Raising kids is not easy, especially if you have to go at it alone. This was a lesson that "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice learned now that her husband Joe is away from the family.

The reality star recently revealed of her struggles to parent her four young daughters alone, while Joe is serving his 41-month sentence. And what is apparently making things more challenging is her eldest daughter having a new boyfriend.

"It's just driving me a little nuts. That's the part I'm not ready for," Teresa explained to E! News. "I wish my husband was home for that because I need him. I can't do it by myself."

The popular cook book author added that children need two parents, with one "stricter than the other parent." Unfortunately, both roles now fall on her. But Joe seems to be doing what he can, emailing his daughter as often as he can.

Despite the stressful situation the Giudices are in, Teresa has so far kept her zen with yoga. But based on the trailer for season 7 of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," there were instances when her feathers were ruffled and her zen destroyed, especially when Jacqueline Laurita was involved.

There were reports that Jacqueline had clashed with both Teresa and her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, and a recent interview with E! Online revealed that things haven't improved between the three.

The 44-year-old Teresa revealed that she doesn't have a relationship with Jacqueline anymore, adding that she has no time for "people that try to hurt you and bring you down." As for Melissa, she admitted that the infamous Vermont trip might have been the straw that broke the camel's back.

"It took my rose-colored glasses off and it was like really seeing someone in front of me that I didn't see before," she said.

However, it seems Jacqueline looks at it as par for the course and described her volatile relationship with the two as similar to sisters who hate each other one second and love each other the next.

"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" season 7 will finally return to Bravo on July 10 at 8 p.m.