Cutting & Self-injury: Toddler
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Attitude and Self-injury
Asked by M.R. from Philadelphia
on May 30, 2009
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I have a 12-year-old boy whose academic performance has slowly deteriorated throughout this academic year and whose personal integrity has surfaced to insecurity. He i...
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- Hi M.. Get some counseling for your son NOW!! Get him off the computer and to a doctor he is screaming for help weather he realizes it or not. You know that...you...
- It sounds like your son is going through something that might be over your head. I am a 7th grade teacher, and some of his actions are definite warning signs that he ...
- M., I only read a few posts, but they are SO right. I would get your son to a counselor ASAP. I have the name of a wonderful one in Hershey if that would be a goo...
Teen Self-injury or Cutting
Asked by M.F. from Washington DC
on May 15, 2008
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I need advise from parents who have experienced a kind of situation regarding teen cutting. We got a call yesterday from the school counselor that our daugther is cut...
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- My daughter is going through the same exact problem right now. We are just getting to see a psychiatrist. The wait list everywhere I look is very long. have you had...
- I just posted this very issue on one of my blogs www.bodyrules.com
- M., I suggest seeking mental health counseling right away. There is something underlying that you daughter is not willing to talk about with the people currently in...
"Cutting"
Asked by M.B. from Macon
on May 20, 2008
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I'm looking for information on "cutting". I have a 19 year old son who is cutting and has been doing so off and on for the past 3 years. He has started counseling abo...
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- Well there's has to be a point in time that he started cutting and something that stressed him out enough to make him resort to that.Try back tracking and find out wha...
- I don't know if I can offer any real wisdom here... but please know that you are not alone. My stepdaughter was doing this a few years back. Her teacher had said so...
- I don't have the answers to this type of behavior. I don't understand it either except that they do it to "release" feelings or emotions. Our church has a "Teen Club" ...
Self-injury Help
Asked by A.V. from Dallas
on November 4, 2010
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Can anyone recommend a therapist for an 11 y/o boy who has recently started injuring himself? I am afraid to call just anyone, there are so many providers just in it ...
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- Janie Stubblefield at Salvation Army Casa - near Bachman Lake...Casa is a safe haven/shelter for teens and that is their speciality and they are very good....she is ju...
- Hi A., I know of many familys that have helped their kids with ADD/ADHD with Nutritional Supplement that has Omega 3 and other brain food. If you are open I will con...
- Laura Parsons is a good therapist who specializes in working with kids. Her office is near 635 and Coit. I believe her number is ###-###-####. Blessings. I know thi...
When should my child to be cutting a molar?
Asked by A.D. from New Orleans
on August 9, 2007
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My 15 month old has been REALLY cranky the past few days, and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Well last night I noticed that she is cutting one of her molars. Is...
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- My son had alot of teeth by 15 months, even molars. Some children just get their teeth faster than others...we started cutting teeth at 4 months. The best thing to r...
- I think that she is on track. My DD had all her teeth before she was 2.
- Dont worry, its not too early, My son is 16 months and he has a mouth full of teeth, including molars. He has had them for months now. Not that he uses them, but he ha...
Emotional Cutting?!?!
Asked by M.M. from Dallas
on May 10, 2011
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Good Morning, I coworker confided in me about her finding out her teenage daughter is cutting herself on her arm! I didnt know what to say becasue this is shocking a...
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- There isn't much that you can do to help, aside from listening to her and letting her know that there is no shame in discussing her daughter's illness. If she has not...
- Cutting is a serious issue because one wrong move and she could cut too deeply. A good place to start might be with the school counselor or the daughter's pediatricia...
- I use to cut. To say the least. when I was 12 I started. Shallow cuts. what they call superficial cuts, because they barely drew blood. As I got older(19) I began cut ...
Cutting Nails
Asked by N.S. from New York
on August 6, 2008
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Anybody have any suggestions for cutting my kids' nails while he's awake without him throwing a fit? I find myself with a flashlight in his bedroom at midnight, tryin...
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- Offer him something in return.....reading a book, sitting watching tv with him - or maybe a glass of chocolate milk. Usually works for mine. Also, I use a cuticle c...
- I found the easiest way to cut my child's nails (now 16 months) was to cut my in front of her. Then she wanted me to cut hers. She is all about doing what I am. I hop...
- N., THis is a question that I've had since my son, now 17 mos., was born! I know how you feel! I trim Duncan's nails at naptime when it's light in his room. I us...
Nail Cutting
Asked by R.B. from Philadelphia
on June 26, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions for cutting a baby's nails? My daughter is 4 1/2 months old and everytime I go to cut her nails she clenches her fists and pulls her ...
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- I usually cut my sons nails when he is sleeping or while he is nursing, it is the easiest time for me because he is so still. He is 7 months old and we have been doin...
- hi I have 8 children and found to wait til they were sleeing ing my arms and then hold their finger a litttle tight til red tint appears and then u can see where to cu...
- when my son was a week old I tried using the clippers. there was no way I clipped his little finger but there was blood. ever since that day I have bit his nails. p...
Information on Cutting
Asked by B.M. from Atlanta
on December 22, 2008
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Hello Moms
I have been thinking about this a lot and was wondering if there was another way to handle it. So my father in law is remarried and she brought her now ...
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- B., there is a non-profit organization called To Write Love on Her Arms. It originally started out as a way to help one young lady with a drug and cutting issue. you ...
- My stepson started doing this at an early age due to severe neglect from his mom and emotional problems he faced early in his childhood. We read tons of information on...
- The reason you have to send her to a hospital she needs to be watch 24/7 and talk out what is wondering her. you do not send them away you pray that professionals cou...
Cutting the Curls
Asked by C.A. from Tampa
on January 29, 2010
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My daughter is 2 and has curly hair. It seems as it is getting longer the top of her head isn't curly any more it is just the bottom half. Her hair is looking uneven s...
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- Let me refer you to this website, which is all about naturally curly hair and how to keep it at it's best. There is a forum specifically for parents of curly kids. ...
- Hi C., It is very common for babies and toddlers to have curly hair in the beginning. But underneath that fine, baby growth, they will have "normal" hair. Obviously s...
- In my experience with curly hair, it can be very curly when little, then straighten out to waves as the child gets older. Then when puberty hits WHAM, you must then l...
