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8 y.o. Bed Time
Asked by T.L. from St. Louis
on November 19, 2012
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What time does your 8 y.o. go to bed? It seems that on the weekend he is in bed at 8:30 at the very latest unless we are having a family function. For the school nig...
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- Catching up on sleep on weekends is a fallacy. You need the right amount of sleep each night. Our 7.5 year old is in bed at 8 p.m. on school nights (wakes at 6:30 a....
- My son will be 8 in March, is in 2nd grade, and goes to bed at 7:30. He gets up at around 7:00 a.m.
- 8:30. That's what time my kids went to bed from the time they were infants until they were through middle school. Yeah, you can laugh. Actually, by middle school...
7 Year Old Daughter
Asked by N.S. from San Diego
on September 27, 2008
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My 7 year old daughter is a wonderful girl when we are out and about. When we are at home everything I ask her to do like make her bed or brush her teeth she screams ...
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- Read "You Can't Make Me (but I can be pursuaded)" by Cynthia Tobias. It gives practical advice for raising a strong willed child. It has helped me immeasurably to un...
- I have an 8 year old daughter, so I will share some of what I've done with her. First, one of my favorite sayings (Dr. Phil) is "You choose the behavior, You choose t...
- As I was reading your request, I was going to ask you if she was the first-born or only child, and then I read your profile and saw I was right. I could tell by what ...
Crying 7 Year Old in the Mornings
Asked by C.M. from Seattle
on September 9, 2009
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We recently changed our childcare where our 7 year old has to get up at 5:30am and is dropped off at the neighbor's house at 6am. His bedtime is 8pm and in the morning...
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- C. - I would be super grumpy if I had to get up at 5:30am too!! I have a 7 year old who goes to bed at 8pm and gets up at 7:15. Maybe you need to get your kid to bed...
- Hi! 5:30 is really early for a 7 yo. Any possibility he could pick his clothes out the night before and go to the neighbors in his PJs and lay down for another 1/2 ho...
- He needs more sleep if you are getting him up at 5:30!! Definately get him to bed by 7:00 pm. This will be easier as the days are getting darker earlier! But I thin...
Help...my 7 Year Old Hates to Read!
Asked by T.T. from Jacksonville
on September 18, 2006
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My 7 year old son HATES to read. He can sit and do math problems all day long, but when it comes time to read for his 20 minutes each day, he gets upset and I end up g...
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- What is it your are making him read? Anything he is interested in? He's not lazy. It may be that he just doesn't like to be prodded and made to read some story he's no...
- I haven't read any of your response's but i know this worked for me. Set up a chart for every day of the week(let him help you make it) get some gold star sticker's an...
- Hi, T. was has worked for me is positive motivation. I write a note to the teacher to inform her how good he did at reading and she congratulates him. Sometimes I tel...
Need Help Getting My 6 Year Old to Take Care of Herself and Her Belongings
Asked by J.A. from Boston
on July 28, 2008
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I am having difficulty getting my 6 year old to take care of herself and her belongings. I constantly find her things (shoes, toys, clothes) all over the house and sh...
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- I have a 7.5 year old son who had the same problem. Here's what I did. If it wasn't put away, it taken taken and put in a trash bag - I didn't care what it was - sho...
- J., keep taking deep breaths and count to 10, it's going to be a long ride! Or not. My daughter is/was the same. She came into my life at 5 1/2yrs and the biggest job ...
- Hi J., I really need to know how to have my 9 year old pick up after himself. Is there any way you could let me know after you get your responses. That'd be great! If ...
Help with Whiny 7 Year Old
Asked by T.B. from Houston
on October 20, 2008
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Please help! My husband and I are at our wits end with our 7-year old daughter. She has become excessively whiny. Anything that she is asked to do and she doesn't w...
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- I love Parenting with Love & Logic. We are presenting the parenting class at Summitt Elementary in January if you are interested. Its just good, solid, parenting. T.
- You've gotten a lot of great advice! I'm in the same boat with my 6 year old. She's a star student at school yet has break downs at home. Her 3 year old brother has...
- Love and Logic works. I have two grown children to prove it. Spanking may or may not work, but what it does do, is make both your child and you feel crummy. Try the Lo...
Bedwetting 7 Year Old
Asked by F.S. from Chicago
on October 25, 2009
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My 7 year old is still wetting herself at night. I have read all the things saying that this is normal and I am cool with that (although my husband really struggles w...
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- If this only happens at night, then maybe put her in underwear, so she feels the wetness.Put a waterproof mattress cover on, and maybe on top of the sheet one of those...
- I completely understand your request/frustration. My daughter just recently (the last couple weeks) stopped wetting the bed. We eat dinner at 6:30-7:00 so cutting out ...
- Hi F., Don't take this the wrong way, but why is a 7-year old still wearing pull ups? My suggestion is get rid of the pull up, because she won't feel the wettness....
7 Year Old Having Night Terrors
Asked by S.S. from San Francisco
on April 23, 2008
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About 4 years ago my son began having these aweful episodes, which I assumed were nightmares, where we can't calm him down. He sees things and yells at us to watch ou...
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- Hello Sylvia, I too have a 7 year old boy with major night terrors. We tried everything from sleeping with us to , praying with him nightly, to light blanklets. We...
- My son had terrible night terrors also. Thankfully he seems to have grown out of them. He probably had them for about a year or two. I sympathize with you--it's so ...
- My now eleven year old son went through a period (two years ago) where he was having night terrors every night for more than three months. I did a great deal of resear...
7 Year Old Is Still Wetting the Bed
Asked by D.T. from Greensboro
on October 7, 2008
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My husband and I have noticed that our 7 year old who is in the 2nd grade has reverted back to bed wetting. We have noticed that for the past month it has occurred mo...
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- Try Hylands Homeopathic Bedwetting Tablets. They worked like a charm for my nephew. If he takes one each night, no problem but if he starts to skip, they know it!
- There is a condition called Vesicoureteral Reflux. A symptom? Bedwetting. What happens is the urine back tracks into the kidney. A Urologist would need to be seen for ...
- It is not uncommon that if your son also has dyslexia symptoms that the bedwedding may be related to the dyslexia. If he has difficulty with the small words, is very ...
Disrespectful 7 Year Old. Please Help.
Asked by B.M. from Denver
on April 8, 2013
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I need some help with my daughter! She is 7 years old. She has always been a great kid, wants to do the right thing, generous, sweet, can take her anywhere. I have eve...
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- She is emulating someone, at school, in the family, neighbors, etc. She is growing up and she is learning to be more independent. You do not punish her, you teach her...
- How much sleep is she getting? Try putting her to bed 20 minutes earlier for a week. Is there something that has changed? divorce? death of grandparent? single parent ...
- Hoo-boy. I'd start with two things: be very consistent in whichever correction you choose and stay emotionally neutral when she starts popping off. Don't get sucke...
