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Little 6 Year Old Getting into Too Much Trouble
Asked by C.N. from Knoxville
on September 7, 2009
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My little 6 gil si gettibng to biug trouble. This week I found a pck of gum her dad bought for him, in her drwaer when I put away he clothes. He punishment is not swee...
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- My first thoughts were that you need to know her 'love language(s)'. A Christian psychologist has written a book about "The Five Love Languages" ( www.fivelovelanguag...
- C., I really liked what Shellie posted. If I may also suggest that maybe she can earn a pack of gum just for herself and encourage her to share but you also can 'ask' ...
- you say the 9 year old is not "as bad"? So does she take things too? Perhaps it is a learned habit. They need to know how bad it is to take something that doesnt bel...
14 Month Old Is Biting
Asked by K.E. from Fresno
on January 10, 2007
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My 14 month old son has started biting and I don't know how to stop it! He like to bite mine and my husband toes and any other body part he can sink his teeth into. ...
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- Hi K., My son went thru this phase also. It seemed the more attention we drew to it, the more he thought it was a game to him.. smiling and doing it again, even thou...
- Hi, my son is 18 months. The biting seems to be under control now, but I still push his head away from me when he gets too close, and tell him "NO BITE" as a reminder....
- At the risk of offending or sounding cruel I will say this. When he bites try taking the same body part on him and biting back GENTLY but enough to cause discomfort. A...
Approaches to Teen's Poor Attitude
Asked by K.T. from Sacramento
on December 19, 2008
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I have a very motivated, talented and intelligent 14 year old daughter. She has many wonderful qualities. Lately, she has shown some very troublesome attitudes that ...
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- My daughter is a pre teen so I read a book called For Parents Only by Shaunti Feldhahn and Lisa A. Rice. It has a workbook that goes with it too. The book is a compi...
- Hi! This is a sticky, tricky situation. My brother IL and mother IL both have this sort of "I'm entitled and better than thou" attitude and it's hell when you're the...
- Isn't teenhood fun? You can tell her how to behave without diminishing her self esteem. Say, "that was rude," etc. Name the behavior and tell her to cut it out.
My 1 Year Old Won't Quit Screaming!
Asked by M.W. from Spokane
on January 20, 2008
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My son will be one year old on Feb 6th. He's recently taken on the most annoying habit of screaming at the top of his lungs when he wants something or wants your atte...
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- Ugh. Isn't this frustrating? Two suggestions: 1. My nieces (twin girls) went through this; their mom would first put her hands up to her ears, wincing, while she...
- Hello, one question I have is, do you give your child what they want when he screams? If so, then his behavior is rewarded, and he will keep doing it, as it gets resul...
- I feel for you, but it sounds like what he is doing is working for him. You have to make it not worth his while to scream. I would with my child NEVER give them someth...
I Need Some Input from Other Moms...
Asked by A.J. from Dallas
on September 3, 2009
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Hey mamas, I am stuck on what to do and would like ya'lls opinion...I have a 12 year old daughter who is in 7th grade, she went to georgia this summer to see her famil...
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- Hi A., You know, we send our kids in every day to the wolves and call it school, tell them to toughen up, don't bother with peer pressure, stand up for yourself, be ha...
- Take the first back pack back to the store - and get your money back! Everything happens for a reason, and there was something that told you to pick up that back pack ...
- The back back you found belonged to someone else. If I were you I'd put out an effort to find the owner. Someone else paid for it and may have misplaced it. If it ...
Problems in School
Asked by S.D. from Atlanta
on September 2, 2009
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My five year old wonder boy(to me anyways) started kindergarten.I must say this is not new, he did this in pre k too.He is getting a few checks for not respecting othe...
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- Don't be to hard on yourself. All children are different, he may just need a little extra attention in some areas. My daughter has been acting out a little bit at home...
- Not sure but he may just be testing the limits - new environment, new teacher, new kids, new schedule. A lot of new things to get used to. He needs to know where the ...
- It's not a matter of what you did wrong, which is more than likely nothing, it's how you are responding now. To change a behavior it takes lots of repetition and pract...
Negative Influence
Asked by J.H. from Lima
on May 16, 2009
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I need serious help! My daughter just turned 6 and is usually well behaved. My 10 year old niece is quite different. She acts outs for attention all the time, has no r...
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- First of all, tell your six-year-old before your next interaction that the niece doesn't do things that are safe, and that it makes you scared when she does the same t...
- Letting her get away with this will make life as she grows older more difficult because she will have always gotten her way. You and your sister must talk to see what ...
- You're the parent - and if your child was running towards a burning building, you'd get her away from it at all costs - right? Well, your neice is the burning buildin...
Help with My 3 Yr Old
Asked by M.O. from Kansas City
on March 31, 2007
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I have a 3 year old boy that is going through the WORST phase right now. It seems that most of the time he is doing things that he knows he is not supposed to do and ...
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- I have been here done this! I wrote in about six months ago asking for help with the same thing. I'd love to talk with you. My name is S. and you can email me direc...
- Hi M., I have a 2 year old daughter, and she has just recently begun to have the same behavior as you mentioned about your son. She will whine or cry when she doesn...
- I'm sorry, I don't have advice. We have a three year old that is going through the exact same thing. It's just the age. All you can do is exactly what you're doing,...
Help for 'Dramatic' Daughter!
Asked by M.L. from Grand Rapids
on August 19, 2008
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Hi- My 5 year old has always been pretty strong-willed; she is pretty dramatic about most things. If she does something that she knows is naughty, even just a tiny bi...
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- ML, Your daughter sounds just like my 5 year old! He doesn't like to do his chores either! He is also very dramatic, when told to do something he doesn't necessari...
- My daughter behaved similar until she was ten. She saw a social worker for two years. the social worker diagnosed her with Opposite Defiant Disorder. My interpertation...
- Hi. I think you're mixing up what's going on in the situation. When your daughter misbehaves, I'd suggest following through on an appropriate discipline (i.e. You leav...
