Back talk or sassing back at our home is rewarded with work. The more the arguing and sassing, the more jobs get piled on. If jobs are not completed, privileges are revoked. More >>

Here are some reasons why I believe some parents don't parent with authority: More >>

Yesterday I sent you an email about my husband, who had just come off a 25 hour shift and stopped to buy and bring me flowers... Well, last night a couple more things happened... More >>

...I'm not surprised to hear parents tell me that the public school system tells them there's no funding. They can't help it; they are just lemmings repeating what everyone else hears in the public school system. More >>

I work at a charter school and the biggest problem I see is the parents. Kids are always kids, but parents are spoiled brats compared to kids. More >>

My husband is a very hard worker. He builds specialty cars (like show cars and cars you see in movies). So when he's against a deadline, it can be extremely stressful, and during show car season, the hours can be very long. More >>

The #1 biggest and hardest part about being a SAHM is that darned ego. I thought it would be easy to hang it up on the door because it would be replaced by buckets of warm fuzzies and the complete inner satisfaction that I am doing a job that know one can do better than me. More >>

...I met my husband when I was 17 and married him when I was 22. I did not know it then but I needed to escape my parents and he offered me the chance to pretend to be a grown-up. He, too, was stuck with parents who were not the warmest. More >>

My son and I would struggle every evening with homework, because my son could not sit and focus once he got home from school... More >>

I very much enjoyed your telling us about your pink camo gun bag. Your shooting lessons and loving pink reminds me of my daughter, now 25. More >>