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Ask Rene: How Do I Let Go Of My Only Son?
1Hi Rene:
I’ll be thrilled if you can help me. I’ve been running the gamut of emotion lately. For the last several years, after my ex-husband walked out on us, it’s been my son, Jeffrey and me against the world. We shared highs and lows, good times and (a lot of) bad and we’re very close.
That’s the good news. Now the bad, Jeffrey has been accepted to college out of state. I guess that’s not really bad but to be honest, I am worried. I’m worried about him and I’m worried about me, given that More >
Ask Rene: My Son Rejected My Religion!
4Hi Rene :
Please help! My 19-year-old son, David is a smart, head-strong young man with a very bright future ahead of him. He left our home in Bakersfield, California to attend an Ivy League school on the east coast. He’s doing quite well in school but when he came home for spring break he dropped a bomb; he’s converted to Judaism!
Rene, my husband is a deacon in the same Baptist church we have attended since David was born. We have a big family celebration every year at Christmas and now that More >
Ask The Good Enough Guy: How Do I Tell My Husband I Don’t Want To Travel?
6Hi, Will,
I recently retired, and I’m enjoying my time away from work. I was afraid I wouldn’t, but it feels like I finally get to live my life for me. My husband and I have been married for 24 years and I love him dearly, but I am so afraid when he retires (19 months and counting down), his dreams of his retirement are going to cut into the happy little life I’m enjoying of running here and there, visiting with my friends, and babysitting my grandchildren. He wants to “explore the country More >
Ask Rene: My Son Is Being Bullied! (VIDEO)
3Dear Rene:
I have a situation that I haven’t seen you address here yet. It’s bullying. I am the mother of a special-needs, high school boy. Todd is a really sweet kid with not a mean bone in his body. It’s the fact that he is so gentle that really burns me up about this.
For several years now, there is one boy in his grade, Tyson, who delights in teasing him. He’s really very cruel about it too.
I have spoken to the school about it and they promise they are going to address it but I’m More >
Ask Rene: I’m Gay But My Mom Won’t Believe Me! (VIDEO)
4Hi Rene:
I’m writing you because you seem like a pretty cool mom and I guess I’m hoping you can help my mom see something. I am 16-years-old and I’m gay. I have known this for as long as I can remember but only recently told my mother. Instead of being understanding, she FREAKED OUT! She started yelling and screaming and telling me that I was too young to know what I was talking about.
Rene, she wants me to date girls before I decide whether I’m gay or not. I can’t even imagine that; I’m not More >
Ask Rene: Is My Daughter Being Abused?
4Hi Rene:
My daughter is away at college and secretly started seeing a guy from high school we didn’t approve of. Her behavior changes when she is with him. She has lost many friends because their relationship is obsessive. They text from the time they get up until they go to bed, even during class time and Skype pretty much every night. They see each other pretty much every weekend. She can have plans with friends but he will talk her into spending the time with him instead.
She has a More >
