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My husband is too strict. How can I get him to be kinder?

My husband is too strict. How can I get him to be kinder?

by David | Mar 15, 2020 | Behaviour, Boys, Conflict, Relationships

I think my husband is too strict with our little boy who is 7 since last month. Every time I try to address it with him, we just end up in a big fight and he says that I spoil our son and nothing changes. How can I get him to be kinder? Conflicts about parenting...
My daughter’s whinging really winds me up. How can I help her to stop?

My daughter’s whinging really winds me up. How can I help her to stop?

by David | Mar 15, 2020 | Behaviour, Conflict, Girls, Primary

My 7-year-old daughter puts on this really babyish voice and starts whinging when she wants something she can’t have. It is infuriating. How can I get her to stop? I wonder where your daughter comes in the family. If she is the eldest, she may see that being “babyish”...
My 15-year-old is so ungrateful

My 15-year-old is so ungrateful

by David | Jan 23, 2020 | Communication, Conflict, Girls, Relationships, Teenager

My daughter who is 15 is just so ungrateful. We bent over backwards for her during the Christmas holidays, with lovely gifts, facilitating her meeting her friends and so on. She just doesn’t appreciate it. We never get anything back, not help around the house,...
I worry my teenage daughter is going off the rails entirely

I worry my teenage daughter is going off the rails entirely

by David | Jan 6, 2020 | Alcohol, Behaviour, Conflict, Friendships, Girls, Teenager

I’m desperately worried about my 15-year-old daughter. I’m sure she has started drinking alcohol, with her friends, although she won’t admit it. I also worry that she has been sexually active with a boy. We don’t allow her to have a boyfriend...
My 12-year-old son refuses to go into school most days

My 12-year-old son refuses to go into school most days

by David | Jan 2, 2020 | Anxiety, Boys, Conflict, Preteen, Resilience, School

My 12-year-old son is in first year in secondary school. He has become highly anxious over the last few months and is now refusing to go into school most days and when he does go, I always get a text by lunchtime demanding that I come and pick him up. He is a bright...
This will be my first Christmas Day without my children

This will be my first Christmas Day without my children

by David | Jan 2, 2020 | Boys, Communication, Conflict, Girls, Relationships

My wife and I have separated since the summer and this is the first Christmas that my children won’t be with me on Christmas Day. I’m devastated. The youngest is just seven and she was crying when I told her I won’t be there for dinner but her mum is...
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