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{Ask YML} My Friend Is Basically Raising Her Grandchildren – How Do We Tell Her She’s Being Taken Advantage Of?

Dear YML, I have a friend who is just not seeing the picture that we are and we are concerned for her. She is the grandmother of two. Her daughter-in-law is 28, her husband is 31, and their daughters are 4 and 2. My friend has two jobs—a bus driver and an alteration shop. She watches the granddaughters every Tuesday and Thursdays, in between runs, on Friday nights overnight and most weekends so … [Continue reading...]

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{Ask YML} Motherhood Is Keeping Me From My Dreams

It's been a while since the last "Ask YML" feature, but this young mom reached out to me and I know for a fact that her experience will resonate with a lot of you.  Dear YML,I NEED HELP! I do not know what to do anymore, I have been a single mom for 6 years. I want to go back to school and get a degree in Pharmacy and Naturopathic health, but it is impossible for me to get support raising my … [Continue reading...]

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