Making Friends: Older Child
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Help-my 8 Year Old Is Very Picky About Her Food.
Asked by L.Z. from Odessa
on April 29, 2008
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I have an 8 year old that is very picky about food. She either wants something different from what i've made and if not, she won't eat. I can't get her to eat veggies...
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- I think it is a phase....my now 9 year old went through that also. Now she is trying all kinds of things. I would never go out of my way to fix her a different meal if...
- My children have done the same thing. She's associating the new food with the vomiting. My child did that with a certain food. It was a traumatic experience and the...
- my daughter has done this most of her life since 2 yrs old - she is now 23 yrs old. Over the years we have learned that some of the things she did not like - she has ...
9 Year Old with No or Very Few Friends
Asked by K.N. from Phoenix
on December 6, 2007
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I have a 9 year old that has no or very few friends. He is very intelligent, and he has ADHD. I took him for his intake with the counselor, and they said he is gifted ...
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- I was always told growing up it isn't the quantity of friends it is the quality. Church youth Groups or sunday school classes are a great place for kids to meet othe...
- K., I feel for your son. My daughter was an outcast and has never gotten over it. Kids are so mean sometimes. Invite another outcast to the party. It will mak...
- I have a 19 year old with ADD and a 16 year old with ADHD. The 16 year old was diagnosed with ADHD in kindergarten. We took the child to a neurologist and had extens...
Would You Let Your 9 Year Old Walk Home from School?
Asked by C.V. from San Antonio
on April 24, 2008
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My 9 year old son wants to walk to his friend's house after school on Friday. He would be walking with his friend & the distance is probably less than a mile. The neig...
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- You need to trust your inner voice. Do not let other people's opinion sway you from what you are comfortable with. You are not over protective. You are realistic ab...
- Trust your instincts. Who cares what the other parents think about you, this is your son. When friends come to our house we honor their parents request and keep the...
- Hi C., If you are not comfortable with it, then don't do it. Don't let your son's friends/parents decide what is best for you. Maybe they are too carefree? And tha...
My 10 Year Old Is Having Difficulty Making Friends
Asked by T.M. from New York
on March 24, 2010
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My 10 year old daughter is having alot of difficulty at school making friends. There are two classes in her grade. Out of 29 children there are only nine girls in the...
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- I am having exactly the same problem with my 9 yr old daughter. There are only 11 girls in the entire grade level (the school splits the girls in 2). My daughter does...
- Do you all invite any of the friends over for playdates or to just hang out? That is what we did when our daughter was in a class that she did not know any of the chil...
- I highly highly suggest Michael Gurian's "The Wonder of Girls" for thinking about your daughter and her life. My daughter had a really hard time last year; since I had...
Making Friends
Asked by M.D. from Panama City
on March 2, 2008
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How do i help my daughter make friends? She is not shy, 5 years old, no school yet, late b-day,and we live way out in the woods. I put her in dance class, and try to ...
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- M., I just attended a great seminar called " Love and Logic " at Lake Forrest Prep School. It was about how to parent your children in the right way to make them r...
- you may want to consider a brownie or girl scout troop. The parents for that activity are much less likely to drop their kids off and leave. It's a wonderful organizat...
- M. I would suggest the following - church sunday school, brownies or if available in your neck of the woods public play grounds. You have to go at the same time, s...
8 Year Old Hates Everything
Asked by S. from Denver
on January 3, 2009
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Hello,
I hope I can get some great tips for my 8 year old son. He hates everything! He hates it before he tastes or smells it. He will not try anything, when he ...
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- For kids food is all they can control. Well anyway stick to you guns and be consistant by standing by your word. I have a 7 year old who is autistic and he tries to pu...
- I feel your pain! My five yr old doesn't like most foods. I have found that it helps to let him help choose food while grocery shopping and to help prepare dinner. ...
- You are being manipulated by a master : ). You need to change your thinking about the purpose of a meal-It is to nourish the body and provide some family togetherness ...
9 Year Old Daughter Maturing Too Soon
Asked by J.C. from Dallas
on June 29, 2009
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I have a beautiful 9 year old daughter maturing quickly. No, she has not started her period, but she is developing in all the other areas. Her pediatrician says it i...
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- J., If you will Google - girls developing early - or some other way of phrasing it, you will find many articles on this subject. It seems this is not unusual these ...
- Nowadays girls are developing a lot sooner than we did. I remember starting in the fifth grade, and so did most of my friends. I believe I just turned 10. But now t...
- I totally agree with most of all the others. My coworkers daughter and my niece have started their periods at the age of 10. Most kids start budding at the tender ag...
Help! My 10 Year Old Daughter.
Asked by J.Y. from Charlotte
on September 17, 2008
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I have a beautiful 10 year old daughter. She has so many clothes and they are all very fashionable but I swear, every morning she comes down looking like a nut case. ...
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- she is going thought a stag and the more youfuss about the more she will do so one morning just tel that she looks nice and see the look on her face
- I know I'm a bit late with the response but i just wanted to let you know that I always did my own thing fashionably. I was a cheerleader in 10th grade and came into ...
- J. - do not panic. This is a phase and a creative outlet. Encourage your son not to pick on her - being a kid is hard enough. Next years' schools uniforms will he...
7 Year Old Daughter
Asked by C.S. from Springfield
on February 12, 2007
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my 7 year old daughter is acting like a teenager. she says we hate her, over anything that wasnt what she wanted, she says we love her brothers more than her, even tho...
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- My 7-year-old daughter acts the exact same way. I think it's mostly a combination of personality and age. Though the person who pointed out birth order may have a po...
- C., The night terrors in childern isn't all that uncommon, but uncommon enough. You may want to talk to her doc and see what they suggest. If she is having night terr...
- Hi there C. I have a gonna be 7 year old son at the end of this month and he is doing the exact thing as your daughter and I have no idea what is going on with him I ...
Trouble Making Friends with Other Moms, Is It Me?
Asked by G.N. from Waco
on July 12, 2010
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I have trouble making friends, I don't know if it's that I am trying to hard or what. I have joined mommy groups, play dates, mops, a church (by the way I was baptist ...
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- I too have the same problem. I have no trouble 'making' friends but once they get to know me & MY weird sense of humor or conversation preferences, they bolt. I have n...
- Oh sweetie all I can say is I feel you!!! I have been in a tough spot for like a year. It is lonely and it is hard to understand why no connections seem to happen. ...
- i like you...........i wish i was brave enough to have pink hair!.....i get the same thing....or used to, from other moms, i was a young mom myself i had my first at 2...
