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Question Our 10-year-old daughter is painfully shy around others. She’s quiet but still a lot of fun at home with us and her two younger...

Question Our youngest daughter is strong-willed and throws temper tantrums whenever she doesn’t get her way. We’ve talked to other...

Question As my kids have become teenagers our whole family has noticed that when one of the kids disobeys or mouths off I increasingly...

Question Due to a job loss and other factors we’re faced with some significant financial challenges and we’re going to have to make some...

Question We’re both frustrated by our lack of quality family mealtimes together. Our three kids are 11, 14 and 16 and our family meals,...

Question I often overhear my two daughters criticizing other people. I think they're picking it up from other kids at school, but I want...

Question When I was a kid, I didn’t have a good relationship with my mother. She was a cold and distant disciplinarian, and I didn’t feel...

Question I think that our three-year-old daughter is the stereotypical angry child.  When she doesn’t get what she wants at the grocery...

Question My husband and I divorced a little more than a year ago. The kids live with me and visit their dad (and his new wife of three...

Question We have caught our 13-year-old daughter wearing clothing that is entirely inappropriate, especially for her age. When she leaves...

Question We have an adolescent son and daughter, and at times it seems like we can’t ask them even a simple question without them...

Question We have a 12-year-old daughter who is a good child but who can be very unkind and unloving to her siblings.  She doesn’t like it...

Question My husband and I haven't done the greatest job in being consistent in how we discipline our 4-year-old son. Now that we have...

Question I grew up with two sisters, and I have two daughters and a son.  I know a lot about raising daughters but not about raising a...

Question My husband and I both work full-time jobs that keep us away from our kids more than we’d like. When we do have time together it...

Question We have a son and daughter, ages 10 and 7, and over the past two years we’ve experienced some significant changes and losses...

Question Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by the many things that go into being an effective parent. What are some of the core habits...

Question We have two wonderful teenagers but at times they really frustrate me. I just don’t understand their world. My wife tells me...

Question My spouse and I both have to work full time. How can we fit in one-on-one time with each child and still spend time together?...

Question I grew up in a negative home where it seems like nothing I ever did was quite good enough. Love was expressed in the form of...