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How to stop my 6 year-old son from running away and crying when faced with a homework challenge?
My son runs away and hides crying when he has trouble completing an assignment.
I'm maybe a little harsh on the kid telling him to just suck it up and keep going, but this doesn't seem to work; he keeps having the same reaction; but the other family…
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What can we do about our 9-month-old putting fingers down his throat?
For the past 6 weeks or so, our 9-month-old son has been in the habit of sticking a finger far into his mouth; to the point where he coughs; and sometimes throws up as a result.
If we are next to him when he does it, we physically remove his hand…
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Free printable materials for children
My daughter (2.5) loves colouring books, but she uses pretty much one every day. Could someone recommend a decent free online resource of printable materials for children? (at 2.5 years of age these would be mainly colouring books, but maybe some…
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What's the best way to extract baby snot?
Our baby currently has a cold which means her nose is streaming with snot.
She is quite unhappy with us wiping it away with a tissue every few minutes. I can imagine her upper lip is getting quite sore.
What is the best, most comfortable, way to…
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How can I negotiate with a toddler successfully?
Recently our 2.5 daughter started being really annoying about doing simple daily things, like brushing her teeth, dressing, undressing, putting on shoes to go out, etc. Often we need to negotiate up to 20mins to get her to put her shoes to go out,…
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Parent insists I lied and getting punished for it
My parents insist that I lied to them about a chore. It was an accident and not intentional. They do not believe me yet I don't lie to them. I am getting punished big time and don't know what to do. What should I do to try and fix the situation?
I…
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At what age should siblings stop sharing their bedroom?
Currently we have one bedroom for our two daughters. Until what age can they share their room?
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How can I be more meaningful in my thanks to my parents?
I see a lot of posts about people requiring help with their children/parents/grandparents, and I'm blessed to say that I have none of these problems.
My issue is that I was a terror as a child. I have ADHD, and I've done a lot of things I'm not…
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How can I reach out to my 16-year-old son who has voiced he's depressed every day and doesn't love himself?
Last night my husband and I addressed a few things we discovered in my son's room being a concern. We are pretty strict parents and believe in corporal punishment especially since my son doesn't have anything left to take away since he's always in…
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My wife constantly loses her temper with our 5 year old son
My wife and I have been married for about 7 years, we have two sons, one is five years old and the other is eighteen months old. I disagree with the way my wife disciplines and reacts to our five year old when he misbehaves. He is no angel and often…
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How do I put my child in time-out when we're in public?
What is the recommended thing to do when my kids are misbehaving in public?
For instance, I have had situations where they are yelling and throwing stuff in a restaurant, or the other day they one was pulling the other one's hair and hitting him on…
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How can we help our son deal with his girlfriend's emotional issues?
So our son is only 15, but he has fallen pretty heavily for a girl who apparently comes with a lot of "baggage". She comes from a broken home and is constantly having issues. Our son spend a lot of time getting dragged into her problems.
I regularly…
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How can I teach my son to ride a bike?
My son is almost seven years old and still can't ride a bike. He loves to be outside and play, and he wants to ride a bike. His bike has training wheels, but the moment I take them off and try to help him ride, he's not even close to exerting any…
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How often should I bathe my newborn?
He's starting to get pimples. We had thought that we only needed to bathe him once a week, though I can't remember where we read that.
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How can we make our newborn breastfeed less frequently?
We have a new baby (almost two weeks old). For the past 8-9 days she's had a habit of Breastfeeding every hour during the afternoons. She can spend 30mins feeding, then 30mins active and gurgling, then start crying for more.
Now, we've heard of…
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