by Tamara Hartley | Aug 16, 2018 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Career Advice, Education Advice, Family Advice
Dear Tamara: I am considering dropping out of college. I am a sophomore majoring in chemistry. I had planned to go on to medical school, but am learning very quickly that I am really not interested in medicine. In fact, I no longer want to attend a 4-year university....
by Tamara Hartley | Aug 15, 2018 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Love and Relationship Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: My seventeen-year-old son is only interested in dating white girls. At first I thought it was just a one-time thing, then I began seeing a pattern. Finally I talked with him about it and he told me that “white girls” are just his preference. As his...
by Tamara Hartley | Aug 13, 2018 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Marriage Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: My husband and I have two different parenting styles and how we discipline. He is from a military family and grew up getting spankings, or as he often calls it “whoopins.” I did not grow up getting spanked and think it is unnecessary form of discipline to...
by Tamara Hartley | Aug 12, 2018 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Education Advice, Family Advice, Love and Relationship Advice, Marriage Advice
Dear Tamara: My fiancé has asked me to move in with him. We have been together for three years and engaged for almost a year now. We have not yet set a wedding date because we each have another year of school left and we both want to wait until we graduate college...
by Tamara Hartley | Aug 11, 2018 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice
Dear Tamara: I let my cousin move in with me about six months ago. She was only supposed to stay with me for a couple of weeks until she got her apartment situation straight. She is driving me crazy! She doesn’t cook or clean up after herself. I go to school during...
by Tamara Hartley | Aug 10, 2018 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: I have two children (ages 9 and 11) and they fuss and fight over everything. It is driving me crazy! I am tired of having to referee and tired of trying to get to the bottom of who’s right and who’s wrong. What can I do to stop my kids from fighting?...
