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Do you let your dogs eat leftovers or even cook for them? I don't cook for my dog every meal, but sometimes if there's more servings than we need and I know it won't taste good after a night in the fridge, I'll let the dog have a helping. Of course, I make sure there are no grapes, raisins...

Marine at 'Toys for Tots' drive stabbed by theft suspect - CNN.com It's so sad how desperate people get around this time of year. I've heard of break-ins, and theft is common, but actually stabbing a marine in uniform? It gets scarier and scarier.

With three kids, things get pretty expensive when everyone is being, well, wasteful. It seems like we go through a whole roll of toilet paper and another of paper towel a day. I remind them again and again to use less, but it doesn't seem to stick. Any ideas on how I can fix this?

Do you take the time to enjoy the company of good friends regularly? My buds and I meet up once a week at a wing joint for an all-you-can-eat wings and happy hour special there, and it's nice to have that "guy time," you know?

My oldest daughter has moderate acne and I know that my second oldest will probably have at least minor acne. Both of them are so hung up on their appearances (and their friends are, too) that it really bothers them. We've tried a lot of the over the counter treatments with little success; is it...

Jerry Brown: Pat Brown's son needs to keep the faith alive - latimes.com I was just looking at the article and couldn't help but be struck by how many people in politics have family that have been in politics. Of course, as with many professions, the skills can run in the family and it can be...

It's amazing how busy we can get with what we put high priority on, and how much we can neglect what we let fall to the wayside, no matter how important. How much time do you spend budgeting and making sure that your family is financially taken care of? Does it ever cut into "family time"?

I think that the back-and-forth of my kids changing houses between my ex-wife and I is starting to affect our youngest's schoolwork. He's 10 and his grades are starting to drop. We both help him with homework, but the teacher says that he doesn't seem to be retaining information for tests...

My eldest daughter is becoming quite visibly bothered by her acne. She's begun to try to hide her face if cameras are near where she used to always be the first to jump in. We've tried a couple of soaps, creams, and cleansing pads, but they don't seem to be working for her. Anyone have any good...

With the economy being as hard as it was, a good friend of mine took a job when it was offered to him - even though it was two states away. His wife didn't want to leave her job, either, so she stayed here with the kids. Though they are still happily married, they now spend most of the year...

How do you decide which family members you visit and for how long during the holidays? I drive up to my parents with the kids for Thanksgiving and the day after, and my ex wife takes the kids to her parents for Christmas Eve and Day. When they get back at the end of Christmas day, I drop by and...

When I've got all three kids over with me for the week, it gets a little hectic keeping track of all of them on my own. At 10, 12, and 14...do you think it's okay to get them all cell phones? Should I just give to the oldest, or oldest two? I really don't want to imagine what my 10 and 12 years...

Have your kids ever shared something out in public that you really wish had stayed at home? Happens to me all the time, it seems. It's gotten to the point that sometimes I have to tell them, "This is a family topic, so let's only talk about it with family." I don't want it to sound like I'm...

I hate hearing this. I only have my kids every other week, but they never hesitate to ask me for the latest brand-name trend in shoes, clothing, accessories, or electronics. I simply can't afford it on my income alone to please them every time, even if "all" of their friends have it (I know this...

Now that the economy seems to be looking up again, what are your plans for saving? I know that I had to dip into my savings to get through the tough times, and I'm sure I'm not alone. It's going to be hard to build back up - how do you plan to do it?

I'm all for pushing my kids to take on as much as they can and experience a lot of different things while they're growing up...but I see some parents who have their kids into so many activities, that the kids are wayyy to stressed out, in my opinion. I heard a girl having a near panic-attack...

Mine have begun to outgrow Highlights, but they're not quite old enough for National Geographic...and I try to steer my daughters away from "Teen Vogue" and "Cosmo," even though I think their friends bring them to school, anyway. Are there any in-between, good magazines you could recommend?

We started a savings account for each of our kids when they were born to save for college. With the prices of schools these days, though, the accounts are barely going to help with their first semester or year, depending on where they decide to go. My eldest daughter is 14 and in her freshman...

I know that not everyone is into writing, but I just wanted to mention this as a possible way of touching base with your kids and wife (or ex-wife, in my case) when it's difficult to do so face-to-face. Some adults, and some kids, don't like to "talk about it," and I've found that my kids love...

On the weekends that I have my kids, I try to take them for a good part of one of the days out somewhere; a mall, a flea market, a park...somewhere. I notice sometimes that people look at me, an older gent, with three kids aged 10-14, and it seems they often don't know what to think. It's really...