Is Your Ex Spoiling The Kids?

Seven Questions And Three Tips To Stop The Spoiling Now It’s a common scenario. Dad is treating the children to lavish gifts, trips and in other ways spoiling the children when he is with them, while Mom is struggling financially. Mom is furious. But she also...

Stepfamily Talk: Responsible Stepmom

Parenting: Should Stepmom Insist that Her Husband Assume More Responsibility? Dear Lisa: I listened to your Stepfamily Talk Radio show, “The Stepparent’s Role,” and I understand that you feel that the stepparent should only be there to oversee the...

Stepfamily Talk: Son’s Dad on Drugs

Stepfamilies: What Can I Do for My Son who Hasn’t Seen his Birth Father? Dear Lisa: My 9-year-old son has not seen his biological father in a year because his father started taking drugs. My son sometimes cries about this and my new husband, his stepfather,...

Kids And Absent Dads

What Happens To Kids Who Have Absent Dads? More kids have died in Chicago between September 2007 and August 2008 than servicemen and women from Illinois during the same period in Iraq. A recent survey estimates the greatest fear Chicago Public School children have is...