What should I do if I think that in the heat of the moment my boyfriend is inappropriatly disciplining my son? On one hand, I do not want to conteract his parenting skills or authority infront of my son as it is occuring. On the other hand, sometimes I feel like I...
I am a single mom living in the south of France. I am originally Dutch and my ex is British. We moved to the south of France 5 years ago from London to get out of the rat race. I was working as a management consultant and travelling a lot and my ex was a stockbroke...
I've been working on a website for parents to share advice, start their own parenting blog, and make new friends!
I launched the site last week, but I really want to get the opinions of some parents on what they think of the site.. You can find it at www.justparen...
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Wonder if anyone has any advice. 4 weeks agoI started back at work after being off on maternity for 9 months after having my second child.
My childminder who looked after my eldest who is nearly 4 didn't have any spaces so after a lot of agonising months a...
Hi, I'm a trainee journalist and am writing an article on parenting classes. I would love to talk to anyone who has had either a very positive or negative experience of parenting classes. My contact details are: boydolivia@hotmail.com/07977 272 193. Thank you!
Is your teen using drugs and alcohol, defiant, hanging with the wrong peer group and out of control? If that is the case I have a story to tell in the form of a poem. If it sounds familiar just email me.
My ex has been fighting for custody of my preteen son. I also have two teen from a previous marriage. He has been trying to get custody of my pre teen who is his son. Pre teen does no want to live there but ex keeps fighting for his own agenda kinda thing. He has...
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My little boy is very nearly three, he has been toilet trained for nearly 6 months and picked it up quite easily, apart from, he still refuses to go for a 'number two' in the toilet.
I've tried the whole softly softly not getting annoyed approach but it...
She has snuck out 3 times to spend time with her boyfriend. I just found out and I have talked with her extensively about this, about her future, about her morals, etc. She has a good attitude and says she is glad she got caught.
I am struggling with how to puni...
he is 8 years old and is horrified and has said he wont wear them and thats it. he has to wear them all the time. none of us wear glasses so i am a complete dummy when it comes to glasses. has anyone any tips on helping him feel comfortable with this and make it less...
Hi,I have a 12 year old son who is generaly a very good boy. A few days ago a friend of mine who has a 5 year old son reported that her son had said my son had been playing a game which involved them pushing their private areas into each other. I'm so upset and worri...
hi,im angelas partner,paul.i am concerned about the length of time between angelas visit to the midwife.she is now 34 weeks pregnant and saw the midwife today who said the next visit will be in 4 weeks time.(38 weeks ). her last visit wes 4 weeks ago (3o weeks).is th...
Call me crazy, or a horrible mother, which ever, but please help! My son is 4, he will be 5 in april. He went to Alabama with my mom Tuesday to visit my aunt. He came back last night and today he is going nuts lol. He got mad at me because I put him in timeout, cause...
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I would really appreciate some advice regarding my 4yr old son. I went back to work when my son was 2yrs old and placed him in a local bursery that I had received positive feedback about. For 18mths or so there were no real issues to speak of bar the oc...
Following on from the Craft issue last weekend, this Saturday 10th Feb, The Guardian is doing an Origami supplement. The theme is animals…from Swan to Sloth, they’ll all pretty simple and ideal for parents to make with their kids.
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I have a 13 month old child who refuses to fall asleep in his crib.. He wants to fall asleep in our bed with somebody laying beside him until hes right out sleeping. (Mind you that i made the mistake of letting him sleep with me since the day we brought him home from...
Hello. I am a licensed psychologist and author in the Chicago area and I am writing a book on parenting. I would greatly appreciate it if you would provide your opinions in a very brief survey on parenting. Just use the link below to access the survey. Your responses...
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I am a mother of 3 children from a previous relationship and 8 mths pregnant with number 4.
I feel so lonely as my partner works all week and at weekends he goes to football matches and he is a referee, so we hardly get anytime together as a family or a couple....
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My son is 4, almost 5 and has recently started full time at school. Prior to that he was at full time nursery from 4 months. He is a bright child, seems to have lots of friends and has settled well at school. He is also a big lad. I have spoken to the health v...
Friends child is hitting and kicking her mother on an irregular basis. Number of issues in the family including:
Very difficult at times (4 year old brother)
Father works late - not very hands-on
Mother prone to stress
girl has said she will kill herself, has t...
My husband and I just asked some family members to become our son's godparents. My son is six years old and now I would like to tell him about his new godparents. Does anyone have any advise about what to say to him? He's very smart for his age and I don't want to...
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I was wandering if anyone could offer some advice in regard to my son's behaviour. He is an active child but not a trouble maker at home. He is shy, scared of EVERYTHING, has low self esteem. He has two younger sisters and is OK with them, occasionaly there is t...
We're having a terrible time getting our 2 year old to sleep. He seems to go to sleep at night all right, but during the night he always wakes up. It could be at 11:00 or it could be at 2:00. He may wake up only once or he may wake up multiple times.
We don't r...
Thanks to everyone who helped me out on my last post. As you may or may not recall, my wife has a short temper and I am concerned about how she loses her cool with the kids. She went away for a long weekend and everything seemed to go smoothly, except when she came...
my son has just turned 5 months old and is now trying loads of new things.. today he seems to be very upset about something and will not calm down..
