Childhood Illnesses: Tween

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Explaining Illness and Death to Children

M.M. asks from New York

Please help me. My 10 year old daughter is having a difficult time accepting her grandmother's fatal illness. It will be a matter of time before she dies. My daught...

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11 Year Old Boy Who Sleeps Too Much

L.T. asks from Lexington

I am worried about my 11 year old who gets his almost 9 hours of sleep every night and doses off the whole day, especially in class during teaching hours. He also dos...

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Terminal Illness

T.S. asks from Los Angeles

Hi Moms, My father-in-law is terminal with cancer. My adult children and my 15 year old know the details and circumstances of his illness and realize that he is d...

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13 Year Old Hermit

D.B. asks from Eau Claire

My 13 year old son is a hermit. He rarely likes to leave the house. He would much rather stay at home and play video or computer games. We do force him to leave th...

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11 Year Old Well Visit and Vaccines

R.A. asks from Boston

I'm taking my son to his 11 year old check up. My son is the kind of kid who wants to know everything that will happen in advance. He knows he will need the dreaded T...

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Is Falut in Our Stars Appropriate for a 12 Year Old Girl?

E.J. asks from Washington DC

Hi I have another question about my almost teenage daughter. She is an avid reader and a couple of her friends have read the fault in our stars. I'm wondering if ...

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Very Anxious 12 Year Old Girl

S.G. asks from Sacramento

Hi moms, I need some help please. I live in the Sacramento area and I'm looking for some options to help my extremely anxious 12 year old daughter. She is phobic...

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Advice needed-Parenting Tween Girls with a Family History of Mental Illness

K.P. asks from Tampa

I have a daughter who just turned 12 & seems to be in the throws of puberty in the "hormonal" department. She is my first and only child who is very smart, caring, cr...

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Gardisil Shots for 13 Year Old

M.C. asks from Sacramento

My niece went with a friend and her Grandmother (who is her gaurdian) to a school health fair. They were giving booster shot and info on teenage health & medical info...

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Managing Chronic Illness in the Family

M.B. asks from Sacramento

Are there any moms with a child(ren) with chronic health issues? What about moms whose husbands have chronic health issues --or the moms themselves... or even all 3?...