by Tamara Hartley | May 17, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: I am going crazy! I found a condom in my daughter’s purse. I don’t know if I am more angry or afraid! She is only sixteen years old. I had no idea she was sexually active. I had my first child when I was sixteen, I am not ready to be a grandmother and I...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Love and Relationship Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: My boyfriend spends too much time with his son! He has a toddler son who lives an hour away. Every time the child sniffles, he runs out of town to be with him. If the child has a simple fever or cold, my boyfriend will run to see about him, and even take...
by Tamara Hartley | Jun 29, 2011 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: I am furious that my daughter has so many tattoos and Piercings! She has completely flipped the script and I barely even know her anymore. Since she moved out on her own it’s like she is a completely new person. She has tattoos all over her arms and an...
by Tamara Hartley | Apr 19, 2011 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: Recently my fifteen-year-old niece confided in me that she is four months pregnant. I tried to talk to her and convince her to talk to her mother, but she is too afraid. Though my sister has a history of getting upset and going off, I still think she has...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 28, 2011 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Education Advice, Family Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: What is a good age to start talking to kids about sex? I recently caught my 11-year-old son watching porn on his computer (and I assume he was doing more than watching). I walked up on him and I saw it on the screen. As soon as he heard me he hurried up...
by Tamara Hartley | Jan 15, 2011 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Love and Relationship Advice, Marriage Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: My husband and I have been married for six years. We have three children. Four-year old-twins and a twelve-year-old son I had from a previous relationship. While my husband has not officially adopted my son, he has been the only father my son has known...
