Q: I'm faced with a dilemma. My parents are divorced and my father has been remarried for 20 years. I love his wife and she is like a second mom to me. Plus, my wife and I had our first child three months ago - not to mention my wife's mother lives nearby, and my wife has a bonusmom as well. If you do the math that's five yours, mine, and ours moms. My wife wants to see her "moms." I want to see mine - and my wife is a mom for the first time. I didn't mention that my grandma lives five miles away. How do I juggle all this using good ex-etiquette?

I dread being the bearer of bad news, especially in an uncertain economy, questionable employment gains and high allergen levels, but here it goes: Jell-O salad is dead.

Q: I went into my 17-year-old's bedroom to wake him this morning. After some urging, he eventually got up and then told me he hated me. What is the appropriate consequence for this sort of disrespect?

Days of Malibu living are long gone for Barbie. The iconic doll has moved to Florida and is inviting people to step into her life-size dream house, the first one now open worldwide.

There are few feelings more stirring to the soul than driving a tank and crushing a car with it.

If the Food Network is hunting for its No. 1 fan, I suggest executives stop at my house to interview The Hubby. He watches more of its programs than anything else on TV, including reruns of our mutual fave, "NCIS," and the endless stream of fishing shows that teach which spoon lures to use in skinny, weedy water.

Names that convey wisdom may not, by themselves, be enough to make your child wise, but they can't hurt.

An unfamiliar, unlit pool and a split-second decision to dive.

Children come into the world curious. No one knows this better than parents who spend the first few years of a child's life simply trying to keep them from hurting themselves as they explore the brand new world. However, something happens by age 13 and that curiosity evolves into an "I know it all" mentality. That means there is a critical window of time in which to develop your young entrepreneur. It starts with encouraging curiosity.

As the weather gets warmer we often feel the need to organize and clean our homes. May is a great time to do this and getting our children to help not only makes our lives easier it also teaches them wonderful life skills. Our dominant sense affects not only how we interpret information but also what our natural skills are, even when it comes to cleaning.