As a potential stepmother your concerns about his daughter are understandable. It sounds as if he is also worried about her and does not know what to do about it. So when you raise the subject it ...

Too many children are being abused or neglected by their parents, and no one even knows where they are—especially the schools that are supposed to care for them. Chronic absenteeism is often a sign ...

“I am fearful, because my children worry that when they go to school and come back, I will not be home,” she said in Spanish. “We think school is going to be the safest place, but it’s ...

MAYBE THAT’S SCHOOL. THOSE COULD BE SIGNS THAT THERE’S MAYBE WORRY OR OVERWHELM THAT’S DRIVING THAT BEHAVIOR AND THAT THAT’S THEIR WAY OF COPING. OUR KIDS ARE STILL DEVELOPING LANGUAGE ...

My fiancé and I live together and his two children from a previous marriage spend a lot of time with us. I find his 17-year-old daughter very demanding as she drinks and smokes and I worry about her.