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Sunday, November 18, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018 1:57 PM
I have a 12-year-old son who is totally not responsible at all and I don’t know how to get him to do anything around the house. Teaching making good decisions is a daily challenge
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Q: When my child doesn’t behave, I try to give him consequences. Whenever we’re around other people, especially other children, he is at his worst, behaving really badly and I end up losing control. It’s embarrassing because he . . .
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As we anticipate the next “haunting,” with Halloween just days away, we might be expecting our children to share the excitement. After all, Halloween is a favorite holiday for many, coming only once a year. As children prepare their costumes . . .
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Hearing from a father whose ex-wife recently discussed her bitterness about their divorce, sharing this and how she feels about her ex-husband with their 7-year-old daughter, compelled me to address this subject again. I’ve shared some . . .
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When we encourage our daughters to take risks, to overcome their fears, to meet challenges head on, and to reach for the stars, we must also be the strong women they need to emulate. We would otherwise be hypocrites, preaching one . . .
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My weekly column is not a platform on which to offer commentary about political issues, given my belief that the majority of readership do not expect or want to read my views about the political arena. I also recognize that when I share . . .
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Q: My daughter is engaged to a man that I think is dishonest — at least I’m suspicious of his activities and what he may be doing behind my daughter’s back. Everything she tells me about their relationship leads me to believe he is possibly . . .
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Q: How do I get my 3-year-old son to stop hurting his sister, who is only 16 months old? He continually pushes her over, pinches and hits her, and the latest thing is, when she’s lying on the floor, he sits on her. I’ve tried just about . . .
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The new school year has begun. Perhaps not everyone sees this as cause for celebration. I remember clearly how my children and I resisted summer vacation ending, with the transition into a new school year. I cherished that magical stretch . . .
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After responding to a reader’s question about how to co-parent with a difficult ex-spouse in last week’s column, there’s always much more to say about raising children together during separation and/or after divorce. Although I have written . . .
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Q: My ex-wife and I struggle to find a peaceful new dynamic as co-parents. I have a new partner and my ex has expressed adamant resistance to including her in any of our kids’ events. “She’s not their mom” is the biggest declaration . . .
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Q: I am writing with a question/concern about my 23-year-old son that might be of interest for your column. He spent last summer (2017) on a long, long, self-directed backpacking trip, finishing in late September. Since then, though . . .
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Q: It’s pretty rare when I don’t hear my son screaming for my attention, if I try to take a shower, talk on the phone, attend to the needs of one of my other children. It’s especially bad when we need to get ready for school (somewhat of a relief . . .)
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Q: My toddler will have nothing to do with the other kids when I bring him to church with me. He always insists on standing right with me, hanging on to my leg. Even when I’m a few feet away from where the other children are all sitting . . .
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Q: Can you say something about believing gossip and making quick judgments about people that are based on someone else’s opinion? I continue getting myself into trouble by listening to my friends’ or neighbors’ opinions . . .
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Q: We have a blended family. It’s me and my two kids and my partner with his three kids. The problem is it’s not working very well, because no one gets along very well. There’s a lot of stress and my partner and I fight more when . . .
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Imagine being suddenly uprooted from your job, then being transitioned to a new building the very next day with an entirely new group of co-workers, and completely different expectations from your previous job. What do you think your reaction . . .
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Q: I just talked about this with you last week, mostly about what makes boys so different. You suggested I send you a question, so here goes. Why is it so much harder to get my sons to behave and be kind to others, and my daughter . . .
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Q: My 6-year-old doesn’t like any of her classmates, or any other kids her age. She’s a really picky kid, who usually finds something wrong in just about everything. She can be really moody, and even rude at times. The more I tell her to be . . .
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Some children experience trauma as a daily occurrence, often with invisible wounds inflicted along their journey. Without vigilant care, these children become the bitter, abandoned, rejected casualties who one day might decide to seek . . .
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There was a serious school lock-down in Rockland on May 29. Although I know very little about the circumstances, I’ve heard directly from several parents and a school staff member. Wanting to believe our midcoast communities are . . .
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