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Why don't kids like vegetables?
I am sure there are children out there who do like munching on broccolis and feasting on spinach, but most of the children I know don't like veggies. Mine are especially suspicious of anything resembling a vegetable (especially a green one). We…
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Respectful parenting and discipline
Been reading a bit about Respectful Parenting and mutual respect as a parenting style and it appeals to us. We have four kids so keeping track of reward charts and various other trackers is complex and time consuming, we'd much rather work toward…
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How to go about regaining the trust of my child?
After divorce, the mother got custody of our now 12-year-old daughter.
The mother has committed at least 9 (provable) acts of transgressions
indicating active application of parental alienation, most of which is still continuing. The Parental…
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Toddler putting small stones in her mouth thinking it's funny
My 1.5-year-old has recently started putting small stones (the size of hazelnuts) in her mouth when we are outdoors, which of course can be very dangerous.
I have tried everything I could think of to prevent any unfortunate accidents:
reacted…
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How do we convince parents that we can't all be there within one week of the holiday every year?
Here is the dilemma. My wife, my brother, my five-year-old son, and I live about five hours from my parents, about four hours from my father-in-law and his SO, and about an hour from my mother-in-law. My sister-in-law lives close to us. My brother…
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How to react to an indecisive 2.5-year-old?
I have a 2.5-year-old son. It happens mostly when tired but I'll ask him if he wants something and he will say no. Then when I go to put it away or do something else, he freaks out that he wants it. Then when I take it out again, he'll shout that he…
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What are the options when the mother of a 7 year old is imprisoned?
What are the options for explaining a (divorced) mother's absence to a 7 year old? Should the child be told the truth? (Assume the crime is non-violent and financial. Also assume the child has had a loving relationship with both parents,…
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At what age do kids start sleeping through the night?
My son is now almost 12 months old and he still doesn't sleep through the night regularly. Maybe one night a month he will sleep from 7pm->6.30am without waking, and that's only if he's utterly exhausted.
Otherwise he still wakes up once a night, at…
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Is it okay for a child to focus on one toy type?
My 4 (almost 5) year old daughter is currently on a kick with baby dolls. It's all she wants to play with at the moment. She wants to take her dolls to the park, for example, and play with them rather than engage with other kids that might be there.…
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How can I stop my parents from fighting?
I'm am 13 years old and my parents have been fighting a lot they stay up all night fighting. Most nights when they do fight I never get any sleep I just cry. I want to tell them how I feel and I tried but they don't listen, I have always been that…
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How to figure out which of my children is lying to me?
I'm looking for advice on how to determine which of my children is lying. I have 4 kids, 12, 12, 8, 6.
About once a week, something bad will happen, (this last incident, somebody poured a bowl of cereal with milk and left it on the table uneaten). …
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How to further an aptitude toward early literacy?
Every so often in our 2.5-year old daughter's life I catch myself marveling at some skill that our daughter seems to master far beyond what I naively expected her to be able to do. I'm sure many parents have this experience.
One of my fears is that…
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How does having a second child change your life?
Most parents would probably agree that having a child will deeply change your life. But how does having a second child change your life?
Second-time parents won't be much surprised about the smell of diapers, or the lack of sleep. But surely there…
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How should the parent respond when a teenager tells about their ended relationship?
http://www.eruptingmind.com/the-effect-of-parents-on-a-childs-psychological-development/
Or perhaps as a teenager they confided in a parent about the pain they felt regarding a relationship which had ended, but instead of receiving comfort and…
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3-year-old boy co-sleeps: kicks and hits us in sleep
Our three-year-old boy who has been sleeping between my wife and me is becoming a problem. I know we need to transition him to his own bed and we will go through that process in the near future. We have been trying for a while but he ends up coming…
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