Ask Rene: Why Won’t My Mom Support Me?
Ask Rene: Why Won’t My Mom Support Me? My mom gets angry very easily. When I get bad grades and do other bad things, all I know is that she is ready to get angry. I’ve tried steering around this by lying, and it works, but I don’t feel this is a healthy relationship. [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: I HATE Volunteering At My Kids’ School!
Ask Rene: I HATE Volunteering At My Kids’ School! Dear Rene, Congratulations on all your hard work! I wish I could be a little more like you which is why I’m writing for help. I’ve just moved to a new town with my 11-year-old son.
Read More →Ask Rene: HELP! I Have A Bad Reputation!
Ask Rene: HELP! I Have A Bad Reputation! Dear Rene, I am only 12 but I have a very bad reputation. I am getting in fights and I really want to change that, really for my dad. People say it’s just a phase but I have been this way for a long time. [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: Puberty And The Pill.. How Do I Talk To My Mom?
Ask Rene: Puberty And The Pill.. How Do I Talk To My Mom? Hi Rene: HELP! I am 13. I have had my period for a year and they are very irregular.. and I am a virgin! I don’t plan on having sex until I am married but I want to go on the pill [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: My Daughter HATES Her Nose! (Video) | Good Enough is Perfect
Ask Rene: My Daughter HATES Her Nose! (Video) | Good Enough is Perfect Who among us has not felt a wee bit insecure about some body part, traveling the path from adolescence to adulthood? I know I was. Boney knees, a flat-chest and being very, VERY skinny did not make for fun times for me [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: How Can I Make My Sister-In-Law Like Me?
Ask Rene: How Can I Make My Sister-In-Law Like Me? My husband and I have been together for six years, married for the last three. In the beginning things seemed fine between my husband’s sister and me but about a year after dating my husband, my mother-in-law told me that my sister-in-law has never [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: What More Can We Do For Our Daughter?
Ask Rene: What More Can We Do For Our Daughter? Rene, what more can I say and do to help support my 22-year-old daughter? She is a mother of two boys ages five and four. Her mother and I help with her youngest son while the other son is in pre-K; we have been [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: I Need Help But Where Do I Start?
Ask Rene: I Need But Where Do I Start? Hi Rene, I am a full-time working mother of four children ages, 13, 11, 8 and 6. My husband is wonderful but out of the house for 12-14 hours a day. I find myself becoming overwhelmed, frustrated and short tempered with the kids as a result [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: I’m Scared To Tell My Kids They’re Adopted
Ask Rene: I’m Scared To Tell My Kids They’re Adopted Hi Rene: I’ve been following you for some time now and, for the most part, agree with the advice you give. Now I’m coming to you with a situation of my own. Early in our marriage, my husband and I added to our [...]
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