He seems alright in himself but there is 1 thing i have noticed, his 1st finger on his left hand side seems to be...
My daughter gets very emotional when I leave for work. She also has said that I am never around. I only spend a total of 2 hours a day away from her. I work nights and see her every day and on weekends. Her father is home every night. She is with a babysitter a few h...
Just a quick note to let you know that Monicka and I have been lucky enough to be given 10 new Sesame Street DVD, to give away on our site, they are called "Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy" and a very cool DVD if you have little kids.
If you visit www.kidsgoals...
I have an 8 year old son. He tried to pull down the pants of a girl in gym class. He is very immature and this is the 2nd time this has happened this year.
How would you discipline him?
Thanks!
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My name is Susan, a mother of a five year old daughter, and I just moved to San Francisco. Great, beautiful city but can anyone help me find a babysitter for the occasional weekends when I want a little time away from my daughter? Any suggestions would...
Hi everyone, i am sorry to approach you in this way but am struggling to find any other solutions! I am conducting some research for a new childrens party planning service and am finding it difficult to find a way to approach parents at a time when they have a few mi...
We have a family dog which gets along very well with our 2 yr old. However, our 2 yr old likes to "pretend" to be a dog. It does not bother us that much when she likes to crawl around or want her "belly" rubbed like the dog, what really bothers us is she likes to g...
My two and half year old son goes to a Play Group. Lately he has stopped eating, he hits his little sister a lot for no reason and tends to bully younger children at home (his cousin and sister), throws terrible fits of anger. He gets punished at home, but he lashes...
Our four year old daughter has lately got really defiant, hard to control, she has started to tell lies to get what she wants, and for her piece de resistance this week she managed to get out of school.
As well as being horrified on a security level that it was ac...
hi,my daughter is now 2yrs and 6mth old my partner and i have a serious problem, well many 1) refuses to sleep in her own bed causing my partner to sleep in her bed in the kids room. 2) if she misses her nap and we think ohhhh great she will sleep through from 7pm to...
My 18 almost 19 yr old step daughter has droped out of school and stays out all night then sleeps all day. She will not activaly search for a job and has a car payment. She moved to Omaha last summer when she turned 18 because it offered better opportunities but wh...
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Thank you for your response My computer was out of order so I can write now.
He is pretty intelligent.We have problems with the behaviours. For example when we play a game with him, he never wants to stop. And if we insist on stopping he throws away the...
My 9 year old son is an intelligent and smart boy but he cannot control his behaviors. He does know what is right what is wrong but cannot stop doing bad things. Try to make us angry most of the time.He is on the borders...
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I am at my wits end with what to do. My daughter is a wonderful little girl. She loves to be apart of what is going on. The issue that I am having is hard to sum up in words but she seems to be having a hard time understanding what is right and wrong. We have r...
If anyone should be interested in either subject or both, I've started a website devoted to the topics of Tourette's Syndrome and school bullying based upon my personal childhood experiences. There is nothing to buy or donate to and there are no ads, including at th...
Hi, this isn't spam. Me and some colleagues are building an informational website for parents.
I'm well aware that there are many similar sites on the net, we want this one to be different.
What kind of information do you have trouble finding?
Some examples:...
I need some advice. My husbands grandmother watches our 3 year old son a couple times a week while we're at work. Sometimes she watches him over night when we want time to ourselves. Her driving history is not the best (she's been in several minor accidents in 1 year...
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I am the proud mom of a beautiful 26 year old girl making her own way in the world without as much as a penny from mom and dad.
When she was young, we provided her with a beautiful home, her own room, and you name it, she had it. Waterbed, color tv with r...
Just writing to say I think I am pleased with TM's posts, but not in the way you are thinking... this is a forum and needs different inputs to make it worth opening and reading and, I know this will sound a little peevish, but with so many parents in the world its in...
I have a 15 month old daughter. On the whole she usually sleeps well through the night. I sometimes need to use the 'controlled crying' technique to get her to sleep but once down she used to be ok for the night. Recently, she has started waking up in the night scre...
Hi, wonder if anyone has any good advice. My son, who is almost 4, has just been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder. I was shocked and upset to receive the diagnosis as for ages everyone had been reassuring me that he was just a naughty boy and would grow o...
Hi, I have a 5 year old girl and she is the mouthiest child ever. She is an only child but my husband and I are strict for the most part. We spend alot of time with her and have her involved in lots of activities (not too many). We follow though with our threats o...
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I hoping for some advice. My five year old son has recently started pulling his underpants tight into his bottom like a thong, saying it helps him hold in a pooh. He does this pretty much every few minutes, whether indoors or out, public or private.
I a...
Hi, I have a 10 year old daughter who hates school and I am really worried about her and am at a loss on how to help her. She has never been very academic but has always got by, she gets lots of extra help at school and at home but this does not seem to improve her...
My husband and I have been separated for 4 years. I have two boys, ages 12 and 6. I am the primary caregiver. My children spend 1 night a week with their father. Lately my 12 year old, who is generally a really good kid, has started lashing out at me. This is ou...
