I’m sure it all started before I was even born. The lies to my grandmother. The lies from my grandfather. Everything was a secret. I’m still not sure to this day why. I just remember lying being the accepted norm. My grandmother would just accept the fact that she was intentionally kept in the dark, and my mother was adamant about being a control freak. Why the need to lie about so much? My grandfather was a realtor broker. He was constantly on the phone making “deals” in the quest for his mi... Read Full Story

My stepdaughter earns $120 for babysitting over a week of agonizing work dealing with an obnoxious 7 year old. The kid is the granddaughter of the neighbor, and a good con artist, to boot. The kid nearly sets the couch on fire, breaks the blinds, lies, makes excuses, and seems to have a good, yet untreated case of ADHD going on. It would have taken a miracle for most babysitters not to kill this child during the course of a week’s time. So after working so hard to earn her money, your kid goe... Read Full Story

All too often, I speak with parents who complain of getting little sleep because their 2 year old kicked them all night in bed. If they never had allowed their child to hibernate in the same bed with them in the first place, this obviously wouldn’t be an issue now. Parents do enough for their children. They wash them, feed them, change them, wash their laundry, coddle them, play with them, etc. Why do they have to sleep in the same bed with them too? It’s dangerous for a baby to be sleeping i... Read Full Story

You want a better life for your kids and family. You’re stuck in a house that you’re upside down in by $100,000 which was supposed to be your retirement fund through the equity houses are supposed to have. The problem is, you have no equity. You have no future. In late 2003, a friend bought a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house in Las Vegas for $200,000. It was hard to find any house at that time since California investors were snatching up properties left and right. They had large initial down payments ... Read Full Story

Have you ever walked into your kid’s room early in the morning and spotted the shape of something all too familiar on the floor in the darkness? You hope you’re just having a nightmare, but know the chances of that are slight. The immediate dread that sweeps over you as you recognize the shape of the foreign matter is mind blowing. What’s even worse is when you realize it’s a fat pile of warm shit, freshly deposited by your almost 3 year old son. Why the hell would he shit on the floor of his... Read Full Story

You feel as if you’ve done everything right as a parent, yet your child continues to push you to your wits end. You think you are doing it right, they think you are overbearing and unfair in your expectations. You are on their case continually, yet they never seem to get it together. Their homework isn’t turned it, they’re late to school, they can’t even vacuum the rugs right.  You ask yourself, “What’s wrong with my kid?” Common behaviors of a passive aggressive person •    Your child sulks ... Read Full Story

You’ve been single your whole life and never had to deal with children. You’ve always had your space, been able to come and go when you want, do what you want how you want, and you really like it that way. You suddenly become involved with another woman who is recently divorced, with two girls, ages 14 and 8.  It seems to be a lot of baggage, but you weigh it out to determine whether or not you want to be with this person badly enough to try to make it work. And you do. So you’re going to be ... Read Full Story

It’s a hard call to make. You think you’re doing the right thing for the monetary benefit of your family, but your gut is screaming something different at you while time is running out. As many others, we’ve fallen on hard economic times, and a man was supposed to be coming to buy my Classic 1966 Chevy Nova. I couldn’t stand the overwhelming guilty nauseous feeling as I waited for 4:30 PM to approach. Why? I never planned on selling the car, as it was a promise to be for my little boy when he... Read Full Story

When is enough, enough? When is it appropriate to finally put an end to the early childhood naptime that we have grown so fond of? Honestly, I don’t see why you would ever want to. It’s the parents’ time to be able to be productive and get some things done, maybe have some quiet time together, or mentally collect themselves. Maybe we would even like to take a little siesta while our kid sleeps. I took naps in kindergarten back in the 70’s. It was not an option, but a staple and just the way i... Read Full Story

Is going to a birthday party for a 5 year old going to kill you? Is it really going to ruin your day that much? Maybe you need to get a clearer focus on what really is important vs. what really isn’t in your life and make the effort to change some things. I started this website as a play on words concerning our children based on the well known phrase, “Child of Mine.” I did this for a reason. I did it to make the point of putting our children first. Gun’s N Roses and Carole King wrote songs ... Read Full Story