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Dear Katherine: Did I Go Too Far Trying to Meet My Son’s Needs?
Dear Katherine, My 5-year-old LOVES sleeping with Mom and Dad at night. When we aren’t together, he says things like, “I’m so alone in this house,” which breaks my heart. When he began coming into our room at night, we tried to send him back to bed. But eventually, I recognized that he has an…
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Dear Katherine: I’m Nervous About the Teen Years!
Dear Katherine, I’ve often heard you talk about why controlling forms of discipline and punishments are ineffective. But what about when kids are in danger? Thankfully, I have yet to be in this specific position. Still, my kids are getting older. I’m worried about protecting them throughout their teen years without resorting to authoritarian discipline…
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Dear Katherine: Should I Let My Daughter Stay Out as Late as Her Brother?
Dear Katherine, My three children are 16, 13, and 9. They are all very social, but each child has a different curfew and different rules for social time. The 13-year-old is very upset that we won’t let her go to a party that ends at 11 p.m. She says that we would let our 16-year-old…
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Dear Katherine: We Give Her an Inch, She Takes a Mile
Dear Katherine, My 5-year-old daughter has always disliked being told what to do. Now that we’re changing our approach to the parent-child relationship, she’s convinced that she was right all along about being able to do whatever she wants. When we give her even a little bit of freedom, she tries to take as much…
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Dear Katherine: My Kids Complain About Being Bored!
Dear Katherine, When my two children are home from school, they don’t want to do anything. I try to get them involved in activities or camps (or at the very least encourage them to leave the house with me!) but they outright refuse. Then they complain that they’re bored! My older daughter, who is 13,…
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