Weekly Quandary: Changes to a High School Schedule
If your student is unhappy, do you encourage the child to advocate for a different schedule, regardless of the official word on allowable changes?
View ArticleWeekly Quandary: Whose Last Name?
Tennessee law forbids combining a mother and father’s surnames into a single name for baby — or giving an infant a mother’s last name without both parents’ “mutual assent.”
View ArticleWeekly Quandary: Talking Racism and Sexism With Children
Parental silence on gender roles and racial differences won't lead to race-blind and gender-neutral children. That doesn't make racism and sexism any easier to talk about. How does your family do it?
View ArticlePicture Day Quandary: Can She Wear the Tiara?
A reader asks: my 7-year-old daughter announced last week that she would be wearing a tiara for picture day. This was not ok by me, but I decided to keep silent. What would you have done?
View ArticleWanted: Books for Middle Schoolers Who Aren’t Yet ‘Teens’
“People suddenly assume my seventh grader has become a self-obsessed jerk, lost in her iPhone and touching up her lip gloss. Nothing could be further from the truth. She wants great books, but not...
View ArticleWeekly Quandary: Does the Introverted Preschooler Need ‘Work’?
Should a reader help her child "work" on taking pleasure in being with others as well as "exploring/playing by himself" or let him be?
View ArticleQuandary: When the Tests Are Overwhelming, What’s Next?
Most schools conduct some form of standardized testing. What helps a child who finds the tests stressful, and when is the testing too much?
View ArticleQuandary: Between Unknown Cousins and the Children’s Table, Thanksgiving Can...
Now is the moment to prepare children for Thanksgiving: show pictures of past gatherings, remind them of the names that go with faces and talk about things like interrupting, playing with younger...
View ArticleWeekly Quandary: Would Santa Say ‘No’ to an iPad?
My 8-year-old boy/girl twins have decided they're only asking Santa for one item this year: an iPad. Each. I'm pretty sure Santa will say no. But should he? And how?
View ArticleQuandary: Helping Younger Children Love to Give as Well as Get
Younger children can be more focused on the possibility of having all their Hanukkah or Christmas wishes granted than on choosing or making with others in mind.
View ArticleDo I Need Screen Time Rules for Other People’s Children, Too?
It’s my house and my rules, but I’m uncomfortable snatching away a prized possession a child brings over. I'm also uncomfortable with the recent sleepover in which every child spent the night buried in...
View ArticleHow Do You Know Whether to Have Another Child?
If how many children you'd have was within your control, how did you make that choice?
View ArticleHow Do You Talk to a 3-Year-Old About a Divorce You Don’t Want?
When one parent is planning to leave a marriage, how can both spouses prepare a preschooler for the change?
View ArticleAlways the Victim, Rarely the Friend: How Do You Help a Child Find a Place to...
How do you help an 11-year-old who goes into every new situation expecting to be teased and mocked?
View ArticleWhen Another Child Wants to Be Friends and Yours Does Not
By the time children are in middle school, parents should be stepping back. But what if another child won't stop annoying yours?
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