I received a call from my daughter’s school reporting that she kept touching another girl's hair during PE. My daughter is in 6th grade in a new school. According to the school it was happening frequently and the girl asked my daughter to stop and she didn’t. They talked to both girls and their parents. My daughter cried and explained to them she was not being malicious and that she was just playing. How do I help her through this?
My 5yo has zero impulse control and can be aggressive. How can I help them?
I need help managing my children's fears, physical play and reading comprehension. Ahhh!
How worried should I bee about homework and initiative from my son?
How can I help my 5yo son make new friends?
How can I communicate with my son better?
When and how should I talk to my son about his ASD/ADHD diagnosis?
How do I help a son who gets bored and stuck and another who asks for help with things they know how to do?
My son has a hard time playing by himself and coming up with ways to entertain himself, he says he is bored, he says he doesn’t know what to do, I give him options and he doesn’t want any of them and just gets upset saying he doesn’t know what to do.
My other son has always been super independent and a “I do it myself!” type of kid since he was a baby, but for some time now he has been asking me to do things for him, dressing him, putting on his shoes, washing his teeth.. things he knows how to do himself but he says he WANTS me to do it.
How concerned should I be about this?
Should I stop helping him even if he gets upset?
A schoolmate calls my son names constantly. What can I do about it?
There is a 4th grader (our son is in third grade) that keeps calling our kid “fatass”.
We tell him that there are people that sometimes, when they don’t feel good inside, say things to try to hurt people.
What else can we tell him to help him deal with mean comments?
Should we say something to the school?
Our almost 6yo is lying, breaking things and running away. I am terrified. What do I do?
Our almost 6yo is incredibly vivacious, social, happy, energetic, independent, constantly moving, demands attention and wants to be first for everything. He runs away in beaches, malls, parks, leaving me screaming at him to stop (he won’t) and then I have to run after him leaving his brother running behind me saying 'I abandoned him'. It’s nuts. I’d rather stay home. Why is this happening and how can we help him trust us and say the truth, listen and not run away?
Mornings are rough with my daughter. How do I help her?
My child seems to be doing things to annoy me on purpose. How do I understand this?
How detailed should the divorce conversation be with children?
The kids were asking me the other day about dad not living in the house and us being separated. I told them the same thing I always say, that we are better people and parents this way. Then they asked who left first. I paused and just said what we had told them originally.
Later, it got me thinking if that was the best approach. I think they blame me for the whole thing so part of me wants to tell them exactly what happened. Is that wise?
Are there any school modifications for my 8yo with ADHD?
How can I teach my almost 5yo to tolerate frustration?
I have gone back to work full time and my almost 5yo son is not choosing me. He is only choosing dad. Help!
I recently started to work full time since my son was born and he and I are having difficulties transitioning to the new situation. He is almost 5 years old and this is also the first time he is going full time to school in a new place. He is experiencing a number of changes. He is manifesting his feelings by ignoring me, being disrespectful and not wanting me to put him in bed and read a story to him. Now he only wants his daddy to be with him and not me. I am so sad! What is the right thing to do?
My 10yo daughter is having a hard time making friends in her new class. How can I help her best?
My daughter just started 4th grade.
She is in a class with mostly new peers, only a few kids from her class last year. Her close friends are not in class with her. She is struggling a bit with the transition and feels that she has difficulty making new friends. She has a growing friendship with two girls who are closer and she often feels excluded. One of them actually said yesterday she was the third wheel.
How can I help her?
Should I keep my son in summer camp although he has expressed not wanting to go?
One of my sons is enrolled in an art camp that he thrives in, doing something he loves and is successful at. His final piece for the end of year school art gallery was amazing and I’m pretty amazed at his talent. However, he is telling me he doesn’t want to go to art summer camp. When I ask why he says he needs a break from the school environment, wants to have play dates and do other things over the summer. Should I let him?
How do I speak to my son about body image and is it ok to call him when he's with his dad?
I have two unrelated questions today.
My son has been talking a lot lately about not liking the way he looks. He sometimes looks at the mirror and says he is ugly and the other day he told me girls at school are telling him he is short. I am not sure how to help him.
When he is with dad and I call him, he doesn't seem to want to talk most of the time.
My 7yo and 5yo sons have nasty fights. What is the best way to handle them?
My 7yo and 5yo sons play well most of the time but continue to get into nasty fights over silly things and I see a lot of anger coming from both of them when the other does something annoying.
Should I punish the one that hits by placing them in time-out or taking away a benefit like no tv later etc?