I'm 31 and my parents pay my mortgage — their help is a lifeline

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The author's parents help her pay her mortgage after going freelance.

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My family always felt different. My grandparents raised me and were older than my friends' parents.

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Nicole Johnson and her brother were raised by their grandparents.

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I've worked with college students for years. Parents should teach their college-bound kids these key life skills this summer.

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A professor says parents need to teach their kids these life skills.

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There are plenty of benefits to having kids participate in sports, but we should also teach them that it's OK to stop

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Soraya Chemaly (not pictured) is the author of "The Resilience Myth."

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I dreaded my teens dating, but it's brought me closer to them. They talk to me about everything — I've even helped draft break-up texts.

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Terri Peters was nervous when her kids started dating, but she says they talk to her about their relationships.

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I'm a mom of 3 and I prefer to vacation with each of my kids individually instead of traveling as a family

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The author has three kids but prefers traveling alone with one at a time.

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Instead of buying gifts for our daughters, we ask parents to bring toys their kids no longer use. We do an exchange at the party.

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Katrina Donham (not pictured) tells parents not to bring new gifts to her daughters' birthday parties.

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I'm American and my husband is Spanish. We are raising our child with both cultures.

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My kids go to the sleepaway camp I own. I get to see them all summer, but I don't treat them differently than other campers.

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I let my kids play in the mud, and I don't mind when they wrestle. I've made my peace with dirt and we have a household safe word.

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Bethaney Phillips allows her sons to wrestle and get dirty.

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