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How can I encourage my 4.5 year old daughter to eat without needing tons of time along with play?
It seems that our daughter is not so fond of most foods. She is fond of milk though - any kind of milk, cow, goat, even soy. While eating I get the feeling she is bored. She eats very slowly and not all the foods. Actually very few. So, in order to…
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Where to turn for help when my 12-year-old granddaughter keeps hitting her 10-year-old sister?
I have two granddaughters, one turns 12 in August, the other is 10 years old and is small for her age (she was a prem baby). Her parents are divorced since the older child was 5 and the dad has a new partner and child and has no interest in his…
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Is it okay to encourage a transgender teen to consider genderqueer and transfeminine as alternatives to transgender?
My oldest child (17) told us that he has been struggling with finding his "presentation" and he "thinks" the answer is that she's a woman. Oldest is searching for the right female name and wants to change her name in time for senior year.
We are…
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How to build a relationship with my 14-year-old son I was stopped from seeing and who now just looks for money from me?
My wife cheated on me right after our son was born and she decided to start a life with her lover. I tried to keep seeing and supporting my son, but she got pregnant a year after and asked me to stop seeing him because she said I was disrupting…
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What is the best way to transition away from co-sleeping?
We are co-sleeping with our son. At some point in the future, we will need to transition him out of our bed. What is the best way to do this? Cold turkey vs. gradual? Specific age vs. signs he's ready (and if so, what are those signs)? Other things…
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How do we get an 8-month-old back to sleeping in his crib?
Our 8-month-old son's crib is in our bedroom, and he was mostly sleeping the whole night in his crib with no issues. Due to a series of events (power outage, spending the night at relatives with no crib, needing to lower the crib and not getting to…
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Techniques for teaching children from the start about how to read advertising?
I took a class in high school that taught media literacy and it has been one of the few learning experiences in high that really stuck with me. I'd like my boy to learn from the beginning, when he's just starting to see advertising, how to read and…
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How do I get my toddler to eat fruit?
I have a 2 year old kid who does not like fruits in any form.
We have tried a lot but he would not eat fruits. Even if we make fruit shake with pieces of fruits in it, he would drink the shake and remove the fruits from his mouth.
Should we be…
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How to deal with children going to friend's houses to bypass rules
In our house, as with most households I assume, there are lots of rules that we decided on, which might not be agreed upon by other families. Our son is 9 at the moment.
For example, to prevent video game addiction, our son is not allowed to play…
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What to do with a first grader who cannot sit still in school?
A first grader (7 1/2 years old) has trouble sitting still. Often, he stands up when everyone else is sitting, squirms around, but is not verbally disruptive. At home, he similarly has little patience for sitting still during dinner, standing up…
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How much sun is too much for a child?
My three months old son really likes to sit or lie in the spots where the sun shines through our windows unto the floor. I guess he likes the additional warmth.
Currently it's winter in Germany (from a temperature perspective) so the sun isn't that…
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Are deli cut meats bad for a 15-month-old?
We've been feeding our 15-month-old deli ham for dinner pretty regularly. Recently, a family member was alarmed that we were feeding him any kind of deli meat because it is "bad for them". We typically get Prima Della Black Forrest Ham or Oven…
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5 year old lying and stealing
My 5-year-old son has recently developed the habit of lying and stealing. All of this in the span of 2 weeks. It started with him getting a small toy from his school classroom. We made him understand that it was not ok to take things without…
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Does the Montessori method allow a child to choose the same lesson every day without guidance?
My 7-year-old daughter goes to a Montessori school. For at least 3 months now, she has been choosing the same lesson every day. There have been new lessons given by the teacher, but it seems the level of interaction between the two is non-existent…
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How to respond when your kid is being ridiculed by another kid when the other kid's parent(s) are present?
Yesterday, while trick or treating, several of my 5 year old's friends were making fun his name in an unpleasant manner. The mom of these other kids were there but they did not notice this behavior or perhaps chose to ignore it.
I was unsure how to…
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