Not Listening: Older Child
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My 10 Year Old Son Won't Do His Work
Asked by C.G. from Stationed Overseas
on May 25, 2008
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OK, I am at my whits end with my 10 year old son. He refuses to do his homework. It doesn't matter what it is, he won't do it until he gets in trouble for not doing ...
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- First of C....Breathe! Shaking or pinching your sons head off is not going to do anything but get you in trouble with your conscience and the authorities. I have wor...
- You know I know exactly hwere you are coming from. I have a 10 yr old son that is doing the samne thing and I dont have a clue what to do or even where to start. I m...
- Hello, Breathe, and know you are not alone! I had the same problem with my 9 year old. Talk to the teacher and see if sHe can e-mail you his homework. have an agreem...
7 Year Old Acting up for Babysitters
Asked by M.M. from Seattle
on April 29, 2009
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Help! My 7 year old daughter has been causing trouble for our babysitters, to the point where they don't want to babysit for us anymore. My daughter is very sensitiv...
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- A couple of suggestions. When you have babysitters, no visitors. That way there are no distractions. Take of the locks of all the rooms so she can't lock herself in an...
- Hi M., I have to agree wholeheartedly that, in this case, teenagers might not be the best babysitters for you. I've worked with kids for a long time, and even in my...
- M. - Your babysitter needs to let your daughter know who is boss, and when she is babysitting, the BABYSITTER is boss. I used to watch a little girl, 6, who would d...
Seeking Mom's of 9 Year Old Boys
Asked by M.C. from Provo
on April 28, 2008
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My son is 9 years old. He is in the third grade. He is extremely smart, this has been proved with tests, not just my mothers bias. He is a really good kid. He want...
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- Hi M., I have a brilliant 9 year old as well, and depending where you are in the states, (I am in Canada but lived in Idaho for the last 3 years)I found that there...
- Hi M., Research has shown that kids allergic to color dyes have some of the symptoms that you are describing. My own son was similar. We took him off color dyes a...
- M., Have you had your son tested for AD/HD? He sounds so much like my middle son. My son does have other issues also but is also AD/HD. You are discribing classic ...
9 Year Old Chores
Asked by K.H. from Minneapolis
on October 13, 2008
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Hello, I would like some advice about expectations of cleanliness for a 9 year old boy. My ds is an intelligent, respectful and responsible guy EXCEPT when it comes to...
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- The best thing I can tell you is to stay consistent. Make him redo whatever is not done right. Eventually he will get tired of redoing it and do it right. Also, I've f...
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- I don't know if this will help any. It helped me for awhile. But we took all the toys and things out of his room, then slowly put them back in. If he kept the few thin...
9 YO Daughter Out of Control
Asked by D.M. from Albuquerque
on March 20, 2008
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Hi everyone! Our 9 year old daughter's behavior has been getting progressively worse over the last year. It has become very disruptive to our home environment to the...
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- I wouldn't wait a second to get on the phone and call a child psycologist. Don't give up, you are her best (and it sounds like now, her only) advocate. Maybe they coul...
- I am not a professional by any means and it is very hard to make a judgment without meeting your daughter...however, based upon your description I would get her in to ...
- You need to go to a good family psychotherapist with your daughter to deal with this. Something is definitely wrong, and if her teachers, pediatrician and school psyc...
My 7 Year Old Has an Anger Problem
Asked by G.M. from Little Rock
on March 15, 2008
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My 7 year old is usually sweet, caring, and considerate, but sometimes he flys off the handle and hits his brother and uses choice words he has heard from kids at scho...
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- I am certain that a large majority of the moms will disagree with me but I was raised old fashioned and that's the way I raise my children. I am 34 years old and I wo...
- I am experiencing the same problem with my son and i am kind of fed up with his attitude (only 7yrs old)and at this point I was just about to give up, I am glad howeve...
- I'm afraid my guy didn't grow out of it! My now 10 y/o son began acting out the same way when he was 7ish. I wish we had taken more action earlier than this year. We d...
Help with My 10 Year Old Son
Asked by A.G. from Washington DC
on April 22, 2009
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I have a 10 year old son, he has been getting in trouble at school at least once a week for not paying attention and not getting good grades because of it. We have tak...
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- Before I start taking away everything he loves maybe try finding out why he is acting out and talk to him. If this is not normal behavior for him then I would say you ...
- I would say don't let him play football. If he is not keeping his grades up and paying attention in school he shouldn't be allowed to play extra curricular actitivies.
- Hi A., I don't have a solution for you but wanted to write and commiserize. I'm not sure this is the same as your situation but I noticed some similarities. My 8...
6 Year Old Behavior... Ugh!
Asked by D.D. from Chicago
on April 10, 2008
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I have a 6 year old daughter who is in 1st grade, a great student, a very sweet intelligent child and very respectful to everyone she speaks to. She is very well spok...
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- Have you had a chance to sit in on your daughters class? Short Story: When my son was in 3rd grade he was attending a private Christian School. Paying big money y...
- That number 4 sees a lot of behaviors because of her older siblings. Things that those older siblings would have never done. My two year old called her older sister ...
- I am right there with you. I have a 10 year old and a 6 year old. She is an angel with everyone else. Her teacher loves her. She excels in the classroom. When she gets...
Disrespect in an 8 Year Old Girl
Asked by A.B. from Portland
on February 23, 2010
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I am living with a man with 2 girls...6 and 8 the 6 year old is awsome... The 8 year old is disrespectful and rude and yells at me and her dad the girls mom is aws...
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- We have a similar issue with my 12 year old daughter. My fiancee and his 11 year old daughter moved in this past summer. And my daughter was happy, mad, and scared a...
- 8 year olds are like 2 yr old with faulty logic. They are testing the limits to see exactly where they are. They want control, but are afraid of it. They realize ad...
- hello first I'm sorry denise decided to pass judgment without knowing you, we all have problems and that's why we are here. if I were you I would tell that 8 yr old, l...
7 Year Old Son Constantly Whines and Cries
Asked by J.M. from Chicago
on May 11, 2009
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My 7 year old son is known as the cry baby in the neighborhood. Its getting worse and worse. Sometimes there is absolutely nothing I can do to even help the reason w...
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- While I agree with some of the "harsher" posts out there, where setting limits and being consistent with your discipline, etc... is absolutely necessary, please know t...
- Reality Therapy. The next time you ask him to do something or ask something of him and he doesn't do it or cannot do it, throw the exact kind of fit he does. Stomp, ...
- J., I feel your pain. I'm facing similar challenges with my 6 year old son. The challenge to my husband and I is that we dno't give in to every whim. We have been fi...
