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Overboard in the Off-Season?

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My husband takes our 13-year-old son to sports practice 3x/week, conditioning 1x/week, and a trainer 1x/week, which leaves one night/week for a non-sport activity and one weekend day open. This...

Warts and All

Posted 4 days ago

My 6 year old son has some warts on his hands. He pitched a fit at the pediatric dermatologist today while getting his warts frozen off. He began screaming before the procedure even began. The...

Overboard in the Offseason? Dad, Sports, and a 13-year Old

Posted 6 days ago

Husband takes our 13 yr old to a sport practice 3x/wk, conditioning 1x/wk, and a trainer 1x/wk which leaves one night/wk for a non-sport activity and one weekend day open. This sport is in its...

TODDLER SAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Posted 6 days ago

My son is 20 months old. He says please and thank you sometimes. When he does not I remind him to by saying “say please” or “say thank you” at times he refuses to say it. If he does not say please...

Time for marriage counseling.

Posted 1 week ago

My husband feels I criticize him too much and maybe I do. I've been known to criticize him for leaving dishes in or around the sink when I've told him not to more than once (we have a...

The marital relationship should come first.

Posted 1 week ago

My husband has referred to my 14 year old son & I having a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship or acting like boyfriend/girlfriend occasionally. I'm not sure how to take the comment other than...

HUSBAND AND HIS PHONE

Posted 1 week ago

Husband has had a cell phone for as long as we've been married (16 years). He will not admit to anyone at work he has a phone - he doesn't want calls in the middle of the night (nature of his job...

20 MONTH OLD AGGRESSION

Posted 1 week ago

Hi, I have read and love “making the terrible twos terrific”. I have also read through many of the questions on aggression/defiance but still need some clarification. My 20 month old will bang...

LITTLE ONE TELLS DAD "I DON'T LOVE YOU"

Posted 1 week ago

Grandson tells Dad. "I don't Love you" He doesn't say that to mom or grandmom . or even me. dad & mom work crazy shifts so they are ships passing in the night. Dad is home most nights and is a...

How to Stop Micro-Managing Playtime

Posted 1 week ago

In Mr. Rosemond's most recent podcast on 'The Good Mommy Club, he states that children shouldn't be told how to play because it comes naturally. I find myself micro-managing my daughters when I...

Teaching Child to Dress/Undress Helps With Potty Training

Posted 2 weeks ago

Hello, we've hit a plateau with potty training. Our 2yr old is accident free when her pants off (thanks to John's method). Introducing underwear and pants is the next step we're having issues...

Teaching bedroom privacy

Posted 3 weeks ago

Hello, thank you for the parenting resources you have provided. We have 7 and 4 year old daughters. I am trying to implement Dr. Rosemond's parenting advice. My wife disagrees with things Dr....

A Parent Coach's View

Posted 3 weeks ago

Hello, My fiancée loved the passage below as she indicated it was spot on for her view of raising her kids. What is a parenting coaches view of the passage? Their mom does NOT want to...

Time management motivation

Posted 3 weeks ago

We are entering a season for my 12 year old daughter when we would like her to be more independent. She is great with homework, but still needs to be told to stop homework to go shower, wash up...

12 Year-Old Boy Won’t Accept “No”

Posted 4 weeks ago

We implemented a plan to help our 12 year old son learn the importance of keeping his room clean: He must keep it clean for ten days in order to order anything online, get a ride, etc. He did it...

Teenage sexual awakening.

Posted 4 weeks ago

My son is 14 years old and receiving sexual comments from his girlfriend. He is also sending sexual comments to her. I don’t understand my son because he has been raised to know this isn’t godly....

SMART PHONES, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND NARCISSISM

Posted 4 weeks ago

How can I teach my 16 year old daughter to think of others? We have just started limiting and putting boundaries on her phone time, which we know we were wrong in waiting to do. We try to model it...

How Do I Stop My Daughter From Posting So Many Selfies?!

Posted on 5/2/2023

Hi, my daughter just turned 16 and she likes to post selfies on her social media. They're not immodest or inappropriate or anything like that, it just looks ridiculous and self absorbed and she...

