Eyes & Vision: Tween
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14 Year Old That Has a Lot of Headaches
Asked by D.J. from Tulsa
on April 7, 2008
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I have a 14 year old son that has headaches quite often. He wears glasses, so that is not the problem. He comes home from school daily with a headache. I have taken...
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- I'm a firm believer in dehydration being a cause of headaches. How much water is he drinking each day? Whenever I feel a headache coming on I have a large glass of ...
- I had headaches at this age. Every afternoon they would come on and I would be in bed all afternoon. I saw a a doctor and they ran many of test. Nothing would show up....
- You might try taking him to a Chiropractor. If his axis isn't aligned, it can cause headaches. Go to one who uses an activator instead of bending & popping the body. I...
Kids & Glasses
Asked by B.H. from Dallas
on September 24, 2011
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Hi All. I just found out that my 11 year old son needs to wear glasses. BIFOCALS no less. I feel like a terrible mother - for the past few years his teachers and I ...
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- Buy multiple pairs... See if he will tolerate a strap on the earpieces to keep them on his face. My son has a hard time keeping his lenses clean. His shirt do...
- Not sure how long my oldest needed glasses. My older daughter and I were watching TV with him. He was squinting to read a phone number that was six inches tall on th...
- my advice is to buy from walmart they guarantee their frames for one year so if they get broken (my daughter typically goes through 2+ frames per year!) then they will...
Looking for a GOOD EYE DOCTOR - Pediatric Ophthalmology
Asked by J.S. from Dallas
on January 13, 2009
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Hello,
I am looking for a good eye doctor for my 5 year old - hopefully in the plano area but don't mind going out of the area.
Help:)
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- I LOVE Dr J. Patterson at Vision Works Eye Care in Frisco, on Preston next to Toys R Us. She has a 3 year old daughter so is used to kids and was great with both my 3...
- We just took my 2 yr old daughter to Dr. Mary Leazure at Modern Family Vision in Allen. Both Dr. Leazure and her staff were great with my daughter, we've already been...
- I highly recommend Dr. Stager Jr. He is in Plano off 15th and Coit.
Throwing a Birthday Party for a 13 Year Old Girl!?!?
Asked by C.S. from Phoenix
on August 19, 2009
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Hello All!
My boss just called and he wants me to put together a birthday party for his daughter who is turning 13. He is a single dad, and is at a loss to what she w...
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- Ok, I have a 12 1/2 and a 14 year old. They say it depends on the individual girl. One says pink and white may be too girly, maybe black and pink?? The other said, w...
- For my daughter's 13th, we had a movie night theme. We had a red carpet leading up to the front door & took each person's photo as they entered. We hung gold and sil...
- I think you really need to find out more about her likes of colors and whether she's into the feather boa and pink kinda stuff or not. Both of my girls are definatel...
11 Year Old Boy "Dating"
Asked by C.C. from Houston
on August 11, 2009
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OK - I need some guidance. I have an 11 year old boy who's very interested in girls. I have always been as open & honest with him in regards to anything he has ever wa...
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- Remember the the term "going steady"? That cracks my kids up because they call it "going out" now. As a mom of a 13 year old daughter I hope and pray that my daughte...
- C., My daughter is 12 years old and has been asked to "go out" several times by boys her age, but has never agreed to do it. She has come to talk to us each time. ...
- You can't control what interests him or when, but you can control some of his activities. Get to know his friends and which girls interest him, and be careful to moni...
Any of You Used Vision Therapy for ADHD
Asked by J.H. from Lexington
on October 23, 2009
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Hi-My 7 yr. old son has ADHD. He is very behind his second grade class. He has only seem to get worse this year. He has problems reading and now almost refuses to r...
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- Hi J., If I were you, I'd just separate the vision therapy from the fact that your son has ADHD. One is separate from the other. There are lots of people with vis...
- My son is highly functional autistic and he also had this problem where his eyes did not work together. Vision therapy did help. It improved his reading ability. He st...
- I do not know about the vision therapy that you are talking about. However, 5 years ago we took our 11 year old son to the Sensory Learning Center. He received light...
Toddler with Possible Vision Problems...
Asked by A.N. from Portland
on January 2, 2007
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I have recently been noticing my 2 1/2 year old squinting when looking at distant objects. I was wondering if anyone else has children of this age with vision problem...
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- Hi A., I just wanted to let you know that they check the babies eyesight at birth. So, if they can do that, then I would deffinately have the eyes checked. You know...
- Yes that is something that you should get checked out. When my sister was about 6 or 7 months old my mother noticed that my sister was having problems with her eyes st...
- Hello, So sorry that you are having to worrying about this. My little girl was born with one eye crossed.My grandfather is the ONLY person that belived she had a probl...
Vision Problem in Toddler?
Asked by J.A. from Florence
on February 20, 2009
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Hey Mamas,
How can you tell if your toddler has a vision problem. Heres the thing, my 21 month old looks at things kinda funny. He will hold things far away from hims...
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- My daughter, when she was three, had eye surgery. Her right eye wanted to turn in. A eye muscle was clipped and she wore glasses until she was 12 years old. I think...
- My son is 3 years old and he is wearing glasses now. His left eye started turning in toward his nose when he would look at things and so I went to a pediatric opthamol...
- My now 12 year old starting wearing glasses around that age. She could not see close up and had to hold things pretty far away for her to get things.
12 Year Old
Asked by M.V. from Dallas
on May 9, 2010
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Hello everyone.......I need some advice...I am a single mom ....of a 12 year old son who I have been having problems with. He is a wonderful, loving kid, but for the...
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- Middle school is such a tough time of life. Be firm yet understanding with him. A really good resource is a book called Surviving Middle School. It is written for k...
- I think you have been given some great advice. I would just add a few things, assuming he has no learning or reading problems, but just hates to read. My son also hate...
- Two great book I'd like to suggest is Love and Logic for teens and Bright Minds Poor Grades. Both books concentrate on having the child "own" their problems and encou...
12 Year Old Behavior Problems
Asked by M.B. from Los Angeles
on August 2, 2009
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I am having problems with my 12 year old step son. Last school year he got 3 Fs, 2 Ds and a C. He always lied about having homework. At home, he wont do his chores....
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- I am sure there are many issues behind the emotion and behavior occurring here. It is important to find more treatment than meds- including educational support (with ...
- Let me say that I can identify with what you are going through. I too am a stepmom in a very similar situation to yours (had to raise the child because mom was unable...
- First of all Sonya H is right, about the food. Second of all if you don't discipline you can expect behavior problems - "talking to" is not discipline, boundaries and...
