A Parent asks, My husband and I are custodial parents to his 7 year old daughter. Her mother sees her every two weeks and 3 weeks total in the summer, and at our discresion sometimes more. She is not the best parent around, but nothing she does legally can constitute us taking full custody. Although, she does not pay a penny to us in child support (currently she is ordered to pay $50/month, like I said “dead beat”). She pays us Read More

A Parent asks, My husband might have to leave tonight to go over seas, he is military. We live in NC and his ex-wife lives in Texas. We have his 4 year old son who has lived with us since we married in Jan. If he leaves tonight what can be done for me to gain legal rights to make decisions for my step son?Read More

A Parent asks, Should america be sued for endangering minors for restricting morning after pills with a prescription? or those responsible for such insane thinking jailed for life. Emergency contrception is EMERGENCY… you dont have time for booking time with doctors , getting prescriptions having to deal with stupid pharmacies worrying about insane laws. You have unprotected sex, or something goes wrong you need emergency contrception Read More

A Parent asks, What is the right age to have babies/children? I am and was a young mum and proud to be i don’t think i could do any better of a job this is about me- My names melinda i am 26 years I have 5 babies and 2 of them are angels looking over my babies that are still here with me, My first is a angel sent to change my life forever he is 11 but will but 1 month old always i had him when i was 15 years old and loved him the same Read More

A Parent asks, This is quite a long story so please bear with me. My nephew has had a rough life, he was physically abused by his mother all his childhood, then sent at 15 to live with his father. His father had a 12 year old daughter to another woman who my nephew had never met. My nephew lived with his father for only 3 months before his step-mother kicked him out of the house. Long story short, the 12 year old step sister had a long Read More

A Parent asks, My 2 year old son was squabbling a bit with one of the kids at the play centre the other day. Nothing major they were just arguing over a toy. Anyway the other little boy threw the toy at my son and it hit hit my son on the head (not on purpose, it just landed there). My son then smacked the other little boy on the face, again, it wasn’t too hard. Nothing dramatic right? Toddlers do stuff like this. So I stepped in Read More

A Parent asks, I have 5 siblings who were kept by my birth parents. They all to varying degrees have problems including substance abuse, PTSD, and depression as a result of their upbringing. But my younger brother has always had the most difficulty coping. He was abused badly by our birth parents and always resented the fact that they kept him and our other siblings while I was placed for adoption and got a great life. My parents have Read More

A Parent asks, Im 23 in July. 4 Weeks Pregnant. My partner and i are engaged but have only been together for a year. We are really excited about having a baby. I dont know how to explain to my mum that im pregnant. My partner and i have discussed being able to afford a baby and we both think that we will be fine. But i just know my mum and my step dad are just going to call me an idiot for keeping it. Anyone got any ideas how i can tell them Read More

A Parent asks, anyone with advice should i move in or not with man with kids or am i better off waiting until my kids grow up they are only 4 and 9 and i dont know what to expect its a big step from just dating do things change with your partner dramatically i have reservations because of kids but would do it in a heartbeat if we were childless please help !Read More

A Parent asks, Hi guys I have a huge weight on my mind right now about our 5 year old foster son and I would welcome some outside advice. Here’s the situation: This 5 year old, I will call him James, has been placed with us since early Feb of this year. After a settling in period, we started observing some very significant behaviours which we have documented and explored thoroughly. Long story short he is now seeing a therapist Read More