Ask The Pocket Parent® Q&A

The Pocket Parent's advisors here to lend a sympathetic ear, and offer some positive discipline strategies that set clear limits in a loving way.

TOPICS ADDRESSED:

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?  

Our panel of advisors

* Gail Reichlin is a mother of three, a 30-year veteran teacher and the executive director of Parents Resource Network, a nonprofit organization she founded 17 years ago in Skokie, Illinois, to address parents' common concerns . Known for her wit and wisdom, she is a dynamic public speaker/parenting coach and the co-author of "The Pocket Parent.''

* Jo Hansen is a freelance writer, editor and webmaster who spent 20 years as a newspaper editor. Jo, who now works from her home, understands the challenge of juggling the demands of parenthood and career. A mother of two active children, her desire to help families raise healthy, happy children prompted her to create this web site with Gail.

* Nancy Shlaes Bruski is a clinical social worker with more than 25 years of experience working with families and children. She has taught at Kendall College in Evanston, Ill. and is currently on staff at a Nationally Accredited Early Childhood Program in addition to having a private practice.


We welcome your questions and comments. Please include the age of your child. Some answers are provided by other Pocket Parent guest experts. We will try to post as many questions and answers as possible on the web site.

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