Development: Older Child

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How to Handle an Incident Between My 6 Year Old Son and the Neighbor Boy

L.H. asks from Minneapolis

My son is pretty close to the neighbor boy who is also six. They play about every other day for about 1-2 hours at a time. I take this relationship to be good for m...

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My 6 Year Old Is Following Bad Behavior at School...

O.L. asks from Los Angeles

My 6.5 year old has been getting himself into some trouble at school. The first time following another little boy into an empty classroom and dumping crayons on the f...

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Should I Disallow My 5 Year Old Son from Sitting on My Lap or Giving Me Kisses?

K.F. asks from Cleveland

Hi! I'm a divorced mom of a 5 year old, almost 6 year old boy. My son likes to give Mommy hugs and kisses every day, and if I'm sitting watching TV sometimes, about e...

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My 6 y.o. Hit a Teacher at Camp Drop-off!

A.Y. asks from Los Angeles

My son has always been a bit shy in new situations and gets clingy and teary during drop-offs--but this morning he actually HIT one of the teachers at summer camp who...

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Should I Have My Young 6 Yo Daughter Repeat K or Move on to 1St?

G.C. asks from Miami

I have a big decision to make and would love some advice and perspective! My daughter has completed k and did so with flying colors! She made all As all year long and...

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How Old Do You Think a Child Has to Be to Walk to School Alone?

K.M. asks from Denver

So there has been a missing girl in Colorado that has been weighing heavy on my mind. She is a 10 year old girl. In the mornings she walks three blocks to meet up w...

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Worried Grandma About Her 8 Year Old Granddaughter Still Messing Her Panties.

M.P. asks from Salt Lake City

I would love some comments on what others have done about this situation, and so does her mother. Our granddaughter is the oldest of 3 in their family. She is 8; bro...

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Three Year Old Boy with Speech Delay and Studdering

S.V. asks from Portland

My little boy seemed on the verge of a speech explosion when he suddenly started studdering. It is worse when we are around people he doesn't know and is mostly accen...

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When to Have "The Talk"

N.B. asks from Detroit

I have a 10 year old son. He recently had a check up at his doctors. She suggested I talk with him about puberty. I asked him if he knew what it was an had never h...