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My 6yr old daughter seems to cry all the time. when her grandma approached her in the playground before school yesterday to ask her why she's crying yet again, her reply was because she is just so angry.
It seems she is crying if someone o...
I have an adorable 9 yo daughter who was almost a perfect angel up until this year when she did something that really shocked my husband and i. In a very unfortunate scenario we had an extended family outing at our house... the adults were upstairs and the kids were...
Hi! I have a 14 month old son. He has always been such a good boy. But, every since I sent him to a new daycare he has been acting really weird. He acts like they might spoil him to death at daycare. When he comes home he acts out when he doesn't get his way. I don't...
I hope somebody can help in this situation. I am at my wits end.
First some background info. I have been living with my girlfriend for about a year now. She has 2 kids still in the house and one that is out that is 18. She is a single mom and gets about zero hel...
My wife and I have always been into health and wellness and developed this website to help others understand the dangers lurking in our homes... http://sunshine.kidsneedus.com
It is a real eye opener and there is an email link to find out more info and how to mak...
My 10 months old still wakes during the night for a bottle. She is on formula and has 3 meals a day as well as mid morning and mid afternoon snacks. She has never slept through from day one. We share our home with my grandparents and cannont afford to leave her cr...
I have a problem i need help with. My daughter is 3 and a half yrs old.And she is very independent a good girl that never whines or cries until her mom comes home from work. Then its non-stop whining and having to be by her mom crying about everything what can we do?
Hi I have got myself into a state over my 5year old bossy daughter, who is extremely loud,confident and BOSSY, she is slowly but surely getting out of hand and I want to know what other parents do with kids that dont listen or comply with rules, I havnt been able to...
My son has just turned two. from day one this boy has never slept through the night. generaly between 11.00pm and 3.00am he will wake and cry for his mummy, it takes around an hour or so to settle him again and he sleeps through untill the morning. he's a happy and p...
Could use some help. This is just to verify some things for a class, but I think that most of these questions may help people in wonder anyway. Help would be greatly appriciated.
1.) Crowning occurs in which stage of labor?
2.)A pregnant woman with high blood p...
Hi first time on, we have a little girl who is 18 months old, she is very close to her mum and when her mum is around my child has little or no time at all for her dad.
The problem is that she constantly makes herself vomit in order to get her own way, i am worried...
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I am wondering what to do with my 3 yr old son. He is normally very well behaved, but when he does do something, and is sent to time out, he gets very angry and kicks and hits the door and wall and also yells out "I hate you Mummy, I hate you". I dont kno...
My daughter is 19 months old, and I am desperate to get rid of the bottle. She only gets it when it is naptime or bedtime and empty, but I hate it that she is so dependent on it. We have both gone through a very difficult transition lately, but I think it has been...
I am 19 years old, and I have been living with my boyfriend for a year. About three months ago, I "inherited" my 5-year-old brother, and now we are a family. My brother really loves us, and thinks of us as his parents, but losing both of his parents was traumatic f...
I have a friend who says she gets excellent results by spanking her baby son when he cries, which gets him to stop crying. It sounds like it would make life pleasanter for the parents, but should we be concerned about any possible long-term effects on the baby? Are...
Hi all. I hope someone can help me! My daughter is 6 years old and has just told me that she hasn't got any friends at school. I'm heartbroken! It came as a complete shock to her dad and I as we feel that she's a very confident little girl who does really well at sch...
Last night I gave my 12 year old girl a spanking for the first time in her life. About 9 PM, I got a call from the local police, and they had arrested her for shoplifting. She had said she was going over to a friends house, then they would go to the libary. While...
My 8 year old daughter is very unhappy, she lives one week with her father and one week with me(her mother) she's been living this way since she was 7 months old, for the past year my daughter states she wants to come live with me full time, but her dad states she is...
I am new here and was actually on here researching for my college course but i am also in a bit of a pickle with my recently 3 year old . I cannot seem to get him fully toilet trained . he is completely dry all day and soem nights (thougth as yet I havent tried him w...
For the last 2 months, I have been raising a 3 1/2 yr old boy and a now 8 month old baby boy. I spend approximately 55 hours per week with these children, sometimes over 70 hours per week.
In the last 3 weeks, I have noticed many new behaviours in the 3 1/2 yr ol...
3 weeks ago I separated from my husband of 18 years under traumatic,unexpected,sudden circumstances during which our 13 year old son was present.Since then he will not have any contact at all with his father.I am struggling trying to find the right balance between en...
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I'am re-establishing contact with my little girl who I havnt seen since she was & months she is now two and a half. I have little parenting skills and have bad role models for parents. I have no clue how I am going to relate to my daughter and I don't ha...
