Dear Dennis Letters

Dear Dennis:

My 11-year-old son recently passed his one year anniversary of living as a Type 1 diabetic, so he has extra challenges on his path. However, he is non-compliant with everything from using the restroom when he really needs to (#2) to household responsibilities to schoolwork. He calls h...

Dear Dennis:

I have a 6-year-old who has recently starting telling me he hates himself. And everyone around him. He yells at his 15-month-old brother. He tells me he wants to live somewhere else. He says he wishes he was never born and that his sis was never born. It breaks my heart. He treats me...

Dear Dennis:

I have a 12-year-old daughter who has been lying, stealing, shows no respect, and is failing in school. No matter what I do to discipline her, it doesn't affect her nor does she care. I'm really scared that she will be like her 17-year-old sister who is now a single mom and who has st...

Dear Dennis:

Please help me, I do not know what else to do. My child just turned 10 and it has gone from worse to worse. She has been breaking into my neighbor’s house and took her friend's wallet and everything. Please help. — Alejandra

Dear Alejandra:

This kind of behavior in a 10-year-old...