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How to handle the situation with a 1-year-old preferring dad over mom with her suffering emotionally?
I am the proud father of a 1-year-old boy. My wife and I love him to pieces! A few months after his birth I suffered through a terrible bout of anxiety attacks. Turns out it was just my way of reacting to such a drastic change in my life and it…
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Is it normal for a 6-year-old to say he's fallen in love?
Our 6.5-year-old boy came home one day saying "there's something wrong with my mind". After some questioning, he told my wife that he sometimes falls in love with girls and can't stop thinking about them (even girls he hardly knows).
Is this…
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At what age or developmental milestones is a child capable of critical thinking?
I am interested in pursuing a non-authoritarian approach to educating my son and I do not know at what age (or prerequisite milestones) the focus of education should switch from telling him facts to mainly using (guided) research of primary sources…
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How can I keep a 14 month old busy at some activity for longer than 3 minutes
Our boy loses interest in any activity - playing with toys /playing with us/mock singing/you-name-it very soon
The only exception is watching TV (which can go on for 30 minutes uninterrupted) and he now throws all his toys or anything we give him…
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How to mitigate the impact of other people comparing my children to each other?
My husband and I have tried very hard to show both of our children that they are loved and cared for, and to encourage their own unique interests and to be proud of the individuals they are growing into. My boys (4 and 2) like to dress in matching…
Kit Z. Fox
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How to teach bike riding with a balance bike
We got our son a balance bike (small wooden pedal-less bike) for his third birthday. These seem to be the modern way of teaching bike riding.
At the moment he sometimes will 'walk' the bike for few feet, but generally show no interest in using the…
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New born seems to be spitting up entire meals. Should I be worried?
We have a baby that is a little over a week old and it seems like after some feedings she is spitting up what looks like her entire meal (breast feeding). I've been weighing her and she still seems to be gaining weight.
If she is still gaining…
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How can we get our newborn to sleep at night as soundly as he does in the day?
We've just had a new arrival- a little boy, now 7 days old.
During the day he sleeps like a dream. As I write this, he has been asleep for around 4 hours without really stirring at all.
The only trouble is that he does not do this at all at night.…
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6 year old won't go to the bathroom by herself anymore, because of being scared. What to do?
My 6 y.o. is what Dr. Becky (if you know her) would call a "deeply feeling child." Every day is either the best or worst day ever, and she usually declares each day as one or the other multiple times per day. Everything is an emergency when it comes…
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How do you reduce feelings of guilt for leaving children for a date night?
We have two children, 3.5 and 1 years old. My wife and I rarely go out on our own, I can count on one hand since the oldest was born. We have never left them alone all night, they have always woken up to at least one of us in the morning. We have…
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My son's handwriting is so poor that even he can't read it. How can I help him improve?
My son is 14 years old, and his hand writing is really bad. Teachers complain that they can't read what he writes.
What can I do to help him improve his hand writing? Is there some kind of specialist that can help?
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How do you investigate what's going on in the pre-kindergarten classroom?
For some, seeing the kindergarten teacher have such remarkable control over 20 children seems astonishing.
But she doesn't get that without doing something. And the children don't always tell you what injustices have occurred during the day, even…
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Teacher asking my 5 year old daughter to take a boy student to toilet
My daughter is in year 1 in the UK. She was asked by her teacher to help a boy of her class go to the boys' toilet and get back. What should I be aware of in such cases? I am not sure what were the circumstances under which she asked this from my…
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How can I teach a child to keep trying after a failure?
My niece is just under seven years old, and in her first year of school, where she is doing badly. The main problem seems to be that she doesn't do her homework or try to learn, and the reason there, as far as we can figure out, is that if she can…
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How do we prepare for a long car journey with a 2-month-old?
Is there anything specific to think about when planning a long car journey (12 hours with an overnight stop) with a 2-month-old? I guess one of the issues is whether one of the adults stays in the back with the baby, or whether both being up front…
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