Mental Health & Learning Disabilities: Child

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My 5 Year Old Is Freaking Out About Traveling over the Holidays

Each year me and my 2 girls travel from MA to NC to visit my family over New Years. For whatever reason this year my 5 year old is adamant about NOT going. She is suddenly afraid of flying and my sister recently got a dog and she is nowafraid of the dog. My 9 year old is excited to go. I've tried explaining that there is nothing to be afraid of. That Santa will be leaving presents for her there too. That she doesn't have to see the dog at my sister's house. That gramma and grampa really miss her (who my 5 year old typically LOVES and...

Bipolar Disorder

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Bi-polar in Children.

My 8 year old grandson has been diaignosed with possible Bi-polar disorder. My son has not really received a diffent diaignose but he is very concerned. They want to put my grandson on meds, I'm not sure that is best. If any one out there has a chlid that has been diaignosed with Bi-polar please get back to me. P.

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Teen with Bi-Polar

I have a 14 year old son that has been daignos with Bi-Polar.He been...

Counseling & Therapy

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Help with a 6 Year Old

I need help with my 6 year old he's outta hand. He likes to tell me waht to do and not to listen to me. Any time you tell him to do something he throws a fit. If he doesn't get his own way in school he throws a temper tantrum. If you ground him all he says his I'm telling on you. His dad doesn't help me any either because when he does go see his dad he gets his way and he walks all over his dad and his dad thinks that's okay. Please help me deal with him.

Depression

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6 Year Old Boy/ ADHD

My 6 year old boy is loving, caring, sweet and smart but is having a lot of issues in Kindergarten with focus, consentration and aggressive behavior that seems to be escalating. Has anyone tried an herbal formula (synaptol) vs. drugs. I am desperately looking for the right thing to help my son.

Dyslexia

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Dyslexia & Dysgraphia

My soon to be 8 year old (March 20) daughter has always written things backwards. She used to write her name in mirror image all of the time. So not only were the letters backwards they were written from right to left. In kindergarten I asked her teacher about it, and the teacher said it was still quite common at that age. In first grade I asked the teacher about it, and she said that since my daughter was not failing that the school would do no testing on her. Finally, I found out I could pay for testing through the Child Studies...

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Is This Dyslexia?

Hi friends, to make this kinda quick, my 5th grader asked me the other day...

Mood Swings

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Moody 5 Year Old

Around the time my daughter started school, her moods have changed. She went through the normal naughty and testy phases that all kids go through when she was little but lately my 5 year old reminds me of me when I was a teenager-she is moody as can be, negative, argues for the sake of arguing and all of the sudden everything we say isn't fair or nice and she doesnt like anything (dinners, colors..) that she used to. She loves school and has nothing but good things to say about her teacher and classmates so I dont think thats it, we thought...