Independence: Older Child

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6 Year Old with Attitude or Independence?

D.A. asks from Utica

My 6 year old daughter has really been "expressing" herself this summer. She has such an attitude, she does not listen and is picking on her brother which is somethi...

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Email for My 9 Year Old??

J.M. asks from San Francisco

Hi moms, my nine year old daughter wants her own email address like her friends. I am against it but don't know if this is the norm out there or not. I don't want h...

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Need Your Tips About Building Independence in Kids for Better Homes & Gardens!

C.F. asks from Des Moines

Hi all - I'm writing a piece for BHG called Independence Day about building independence in kids need tips to help: 1.Young kids handle their first sleep over 2.T...

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9 Year Old That Wants Too Much

I.A. asks from Brownsville

I have a 9 year old that says we don't give her everything. Since the age of 6 she has had her own cell phone, has been in kick-ball for the past 4 years, and is curr...

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Help with My 7 Year Old Daughter's Behavior

M.V. asks from Steubenville

My daughter is only 7 years old (will be 8 this summer) and she already has the attitude of a teenager. She is very mouthy and disrespectful all the time. She will ...

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Email Address for 8 Year Old

F.B. asks from Harrisburg

My mother has told me that one of her husband's grandsons would like to be an email penpal to my 8 year old daughter. She has suggested to me that my daughter is old...

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6 Year Old Daughter Wants to Wear Her Hair the Way She Wants

M.S. asks from Washington DC

This probably seems trivial but I am looking at the whole picture ahead and want to get some advice now. My daughter has decided she no longer wants to wear headbands...

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Summer for a 12 and 10 Year Old - Leave Them Home Alone?

J.C. asks from New York

So my friend has 2 kids - a 12 year old girl and a 10 year old boy. As a family, they take two weeks off during the summer. For the other 6 plus weeks, she plan...

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How Much Freedom Do I Give My 7 Year Old?

T.N. asks from Milwaukee

My daughter just turned 7 in June. We live in an apartment with no back yard. I just had a baby in January and me and my partner only have one car to share which usua...

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I Need Help with My 10 Year Old Daughter!!!!

P.R. asks from New York

I am a mother of 2 daugters 11 and 7. They both have very different characters. I stayed at home for 10 years to be there for them and raise them up the way I wanted...