They say it takes a village to raise a child. For Jenelle Evans it might take more than that. Her mom, Barbara Evans, clearly has her hands full -- as we could see on the Teen Mom 2 finale recap with Dr. Drew this week. She's trying to parent a daughter with a drug problem and play mom to her grandson at the same time. Good thing the parents of her Teen Mom 2 co-stars aren't afraid to get their hands dirty to help her out. 

Chelsea Houska's dad, Randy Houska, and Leah Calvert's mom, Dawn Spears, laid down some parental guidance this week for Jenelle on Twitter.

More big news for Farrah Abraham. Her mom, Debra Danielson, has decided to let bygones be bygones. The Teen Mom star's mother has written a letter to her famous (infamous) daughter that should end their very public feud over Farrah's new career in porn.

Good for Debra. It takes a strong woman to say she was wrong.

As the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial kicks off today, it looks like Paris Jackson is reaching out to her mother for some support. The teenager spent her April 3 birthday with her mom Debbie Rowe, where the two were photographed for the first time since Paris was a toddler. The duo reportedly went shopping and then to a sushi dinner. Sounds like a pretty decent birthday to me.

As you may know -- Paris and Debbie haven't always had this kind of relationship. More than 10 years ago, Michael Jackson's ex-wife gave up her parental rights completely. However, since Michael's death, the newly-reunited mother-daughter pair have been spending more and more time together.

There's no doubt that they have a lot of things to make up for, and in my eyes, it's never too late to create a good relationship between a mother and her daughter.

Of all the ways to deal with teenage rebellion, I think the best I've heard so far is President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama's strategy, revealed on the Today show this morning:

"What we’ve said to the girls is, 'If you guys ever decided you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo.' And our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to rebel."

Brilliant! Every teen's worst fear is being embarrassed, especially by his or her parents (my daughter's almost 12 and already I'm getting the panicked tugs on my sleeve and death glare when she thinks I'm about to say something reputation-damaging in front of her friends). The Obamas' genius idea got us thinking ... what other forms of teenage rebellion could potentially be curbed by the threat of parental humiliation?

Today in Farrah Abraham news, the Teen Mom has declared that her mother is unfit. After having a talk with her counselor, Farrah decided that her "mother will never be a good mother" and concluded the only answer is to move out and to stop speaking to each other. A U-Haul truck was spotted outside their home, and Farrah posted a picture of herself smirking in front of a pile of boxed up shit.

I'm sorry. Did Farrah just get on her high horse about "good mothers"?

I don't envy Justin Bieber's mom, Pattie Mallette. Her teenage son has kind of gone off the rails lately. Now word has it the singer is mad at his mom for daring to say she "prays" for him.

Awww. Poor widdle baby!

Not.

I'm sure it comes as a surprise to approximately no one that Madonna's 16-year-old daughter Lourdes is officially dating or that "insdiers" describe her as "boy-crazy" (you did catch the "Madonna's daughter" part, right?). Apparently the current object of her affection is : Homeland actor Timothee Chalamet, a classmate of Lourdes' at NYC's legendary La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts. Awww, young love. How short-lived sweet.

I'm not too concerned about "endless flirt" Lourdes getting her heart broken here, but I am a bit concerned about her new beau getting his ... um, "heart" hijacked by a certain Mrs. Robinson-type celeb who just might be there to open her ... um, "arms" in the sort of warm welcome that can scar a kid for life. Just sayin', Maddona has dated more than one man who happened to be literally half her age at the time.

Every once in awhile there's a celebrity story that brings tears to your eyes ... in a good way. Take the way basketball great Magic Johnson has handled his son Earvin EJ Johnson III coming out as a gay man. Magic has been a class act.

Heck, after listening to him talk about how he first found out EJ was gay -- way back when he was a young teen -- I kind of wish the Lakers legend was my dad. Magic's eyes quite literally light up with love when he's talking about his son, and his explanation of how he and wife Cookie have helped their boy through the whole process is like a road map for parents of gay teens.