My 9 y/o daughter has taken gymnastics for awhile and is very good. Lately she doesn’t want to go. We have huge fights when it’s gymnastics time, but after she gets there it’s fine. If she drops out I know she’ll regret it and blame me later for not making her stick with it. She […]
My daughter told me her best friend is secretly cutting herself and doesn’t eat or eats everything in sight and throws up. Her mom doesn’t know any of this. My daughter doesn’t want me to say anything because her friend asked her not to tell. What’s going on with this kid? I don’t know what […]
When my mother comes to visit, she makes comments on my clothes, my hair, how I keep my home, whether I’ve gained weight, what I’m eating and/or doing with my spare time, etc. I know she does it because she loves me, but it drives me crazy. What should I do? The anticipation of criticism […]
My daughter lives with her boyfriend who inherited a LOT of money so he doesn’t have to work. But, she works hard everyday and must pay half of the bills when he could easily afford to cover them. After work, my daughter cooks and cleans while he tells her she’s doing it wrong. When she […]
We adopted our daughter from birth. She was everything I wanted, so I devoted myself to giving her the best life possible. The adoption wasn’t a secret, but we didn’t talk much about it either. In the back of my mind, I worried she would feel rejected or unloved because her birth mother didn’t keep […]
Since my 20 y/o daughter’s boyfriend moved back to India, she spends 10-12 hours/day talking to him on her laptop, or sleeping and doesn’t come out of her room except to eat around midnight. My wife and I drive her to and from college classes. Last semester she dropped or failed most of them. She […]