Home Alone: Adult Child

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Babysitting Questions?

H.Y. asks from Detroit

Is anyone else afraid to leave dear children alone? I have yet to hire a "sitter" that was not family and want to know what others think? I really feel that my husb...

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R Words of wisdom--Helping Adult Daughter Cope with Long Time Boyfriend Break Up

J.K. asks from Binghamton

My daughter is 26 and just was jilted by her boyfriend of 3 years, the past 9 months of which she was sharing apartment with him. She is very fragile emotionally and ...

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JFF (Sort Of) Poll Regarding Kids and Cell Phones **ETA

M.6. asks from New York

So, we have 6 kids, ranging in age from nearly 30 down to 16. For YEARS (and I mean years), we have had all the kids on our cell phone plan, plus my mom, plus hubby'...

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Teenage Dating?

T.R. asks from Evansville

My stepson is 16 and he has a few female friends at school. He's really interested in 1 of them and wants to go on a date. My husband and I were going to go with them...

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18 Year Old Step Son Dropped Out of School and No Job - Can We "Kick Him Out"?

V.M. asks from Boston

I will try and keep this as short and on point as possible. The background is that my step son, now 18, has been living with us full time since he was 13 (part time ...

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? For Parents with College-age Kids Who Live Away at School

J.B. asks from Boston

When your kid comes home for winter break, especially if it's short (2 weeks), would you go on vacation without him/her for a few days? Especially if you're a single ...

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Stick Figure People

J.W. asks from St. Louis

I have had this in my head for a while but another post motivated me to put it down to paper...or computer. I hate those stick figure people. What exactly is the p...

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When Is a Child Old Enough to Be Unsupervised?

S.W. asks from Iowa City

I am wondering when children are old enough to do things like go down & watch TV alone while mom & dad sleep in for a couple of hours on the weekend. I know mine are ...

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Free Range Parenting

N.G. asks from Dallas

I had been suspecting that I was verging on helicopter mom status for a while, so I have been working on trusting my kids and their own independence for a while, whic...

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Only Children Lonely?

S.S. asks from Los Angeles

My son is 3.5 and my husband and I are wrestling with the idea of having #2. We'd like #2 ... in theory. But the reality is scary for various reasons I won't go int...