I pay my tween son to take me on ‘dates’ — haters call me toxic, but here’s why it’s good parenting
“Nasty.” “Embarrassing.” “F–king weird.” Mom Melissa Ann Marie’s been virtually pummeled with those epithets — and worse — for routinely giving her 12-year-old son $50 to take her out on monthly dates. But the San Diego-based singleton says the mommy-and-me rendezvous are strictly wholesome rather than worrisome. Mom Melissa Ann Marie caught social media backlash … Read more