If You Say Your House Is a Wreck...

M.R. asks from Rochester

...what do you really mean? I've been in "messy" homes where the stack of magazines on the coffee table was off-center or there were dirty dishes rinsed and sittin...

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Need Advice- 18 Year Old Sons Involvement in the Burglary of My Mom's Home

K.V. asks from San Diego

Too many details to share but basically my son burned bridges with his father and came to live with me full time. He continued to be a bad role model for his younger ...

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What to Do About ....

V.K. asks from Sacramento

I need advice. Here is the history. My husband has 4 kids from a previous marriage. They all live with us. We share a 4 year old daughter. The older kids are 22,...

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Parents Make Me Feel like a Complete Pig

C.C. asks from Philadelphia

Being neat has always been a battle for me. Although since I have become a mom( my oldest is almost 11 yrs) I have slowly become a neater person.I will never be at my...

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Help Around the Home !!!

V.G. asks from Baton Rouge

I would like some advice from some of you moms out there on how to get my kids involved in house cleaning. I am so exausted lately that I can't even get my house co...

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Shoe Organization Help Needed for Family of 6

A.D. asks from Portland

I have a family of 6, including me and my husband. We have a 19 year old girl, 18 year old boy, 6 y/o girl, and a 4 y/o girl. We are drowning in shoes. We have...

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22 Year Old Step-Daughter, That Moved in with Us over 2 Years Ago???

T.H. asks from Houston

My 22 yr old step-daughter asked my husband if she could move in with us in April of 2011, of course my husband said yes. But the agreement was she had to finish her ...

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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...