Parents are Asking

Thursday 17th May 2012

elementary school age
Health
Preschoolers
Resilience
Responsiveness
Tweens

Extreme Picky Eater!
Dear Dr. G., I have a 7 year old son, who is an extremely picky eater. When I say “extreme”, I mean really extreme. He has never had fruits, vegetables, meat, or many of the regular food choices kids love. I’m concerned for his health. I’m embarrassed by this issue, because I know some of [...]
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Tuesday 15th May 2012

elementary school age
Resilience
Responsibility
Teenagers
Tweens
Young Adults

Parental Peer Pressure for Your Teen magazine
I am thrilled to be part of Your Teen Magazine’s new rotation panel of experts (their words!) on their website. This month I am over there answering the question: How to handle parental peer pressure when you’re more strict than the parents of your children’s friends? I hope you’ll come on over!
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Monday 14th May 2012

elementary school age
Preschoolers
Resilience
Responsibility
Responsiveness

When a Child’s Guilt Goes Overboard
My 7 year old boy has started to “self punish” the extreme. When I send him to his room for a few minutes for example for continually not listening, he ends up saying staying there and not coming out because “He’s bad; He deserves to never come out again…” We have the same issue with [...]
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Thursday 10th May 2012

elementary school age
Preschoolers
Respect
Responsiveness
Teenagers
Tweens
Young Adults

Don’t Let Mother’s Day Be Martyr’s Day!
I’m at it again, trying to energize parents over at Huffington Post. Please stop by and check out why pampering mom is good for kids!
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Monday 7th May 2012

elementary school age
Preschoolers
Resilience
Responsiveness

Bedtime Fears
Missy at Literal Mom invited me to her place to talk about what to do when a preschooler is genuinely scared at bedtime. I hope you’ll come over and join the conversation!
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