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Anyone out there ever had to deal with your child telling you he's a woman trapped in a man's body? I recently encountered someone who informed me his son planned on having a sex change. Anyone got any ideas as to how you would handle this? I'm at a loss for words.

It's never too early to start teaching about money. Here's something I heard that sounded pretty good. Give your child some spending money and take him/her yardsaling. Explain to them that when the money is gone that's it and help them decide what they spend it on. If they have any left, let them ke...

What do you do when your child comes up to you and announces he's gay? You brought him up in church. He knows how you believe. It's totally against everything you ever taught him and you feel like he's rejecting everything you ever taught him. Anyone willing to give me some input?

Whenever I try to share my burden with someone, it seems like they are only half listening. I never seem to be able to finish what I want to say because I get interupted before I finish. The worst part about it is the advice I get shows that they have no concept of my struggles. If they'd let me fin...

My son was a drug addict for about seven years. It started out with a little dabbling and led to dealing to support his habit. It still amazes me at how well he hid it. When I began suspecting that something was going on I would search as much as I could to find something I could nail him with. The ...

I think a lot of our problems today stem from our entertainment industry. If you mention that you have have only had sex with your spouse and that you were a virgin when you got married, you get laughed at. The concept of sex is totally wrong. The perception of it is that you wait until you're ready...

I believe we wait because we don't want to acknowledge that our kid could do something like that. Whether it be drugs, alcohol, gang related stuff, or anything else we tend to turn a blind eye or deaf ear to it. I believe deep down we know it, but admitting it is another thing. Let's face it, the la...

I think the one of the biggest problems we as parents have with the suspicious aspect is that we don't want to admit our child is struggling. As a result we try to overlook things and give them the benefit of a doubt. Unfortunately, by the time we realize the problem actually exist(or get to the poi...

One of the hardest things to figure out when you have had your child lose your trust is knowing when you can trust them again. It takes a long time to build the trust in the first place, but when they lose it, then what? We can't just pretend it never happened, nor can we pick up where we left off. ...

I think that if you have the desire to get your fix, you're an addict. Just because you only do it once in a while or on special occasions doesn't make it any less wrong. In fact, I would venture to guess that more would be consumed on a special occasion than usual. The other thingto think about is ...