Behavior: Older Child

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My daughter has asked me what the word sex means and what sex is. She is 9. I explained to her that some questions are very difficult to answer and tha...
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I have an 8 year old that is very picky about food. She either wants something ...
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I have a second grader that has been real emotional and moody. He runs out of t...
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My almost 6-year-old has been pleading for a Nintendo DS or the Wii, like all hi...
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I have a beautiful 9 year old daughter maturing quickly. No, she has not starte...

Bullying

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My daughter has asked me what the word sex means and what sex is. She is 9. I explained to her that some questions are very difficult to answer and tha...
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My 7 year old has already called me out thinking I am the tooth fairy so I think...
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My daughter is almost 6 years old. She has no concept of money. She thinks tha...
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My 9 year old son wants to walk to his friend's house after school on Friday. He...
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I need options.I have a 10 year old that has become a bully at school. I am lost...

Discipline

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My daughter has asked me what the word sex means and what sex is. She is 9. I explained to her that some questions are very difficult to answer and tha...
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My 7 year old has already called me out thinking I am the tooth fairy so I think...
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My daughter is almost 15 months old and we are continuing to have issues with he...
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I have an 8 year old that is very picky about food. She either wants something ...
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My 10 year old daughter is uncooperative when asked to assist around the house. ...

Disrespect & Disobedience

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My 8 year old has the worst attitude when it comes to how she talks to her father and I. I try to talk calmly but she won't let up!! She is an honors...
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I am so desperate for any advice from other parents of 10 year old boys. My son ...
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My 10 year old daughter is uncooperative when asked to assist around the house. ...
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My daughter is only 7 years old (will be 8 this summer) and she already has the ...
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I have a 9 year old that says we don't give her everything. Since the age of 6 s...

Friends

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What time does/should a 6 year old ( 7 yr. old) go to bed. My son goes to bed at about 730 or 8 (at the very latest). Just wonder about other kids thi...
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My 8 year old has no interest in school what so ever. He likes going to school ...
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Hi Moms, I'm going to be visiting some friends that we haven't seen in severa...
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My 8 year old son, who loves to play with his friends (but choses not to partici...
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I need some suggestions and advice.. My son is just completely obsessed about p...

Hitting

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My son is 10 mos (almost as big as the 22mo and walking)and my nephew is 22 mos. They both hit each other and other people, especially when they are ex...
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Hi. Thanks to all who helped with my previous issue. Emily is doing great in the...
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Hi, I have a three year old who is very sweet, but tends to think everything sho...
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My son is 17mnths old, he's bright and always full of life. There are 2 things t...
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This seems like a basic question, but perhaps exhaustion and frustration have re...

Legal Trouble

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My 2 year old daughter has currently started to act out and when I try to disipline her she will cry for her Grandma. My Mother-in-law lives with us a...
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Today we received notice from my almost 9 year old Bio-MOMs new attorney (4 in 1...
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Okay so this may be odd and I may be crazy but here goes. We just recently moved...
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We just moved literally across the street from my son's school and I was wonderi...
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My soon to be 8 year old son is still wetting his bed. We're at our wits end wi...

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Self Esteem

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My 11 yr old daughter has always had low self-esteem. Even when she was a toddler - she would say I can't do it. She would wait for her younger sister ...
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I am a little confused with my young son's behavior. I grew up in a very abusiv...
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I am really struggling with my self confidence and was wondering what others did...
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I am wondering if anyone has any advice on how to handle a 6 year old boy who we...
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Hi Gals - I am hoping that some of you have some suggestions for groups or acti...

Social Skills

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My daughter has asked me what the word sex means and what sex is. She is 9. I explained to her that some questions are very difficult to answer and tha...
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My 7 year old has already called me out thinking I am the tooth fairy so I think...
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My daughter is almost 6 years old. She has no concept of money. She thinks tha...
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My 9 year old son wants to walk to his friend's house after school on Friday. He...
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Hello, I hope I can get some great tips for my 8 year old son. He hates ever...

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Tantrums

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I have a daughter who will be 2 next months and has recently started throwing huge tantrums that absolutely drive me nuts. She is speaking well and is ...
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My 18 month old daughter has been a really good child for the last year and a ha...
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My daughter is almost 6 years old. She has no concept of money. She thinks tha...
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My 8 year old son has daily temper tantrums many times a day. they start at bre...
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My 7 year old has temper tantrums and is very rude to myself and sibling, family...

Testing Limits

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I am so desperate for any advice from other parents of 10 year old boys. My son is not at all respectful of my discipling him, he doesn't care what I t...
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OK, I am at my whits end with my 10 year old son. He refuses to do his homework...
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Help! My 7 year old daughter has been causing trouble for our babysitters, to t...
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My daughter is really been pushing our limits lately, she just turned 2 and I kn...
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My son is 9 years old. He is in the third grade. He is extremely smart, this h...

Violence

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My 8-year old son is having violent thoughts and sometimes actions. Before Christmas break his teacher sent home a drawing that she had found in his de...
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I am so desperate for any advice from other parents of 10 year old boys. My son ...
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We are a large combined family. My 9-year-old stepdaughter has been a huge hous...
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Hi to all the moms out there, im in dispair so im hoping you all can help me :( ...
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Very long now, update at bottom. My partner and I are foster parents who rece...

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Whining

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I have two beautiful children, a 9 year old girl named Bailee and a 6 year old son named Brandon. They are complete opposites.. Bailee is very articula...
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I have a son who is 10 who still whines alot. He whines over everything from no...
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My son is one more month to be 6 year old. Sometimes he is angry or sad for litt...
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My 4 (almost 5) year old is a constant whiner. I assume that it has a lot to do...
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Hi, I have a two year old daughter and she just recently started this whinning b...