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Helping teenage son to get over his crush
Our teenage son (17) likes this girl, but he allegedly doesn't have chances with her (*). While we do think that this is something he has to deal with himself, it did affect his mood visibly over the past few days. He's less happy and optimistic…
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Why is trying to talk children out of how they feel a bad idea?
The article 7 Parenting Essentials says,
Accept your children’s feelings.
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Instead, comfort your children and let them know you love them, rather than try to talk them out of how they feel.
Google says that “talk them out” means “to…
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What are the objective arguments against immunizations for infants and children?
There has been a lot of talk lately about the alleged harmful (potential?) side effects of vaccinations/immunizations for infants and children. What are the objective arguments against immunizing?
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Is there any scientific evidence in favor of co-sleeping with children?
Many people choose to co-sleep with their children because of supposed psychological and sleep quality reasons. Are there any scientific studies or other concrete evidence to back them up?
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What should I do if my 15 year old son is sexually interested in younger boys?
My 15 year old son has just confessed to me that he is interested in younger children, especially boys ages 8 to 11. He seemed very upset about this. I tried to calm him down a bit, but am left wondering what to do now. If it matters we are in the…
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My 2-year-old son supervises me after asking me to do something for him, does this suggest lack of trust?
Since his birth I've done my best to make my son trust me completely as I see it the only way for him to let me make decisions on his behalf and tell him what's right and wrong. However he supervises me in everything!
If he gives me his bottle to…
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How do you handle poor behavior by other people's children?
I believe that interacting with a variety of other children at social functions is an important part of childhood development. However, there seem to be a lot of children who are... how shall I phrase it? Undisciplined.
Undisciplined behavior in…
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How do you tell your child they are terrible at something?
My 8 (almost 9) year-old daughter is playing soccer. She's not bad but she won't practice as hard as she needs to because she has a completely skewed perception of her abilities. She thinks she is really good but she is actually either worst or…
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Raising a bilingual kid. When should we introduce the majority language?
We are a family living in an English speaking country with a 3-year-old. My wife and I speak both French and English and we are committed to raise our kid bilingual in both languages. So far our approach has been to expose him only to French since…
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Is Television appropriate for meal times?
I grew up eating in front of the TV, watching kids programs, while my parents and, much elder, brother watched news or quiz programs in the neighboring room. On Weekends we all ate around the same table. I don't remember any conflicts arising from…
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How to encourage my 7 year old to move on from her preschool friend?
My daughter, we'll call Beth, had a close friend, we'll call Alice, who was in the same daycare/preschool from ages 6 months through just before 5 years old. Alice lives in the next town over, so once they both finished preschool, they went to…
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I don't like my mom and she is coming to stay with me, how to prevent it or handle in the best way?
My mother used to taunt me for not being a good student and my stutter, maybe that was her way of taking our her frustration, in my senior secondary school she took it so far that I had to think about how to commit suicide or run away from the house…
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When is it OK to take a newborn swimming?
We have a 6 week old baby and are thinking about when it would be OK to take them swimming. This is something I'm keen on doing as I think swimming is a great skill to learn however I'm unsure if there are any reasons not to take them so young. I…
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How can I explain to my son why sunlight will hurt his eyes?
My 30 month old son asked me why people's eyes will hurt if one stares at Mr Sun. I told him the sun shoots sunlight, which is not visible and not touchable. But it exists and is made of atoms just like other things we can see. If it hits our eyes,…
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What should I teach my teenager about condoms?
Let me preface the question by saying that I'm not asking this question in order to endorse or promote teenage sex. Even if my child wants to wait until he is married to have sex, as a parent, I still want to educate him on how condoms work.
So some…
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