Ask The Pocket Parent®

Ask The Pocket Parent®

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AGGRESSION	RUDENESS
2-year-old bites and hits	Son hangs up on Mom
4-year-old hits, swears at teacher	Impolite comments
Aggressive 4-year-old	Name-calling
Wild 16-month-old	4-year-old keeps interrupting
	8-year-old keeps arguing
COOPERATION	SAFETY
No fair!	Kids and scooters
Morning madness	ATV Warnings
Picking up the toys
	SCHOOL, HOMEWORK
FOOD	Trouble in kindergarten
Picky eater	Child not challenged in school
Brown-bag lunch ideas	"My child is gifted'
Won't eat veggies	Trouble with handwriting
Refuses to eat	Can't be quiet in school
My child won't eat	Homeschooling
	Second Language Learning
FRIENDSHIP	Reluctant to do homework
Child ignored by best friend	Doesn't want to go to preschool
Child doesn't have friends
Difficult friends	SIBLING ISSUES
	Bickering siblings
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR	Child upset since baby arrived
4-year-old can't sit still	Possessive 2-year-old
Kids acting silly	New sibling
Kids climbing on adults	Baby scratches and hits
	Center of attention

LISTENING	STEALING
Parent deafness	9-year-old steals
My child won't listen to anyone	Stealing money from parent
3 1/2-year-old can't give up naps
Keeping a child in bed	TEASING
4-year-old sleeps with parents	11-year-old girl teased
Older child still wets bed
	TIMEOUT
RAISING CHILDREN	Timeout for lying?
"Birds and the Bees''
Stranger danger	TIME TOGETHER
Time it takes to raise a child	PG-13 movies OK for 10-year-olds?
Grandparents raising children	Family vacations
Failure: Boon or Burden?	Starting family traditions
Bandwagon Phenomenon
How will we heal?