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My three-year-old only settles in our bed. Is it bad to let her sleep with us?

My three-year-old only settles in our bed. Is it bad to let her sleep with us?

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Girls, Preschool, Sleep

My 3-year-old started back at creche lately and ever since her sleep has been a disaster. We can’t get her to settle in her own room anymore and have taken her into our bed, which works like a dream, until we have to lift her back to her own. Sometimes she wakes...
My 11-year-old daughter is very anxious about returning to school

My 11-year-old daughter is very anxious about returning to school

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Anxiety, Covid-19, Girls, School

As the date for starting back to school approaches, my 11-year-old daughter is getting more and more anxious. She has noticed the rise in Coronavirus cases over the last few weeks and is asking me constantly if she will be safe in school. I tell her that the teachers...
My son has a secret second phone that he uses at night

My son has a secret second phone that he uses at night

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Behaviour, Boys, Pornography, Technology, Teenager

I’ve discovered that my 13-year-old son has a second phone that he was using late into the night, watching YouTube and snap chatting his friends (we take his normal phone at 10pm each night). I can’t believe he was so deceitful. We’ve taken this other phone now, but...
Since lockdown, it feels like we are all living separate lives

Since lockdown, it feels like we are all living separate lives

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Boys, Communication, Girls

Have you any tips for getting our family life back to normal? All the way through the lockdown we seem to have slipped more and more into separate lives. Our children are in their teens and they are staying in bed late and then going to bed later, and seem only...
My nine-year-old son daydreams a lot. Is this a problem?

My nine-year-old son daydreams a lot. Is this a problem?

by David | Sep 24, 2020 | Boys, Concentration, Daydreaming, Development, Primary

My eldest son is 9. For the last couple of months I noticed that he daydreams. While doing so, he kind of skips up and down the kitchen while he is in his own thoughts. He might do this 10 times a day, taking a break from other activities to come into the kitchen. He...
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