My job is to help keep their feet firmly on the ground while their heads are high in the clouds

Unfortunately, the other recent trend in modern child-rearing is avoiding honest, difficult conversations. A person who can adjust their expectations to their niche abilities will be happiest with where he/she is. But once the bug bit, it bit hard. Maybe this is sadly true for the majority, but definitely not for the way we raise our kids.
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Rita:
There's this guy I knew at school and he was a real troublemaker and a low life, now he's 25 with a gf and they recently had a baby, everyone's praising him, his family think he's so nice, but be is bad around them too but they don't know he's this bad.
(25 September 2016)

Lana:
What do I do about this high-schooler? He's obsessed with me?
(25 September 2016)

Lana:
I'm 13, and in 8th grade and this 9th grader is obsessed. originally I was like okay, but after a while I changed my mind. now he's going around telling people he missed me when we only talked for less than a day. people are making me feel bad about it.
(25 September 2016)

Tania:
Anniversary gift for a teenage boy?
(25 September 2016)

Loma:
Why was i born?
(25 September 2016)

Dalene:
Babysitting and kid drew in expensive pillow?
(25 September 2016)

Dalene:
I stopped him before the markings got bad.
(25 September 2016)

Dalene:
I put him timeout and he knows what he did was wrong.
(25 September 2016)

Dalene:
So while I was punishing him, the youngest boy (4) decided to draw on an expensive pillow with an expo marker.
(25 September 2016)

Dalene:
I am babysitting 3 boys and 1 girl today and one of the boys said a word (crap) that he knew he wasn t supposed to.
(25 September 2016)