Parents Helping: Tween

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Are We the Only Parents Saying No Cell Phone for Our 11 Year Old?

A.D. asks from Minneapolis

My 11 year old wants a cell phone for Christmas. DH and I are not in favor. We do not believe her to be responsible enough to have one, nor do we feel she has the nee...

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Coping with the Financial Ruin and Illness of My Mother - Advice Please

M.S. asks from Chicago

My mother is/was very reckless and impulsive with her money, especially with regards to real estate - buying and remodeling various properties. She made a very good i...

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What to Do About the Holidays and My 13 Year Old Son??

M.H. asks from Salt Lake City

I will try to make this short. So about 1 1/2 weeks ago my son's paternal grandmother passed away. She lived in another state. Well, I took him to pick up some thi...

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Who Pays for College...?

J.B. asks from Houston

Are we as parents obligated/responsible for paying for our kids college? In a perfect world we would all have started a college fund when they were babies and at col...

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What Do People Usually Do?

Y.I. asks from Dallas

My daughter is in junior college and we are trying to plan for the junior and senior year at a regular college. What do people usually do to pay for college? She won...

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I Need an Outside Opinion on a Disagreement Between My Husband and Me.

K.U. asks from Dallas

Hi ladies, my husband and I are having a heated disagreement about his possible purchase of a motorcycle and I'm wondering what all other Moms would think. My husban...

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How Much Do You Contribute for College/savings??

L.M. asks from Springfield

How much if any do you contribute to your child's college and/or savings fund. I decided to become a SAHM about a year ago to raise our son and daughter which has bee...

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Need Ideas to Keep a 15 Yr Old Boy Busy All Summer

S.T. asks from New York

My son turns 15 at the end of July. There's not an employer in my area that will hire anyone under 16. We will be in and out of town alot so having him work as a ca...

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Forgiving a Teenager from Stealing to Buy Drugs

R.B. asks from Los Angeles

Obviously this is a difficult questtion. My 14 year old son did not transition well in to high school last month. He met some older kids that are bad news and they go...

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My Mom Is Making Me Crazy

S.H. asks from Killeen

My mother is driving me crazy and I have no idea how to handle it. There are two parts to this....sorry if it gets long. First of all right after I got married the fi...