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My Child Is Too Perfectionistic
Reader Mom Of Perfect, Any tips on helping a perfectionist child deal? My 6 year old has set a very high bar for herself. ex: She recently cried because none of her art is displayed in a museum. She...
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My Seven Year Old Hoards, What Are Some Ways I Can Help?
Reader Mom Of Collector writes, I was hoping you could provide me with some advice/pointers about my 7 year old son. I’m trying to do the spring cleaning (and started a few weeks ago actually, lol) and...
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My Kid Has Low Self-Esteem Even Though We Constantly Praise Her
Reader Worried Mom writes, My daughter is 7 years old and has been bullied and excluded from groups of friends fairly consistently since starting pre-school. She is very mature for her age, much...
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How To Parent Your Extroverted Child: A Guide For Introverts
Being an introvert, or a Highly Sensitive Person for that matter, can come with many challenges. The world is always telling you that self-care involves “getting out there” more or seeing friends...
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How To Get Another Kid To Leave You Alone Without Tattling
Highly sensitive kids or those who are socially anxious often struggle with social situations. Only children can struggle with more complex situations as well, because they don’t have the constant...
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Why Does My Stepson Behave Better With Us Than With His Mom?
Reader Stepmom Problems writes, My stepson is 5 1/2 now and he’s always been the best you can expect a kid to be. He is patient and respectful and has a real sense of boundaries about what behaviors...
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Help Your Kids Be More Charitable With ECHOAge.Com!
As you guys know, I am an enthusiastic proponent of kids donating to charity and understanding that others may not be as fortunate as they are. Remember last year when my daughter did a SmileTrain...
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How Can I Best Help My Troubled Niece?
Reader Devoted Aunt writes, I have a seven year old niece who I am very concerned about and I would like some advice on how to help her. She has had a pretty rough childhood. Her mom got pregnant...
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My 7 Year Old Tells Me That My 3 Year Old Is My Favorite
Reader Aiming For Equal Treatment writes, I have 2 kids, age 7.5 and nearly 3. My 7 year old is convinced that I favor the 3 year old. She believes that my having different expectations of behavior...
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Five Year Old Acting Out After New Baby Was Born
Reader Fed Up Mom writes, I’m ready to pull my hair out. We have a new baby in the house and my formerly well behaved, sweet five-year-old has turned into a maniac. I’m a SAHM and was on hospital bed...
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Should I Focus On Raising Emotionally Happy Kids Or Kids With Grit?
Reader Philosophical Question writes, You write here that you can’t have your cake and eat it too, that you can’t both create kids with grit and kids who are very emotionally secure. But here, you...
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How Would My 5 Year Old Deal With A Foster Sibling?
Reader Prospective Foster Mom writes, Let me start by saying that we have a healthy, happy family that I wouldn’t sacrifice for anything. With that being said, we (should be read as I) are considering...
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5 Ways That “Natural Consequences” Can Make Parenting Easier
When kids misbehave (read: do stuff you don’t want them to do), many parents say, “Well, they’ll learn through natural consequences.” This means consequences that a parent doesn’t create (e.g., a...
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How Do I Deal With Gifted Autism Spectrum Kids Without Going Insane?
Reader Burnt Out Mom writes, I love your advice and have learned many good parenting tricks from you! Any ideas to deal with genius autistic spectrum kids without going deaf and/or insane? My 2 1/2...
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It Breaks My Heart When Other Kids Are Mean To My Three Year Old
Reader Guilty Mommy writes, Hello, I found an only child post on your site and really enjoyed it.. Can I ask for a bit of advice along the same lines? I’m an older mom (42) with a three year old and...
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5 Things You Actually Should Discuss With Your Elementary Schooler, Even If...
Many parents try to protect their children from hearing about topics that they consider developmentally too mature. This is well intentioned, but parents who censor discussions too much can miss out...
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Webinar on How To Parent Highly Sensitive Kids: Friday January 31 at 12pm EST!
I will be hosting a webinar for parents of Highly Sensitive Kids via Facebook Live on Friday January 31 at 12pm EST. Here’s the event link. As the mom of 2-3 Highly Sensitive children (all different...
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8 Issues That Impact Adults Who Used To Be Gifted Children
In my practice, I get a lot of highly verbal, high achieving and/or intellectual clients, which I can attribute to the fact that these are the people who tend to research their own issues at length and...
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8 Concrete, No BS Ways To Stop Overparenting Your Kids
So many parents are stressed, overwhelmed and guilty nowadays, which I attribute directly to our child-centered culture. Parents feel that they must enrich, validate, and engage with their kids...
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Kids Lie And Pretending They Don’t Can Mess Them Up
So many parents in today’s child-centered culture refuse to entertain the notion that their children are capable of dishonesty. Yet, kids, like all humans, lie. They lie for many reasons, and this...
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