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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...
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...
A Mother's "Job"
Asked by M.L. from Seattle
on May 16, 2011
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Alright, ladies - I want your honest opinions. I am a SAHM to two children - DD is 4 and DS is 2. I love staying home with them, and count myself very lucky that my hu...
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- You haven't mentioned your spiritual duties, if you have any. I consider it a MAJOR job of mine to keep my relationship with God in good shape and to pray for the peo...
- I feel like that some days. For me, it's shock of how fast kids grow. Everyone says time slips away or they grow so fast, but when you see it and realize it yourself i...
- I don't think you're missing anything, I think you're a good mama who is able to handle what's thrown at her. :) Maybe you could try taking the kids out of the house,...
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...
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 ...
8 Year Old
Asked by R.H. from Wilmington
on January 17, 2007
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I have a few problems....My 8 year old son doesn't mind very well. We have to tell him to do stuff over and over again because he "forgets". When told to clean his r...
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- My daughter is five and is already doing some chores. She is adopted and has several behavioral issues, but doing her chores makes her feel useful and part of the fami...
- Hi, I have an 8 year old daughter that has had similar problems before. We made it very clear to her that her room is owned by us. She is a part of us and needed to...
- Hi Rene, My suggestion for your son's room would be find some information on dustmites and bed mites. After reading this he will welcome cleaning his room. I am a mot...
