With parenting challenges, ‘you learn as you go’
“Besides our young one here, I have a 13-year-old daughter who lives with us. Her mom split when she was about 1, so it was just the two of us for years before we got together....
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‘At first, I thought my parents were being tyrants’
“I got into the wrong crowd. My mom didn’t like the people I was hanging out with and who I’d become over a year or so. She wanted me to be influenced positively instead of negatively,...
Little League leader did it for the kids’ benefit
“I was involved with Little League baseball for a number of years, as a league president, city coordinator and then assistant district administrator. I enjoyed working with a lot of great people and playing a role...
He doesn’t want to let supportive parents down
“I’m a senior at University of Houston, so I’m feeling a mix of excitement and nervousness about what my future holds. I’m just trying to do the best I can and make my parents proud. “I’m...
Still feeling pain from ‘one-two-three punch’
“I lost my mother and my father to cancer. Both of them passed away at 70 years old, my mother from cervical cancer in ’06 and my father from prostate cancer in ’09. “Then, just a...
Turkey transplant long way from home, family
“We moved here from Turkey. We didn’t have any idea what living here would be like. All we really knew about America was what we saw on the news. “I find that the people are more...
Showing young people importance of respect
“There’s a lot of disrespect for law enforcement these days. “I think a big issue is that in the home, kids aren’t taught about respect for others. They don’t respect their parents, they don’t respect their...
He shows parents love with name tattoo
“I started getting tattoos when I was 14. Now I have them on my legs, chest, back and neck. “The first one I got was my last name on my stomach, because I look up to...
‘I’m just trying to enjoy my life, what I have left’
“I love still being alive. There was a moment when I thought I was dead already. I was ready to cross into the light. But then my parents, who died about eight years ago — one...
Life is good living under parents’ roof again
“I started a job three months ago, so I’m living at home again trying to save some money.” “I just got out of real estate school and I’m studying for my final exam. I’m living back...
