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Everyone Loves to Win May. 04, 2014
Q: How do you deal with an overly high level of competitiveness/poor sportsmanship? How do you get a... Read More
Perfect School Child Throws Tantrums at Home Apr. 30, 2014
Q: My third-grader, our youngest, is a model student at school — good grades, polite and compo... Read More
The Mom Code Apr. 29, 2014
Dear Jenny: I was recently "roasted" by people whom I thought of as close, loving family. The topic?... Read More
Nest Heads
Apr. 28, 2014
Grandparents Don't Respect Parents Apr. 27, 2014
Q: What should I do if our child's grandparents don't support us as parents? They give my daughter a... Read More
Medicine Can Help Granddaughter Concentrate Apr. 23, 2014
Q: Our 7-year-old granddaughter, of whom we have custody because her parents are addicted to opiates... Read More
Worrier Can Become Brave Girl Apr. 20, 2014
Q: How do you talk to children who have anxiety issues without giving them the "anxious" label? Righ... Read More
High School Dropout Has Lost His Way Apr. 16, 2014
Q: I have read your writings for many years and am hoping you can provide suggestions on what to do ... Read More
Child's Issue Needs to Be Discovered Apr. 09, 2014
Q: What should I do when my daughter's teacher is saying she should be removed from the gifted progr... Read More
Child Wants Peer Attention Apr. 06, 2014
Q: My daughter is a young first-grader and loves to learn. I always say she's very bright but lacks ... Read More
Strange Brew
Apr. 02, 2014
Teen Sets Too High Expectations Apr. 02, 2014
Q: What can I do to help my daughter? She was always an extremely intense but happy, confident child... Read More
Reversing High School Underachievement Mar. 30, 2014
I received two questions about 10th-graders that can be answered similarly. The first question is: Q... Read More
The Peril of Over-Protecting our Children Mar. 28, 2014
Beware the trends in child rearing. Newton might revise his second law of thermodynamics: In every t... Read More
Nest Heads
Mar. 26, 2014
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Mar. 24, 2014
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Mar. 19, 2014
Technology Provides Challenge for Parents Mar. 16, 2014
Q: We're the parents of a 15-year-old girl. My daughter and I have had some open and satisfying conv... Read More
Bullying Is Hard to Stop Mar. 12, 2014
Q: My son is 14 and going into the eighth grade. He was faced with a lot of bullying issues this yea... Read More
Mom, You're Overreacting! Mar. 09, 2014
Q: My question concerns my 19-year-old teenager who's being secretive and lying to us about various ... Read More
