As a high school teacher, I see and hear so many kids talk very disrespectfully about their parents. Many times I intercede before they get too full of themselves and tell them exactly what would have happened if any of my own kids had tried to talk to their daddy or me in the manner that these kids 'profess' to speak to their parents. More >>

My parents split when I was 11 years old. My mom often spewed venomous, hateful comments about my dad, who not only never said anything negative about her, but insisted we treat her with respect. More >>

I wanted to comment on your first caller on October 8, Julie...I was her back in the 90's before I found your show. I am a Christian, and believed as she said that the husband is No.1 before the children.. More >>

...I come from a broken family, with a mother who constantly bashed my father and outwardly hated men. She always taught me to depend on myself, because men would only let me down. More >>

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 >>

...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 >>

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 >>