Dear Sara, I think that my 15 year old daughter Taylor is in an abusive relationship. She has come home with bruises on her arms a couple of times (she denied he did it) but…
How to Deal with Defiant Teens
Dear Sara, My fifteen year old daughter defies my rules all of the time. If I try to discipline her she runs to her grandmother and grandma is all sympathy and takes her side. My…
Should Kids Be Working?
Dear Sara,My sixteen-year-old daughter has applied for and gotten accepted for a job as a waitress in a restaurant. She can also do this part-time when she is in school. She is really excited to be…
Violent Teenager Abuses Mother
Dear Sara,My fourteen-year-old son is completely wild. I have no control over him at all. His father left us when he was five and he has done whatever he wanted since then. If I don't…
Unfaithful Husband
Dear Sara, I have been divorced from Joe (not his real name) for four years now. We have a five-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter. He seems to have a different girlfriend every month now…
Dealing with Teenagers
Dear Sara, I have a fifteen year old daughter and up until a few months ago she was pretty easy to get along with. She is less apt to talk to me now and when…
5-Year-Old Intruder
Dear Sara, I’m a stay at home Mom with two kids ages five and seven. There is a little boy age five who comes over to my house all of the time. He will stay…
Sibling Tension
Dear Sara, I have a twelve-year-old daughter from my first marriage and a two and four-year-old from my current marriage. The problem is that my twelve-year-old hates my two little ones. She screams at them…
Grandma Steps In
Dear Sara, I fell down the basement steps and broke my leg. I was lucky I had my cell phone with me. I have two kids ages five and seven and my Mom came to…