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Why do some parents have a favorite (or least favorite) child? How can this be avoided?
Playing favorites with one's children is clearly a moral grey area at best...so why do we do it?
I'm a personality psychologist by training, and particularly well-exposed to heritability research through my alma mater, so I can appreciate the power…
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How to stop parents from interfering with my love life?
Well - I am not entirely sure if this is the right forum, but if you know any, I would really appreciate if you could recommend me some.
This is about parenting... from the son's perspective.
I am 28 and my parents are pushing me to marry someone.…
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Ego-centric kid or control-freaked mum?
Apparently, I'm doing something wrong or I don't know how to connect with my child properly...
I have a lovely 5,5 years old daughter, who is an absolutely cute and non-problematic girl at a kindergarten, with my boyfriend, with my parents, but not…
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What do you say when your child says "You're mean!"
A couple of recent posts (this one in particular) reminded me of this question, which I haven't seen asked. (I searched, too.) I've dealt with it a few different ways myself, which I'm not happy about, because I think one of the keys to dealing…
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How much of my prior drug use should I disclose to my tween daughter?
My daughter started middle school this year (she is 11) and tonight at dinner she told me that during an assembly some teachers had shared tragic stories about friends and family members who abused drugs and/or alcohol. One story involved a teen who…
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What can be done to encourage grandparents to be equitable between siblings?
The short question is this. How can we as parents encourage our parents to be more equitable in their treatment of their grandchildren?
As background here is my situation. When my wife and I got married, we had made the decision that we weren't…
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How long can a newborn girl bleed from her vagina?
The bleeding from a newborn girl's vagina is completely normal, it happens due to hormones being absorbed by the baby while still in the womb.
How long can this bleeding last?
Does it come and go, or does it occur only once for a period of…
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How can I keep my newborn baby warm during nappy change?
I'm 3 days in to parenthood and every time I change my son he makes heart-wrenching screams that go through my skull.
I have deduced that it is due to being cold; it's Winter here and really starting to get nippy. Even so, it is 21°c+ in the room…
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How should I respond to a child asking to have as much spending money as her friends do?
When a child has some close friends at school, but some of them come from relatively richer families, so they get maybe twice my child's pocket money, how should I answer when he complains and asks to be on par with such friends?
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How can we help my pre-schooler get over his initial shyness when we have guests?
My four year old is always extremely unsettled whenever they first interact with a guest.
It doesn't matter if it is another child who has played with many times before or an adult.
It also doesn't matter if it is at our house or outside somewhere…
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How do I reduce the time my child spends playing computer games?
I want to do a lot of activities with my 8-year old son but he seems to prefer to play computer games (on his DS, his PC or my phone) for most of the time. How can I prevent him from spending too much time on this activity, without making him feel…
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Explaining sexual attraction
So, my prepubescent daughters have pretty much got an idea about 'where babies come from', though their curiosity so far has only got them as far as how the baby gets out, not how 'Paolo' gets 'in'.
But explaining the mechanics is the easy bit. And…
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How to deal with a defiant, stubborn and abusive 5-year-old?
I have a 5-year-old boy who is beyond bad. We have tried everything from talking to spanking to taking stuff away to rewarding the good and are at our wits' end.
He is abusive to animals, at least 4 times in 6 months. He has chased a dog with a…
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How to brush the teeth of my 1-year-old baby?
My 1-year-old baby has 8 teeth and enjoys eating chocolate very much. Some of my relatives have suggested that I brush her teeth with a baby toothbrush, but I am confused about whether a child of this age needs to have their teeth brushed or not.…
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How to know whether I am producing sufficient breast milk?
I have to breast feed my 9 day old for 1 hour. That is frustrating for me, and doesn't satisfy her too. Then I have to feed her about 60 ml formula.
How would I know whether I am producing sufficient breast milk or not? Or the problem is somewhere…
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