Hello this is Bob H needing more help with some resaerch. I am looking for actual parents to give there words of wisdom on a various topics.
1)Do you feel your teen respects your decisios? why or why not?
2)Is your teens life more stressful then yours was at thei...
I have a daughter who is making me worried. She is the most negative child I have ever dealt with. I run a daycare, and she is my biggest challenge. She always has this poor me every one hates me attitude, and she will tell me she wishes she were dead. If the kids do...
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my 61/2 week old daughter slept from 9:15pm to 8:am thismorning. She usually sleeps between 7 and 9 hours a night. Should I be concerned? She has eaten 5oz between 8 and 12.
I am here to ask you for your help. I am a student in the business school at Boston University. As part of a course a team of 7 students have to develop a product, which turned out to be a baby bathtime safety product. Basically I was wondering if I could borrow two...
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I'm watching two infants,different families, at one of their homes. One is 6 mo. the other 3mo. One needs to be put to sleep,and the other takes hours to go to sleep, past the point of overtiredness and becomes fussy for the entire time, disturbing the other. I c...
My daughter used to have (up to age 12/13) drive and a will to do well for herself. In the past 3 months she has come home drunk twice and has gone missing overnight without any contact other than through a friends text (could be anybody) When she is grounded she fla...
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My name is Krysta. I have a problem with my 7 year old and her terrible attitude. When i ask her to do something she rolls her eyes followed by a "you're mean!" Her favorite phrase is "WHATEVER!!" I tell her she will have to go to bed early, i take privleges awa...
My son who is 19 was recently diagnosised with ADD and BI-Polar, we have tried many different counselors and he just tries to "beat them at their own game" like on figuring out why the doc is asking questions, and then not really working with the doctor.
Right no...
I have a problem,I hired a sitter for my daughter about a year ago, she is a wonderful woman,yet i asked her not to smoke around my child. I have noticed that she has completely ignored my request and in fact is smoking around her. I need to find a nice way to tell h...
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I'm working on the launch of a new website - www.askaboutgames.com. The site is a new initiative from ELSPA, the trade association for the games industry, designed to educate consumers on age ratings of videogames. It also incorporates tips on safe play and...
My almost four year old son is quick to hit and growl and kids and adults when anything negative happens such as being scolded or sharing toys or not getting his way. It is affecting his social development in school and he is getting time outs daily. We do not hit hi...
I have an 18 month old girl and I know every child develops diffently. But she is still not talking and I read to her and she watches all the learning shows. She doesn't even say momma or dada...She knows everything I say to her though. Example the other nite I as...
Hi I'm a adolescent psychology student that was hoping to get some questions answered for a paper I am writing. 1)what are the biggest joys, and challanges for parenting teens?
2)How do you handle arguments with teenagers?
3)How do you feel about your teens getting...
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My son is 10 yrs old and his teachers tell me that he has low self-confidence, which is affecting his school work. He tends to work more slowly than the other kids and gets frustrated VERY easily and gives up.
My question is, what can I do to fix this? Now that h...
I'm a single parent of an 11yr old. been divorced for 8yrs & have raised him alone. The problem is that he's recently started lying to me, it's little things like forgetting to bring home his homework book because his teacher had placed a note in there for me, or tha...
Our son is fighting with his best friend at school. The problems seems to be that they both start pushing, name calling etc, etc and our son then walks away (as we have advised him to). The trouble is his friend follows and continues the confrontation and our son g...
i am the mother of an almost 3 year old girl who is terrified of bathtime. she doesnt mind playing in the water, but i have to hold her down to wash her hair. i have tried letting her get her own hair wet with her own cup, showers, new toys, singing, etc, and nothi...
i have a 10 years old boy and he throws a fit when it is homework time he drags the homework out for hours and cries the whole time he can do the work but he wont
My 4 1/2 year old son wants me to play with him all the time. I am a stay at home mom, juggling a nine month old and a 4 year old and I want to know how much I should give in to his requests for constant attention from me and how to explain I'm too exhausted and don...
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My name is Brad, I am an engineering student at Lehigh University. Over the past year, we have been developing personal security location technology that is designed for children of all ages. Our hope is to make this technology readily available so that all...
Im having to teach my family development class this coming thursday on sibling rivalry. Im in need of two example situation for the class to solve about sibling rivalry. can you help
My mother-in-law who visits every three weeks with her husband is a hyper active Nanny who my 2 year old worships. They have stayed with our daughter whilst we have the occasional weekend break away It's playtime from start to finish of the visit. My daughter has e...
Hi. I am having major problems with my 6 year old daughter. She cries most of the time and refuses to listen or do as she is asked. The list is endless. I am unsure if it could be adhd but school have said that there are no problems there. She is having nightmares mo...
