Raising Pre-Teens & Teens

⚠️TW⚠️Hi not sure where to post. My child has a good friend but my child's friend isnt in a good situation. This child is a few years older than my child and lives with a grandparent. This grandparent isnt very nice to grandchild and at times this child will phone/text my child with grandparent been nasty, threatening to make them homeless and not feeding them. Im a single parent on low income and a times when they've come over I've fed them. They won't tell me social workers number and not sure what else I can do as apparently this family has people who work in police. Any advice on what I can do? This child has been threatened with beatings

I must admit, it made me pause a moment 😂

I’ve been with my husband for over 20 years. We have four kids and two of them were diagnosed with ADD. I need suggestions on how can I convince him that he needs to learn about it instead of leaving it all to me? One of our kids is 18 & graduated this year🙌🏽 Now, his dad tells me that our son should go straight to the military and save the college money for the youngest (who is not diagnosed). I am heart broken to hear him say this and asked him to never let my son know how he truly feels 😢

My daughter is soon to be twelve and her obsession with her phone is so real. It started during the pandemic and I haven’t found a way around it. She doesn’t have many friends due to her being homeschooled this year. She goes to class once a week and is doing very well except She’s always been to herself. She has one shitty friend from a previous relationship of mines. She plays on her phone from the time she wakes up until she passes out. She says playing online games makes her feel like she has friends. We spend time together but of course she’s getting to that age where I’m not cool anymore lol I get it. What are your rules for phone use? If you have a loner child how do you keep them active and not on their phone? I’ve been searching for months for mom groups with children her age but it seems in my area all the children are younger. TIA for replying to my post I appreciate you taking the time out to assist me in this matter. ✌🏾

I have a son who just turned 13. Lately he’s been getting into trouble at school and out of school. We’ve switched up his routine and the friends he can hang out with, but he still keeps getting into trouble. Unfortunately, we live in a very small town in Oregon where there are not a lot of extra curricular activities to get him involved in, especially this time of year. I have done everything I can think to do, conversations, punishments, etc. the only choice I had left was to send him to live with his dad for a wake up call. Has anyone else dealt with this with their teens, and how did you handle it?

I feel like an absolute failure as a mother, and I’m hoping this won’t give him some sort of abandonment issues!