Technology, Discipline, and Schoolwork

Posted on 5/1/2023

I want to use the weekly ticket system, or throwing the child out of the garden, to discipline my 12-year-old son (6th grade). The problem lies in that much of the homework now is given via...

Question About 7 Biggest Mistakes Video Series

Posted on 4/28/2023

Is the video series “7 Biggest Mistakes parents make” on Disc or is it a “streamed” series?

Technology and the Preteen Boy

Posted on 4/26/2023

Aloha, I want to use the weekly ticket system, or throwing the child out of the garden, to discipline my 12 year old son (6th grade). The problem lies in that much of the homework now is given...

THE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD?

Posted on 4/22/2023

I am wondering what John's assessment is of the Whole Brain Child? To me it seems like the ULTIMATE "babble" and completely contrary to what God's Word says about raising child. I'd love his...

Discipline at home for behavior at school

Posted on 4/19/2023

We have already raised our 4 daughters, the youngest is 24. We are currently, for some incredible reasons, in our third month of fostering to adopt a young child. Things at home are slowly...

Feelings can lead to failings.

Posted on 4/15/2023

My 9 year old son has an issue with expressing emotion. If he gets upset, sad, angry, frustrated, anxious, sometimes even excited, it comes out only as anger and often aggression (i.e. doing...

Teaching gratitude to 4.5 yo boy

Posted on 4/15/2023

I’m struggling to teach my 4.5 year old son gratefulness. We don’t have strong behavior issues, but he will often say things like “Why doesn’t this water have ice?” Or “Why is her piece bigger...

8-yo girl lying and "sneaking"

Posted on 4/13/2023

We are struggling with disciplining our 8 year old daughter for lying and “sneaking”. Mostly because she continues to deny the lies & repeats “my parents never believe me”. We are worried that we...

BeFuddled Father Facing Four Females

Posted on 4/10/2023

Hello, I know you don't know the history at all with my step-daughters. However, we gave out Easter candy to our 3 daughters (2 step-daughter and one is my own). The 16 year old step-daughter...

How Do I Resolve My Daughter's Potty Training Accidents?

Posted on 4/8/2023

Our 4-year-old daughter continues to have pee “accidents.” I’m putting that word in quotation because I don’t know why she pees herself, because she’s been potty trained since she was 25 months...

Making Alpha Speech Work & Starting Tickets

Posted on 4/6/2023

I want to start using the ticket system with my 3 year old, and I know which behavior I want to target first, not doing as I ask. Like when I tell him to stop doing something, or go to the...

Should You Expect Eye Contact from 18 MO?

Posted on 4/3/2023

Hello, my son is 18 months of age. When I am giving him an instruction I usually make him give me eye contact, sometimes he listens sometimes he does not. What age is best to enforce eye contact...

When To Begin Nighttime Potty Training

Posted on 4/3/2023

What age or when should we implement night training for potty training?

Spanking memories

Posted on 4/3/2023

My husband used to spank our son (now 15) when our son was younger for things that I would not consider spank worthy (ie. not paying attention at a sports practice when he was 7). I'm sure I...

2 YO ISN'T GETTING THE TOILET TRAINING THING

Posted on 4/2/2023

My 2.4 son has potty trained for 6 weeks and still poops and pees his undies. When talking to him he looks away. We are confused, we use the bell but not enough. If we introduce the gate how can...

What Do I Do if My Child Is the Bully?

Posted on 4/1/2023

What do you do when you find out your child is the bully? Recently, I read my 13-year-old son's text thread and learned he was verbally bullying another child. Reading further, he also...

2-Year- Old Potty Training Regression is Normal

Posted on 3/31/2023

Potty trained regression!? Our son turned two at the end of february. We potty trained him exactly how the book says at about 22 months, naked & 75! And he conquered potty training really well in...

18 month old protests potty training

Posted on 3/27/2023

I’m potty training my 18 month old boy. In your book, you state to not get into a power struggle if he is refusing to get on the toilet. But to be authoritative with telling him we go poop/pee on...

8 YO Finds His Way to Parents Bed During the Night

Posted on 3/27/2023

My 8-year-old son is having trouble sleeping in his own room. His imagination is taking over when he tries to settle down for the night. We have a bedtime routine at the same time every evening....

How Do I Teach My Children Manners?

Posted on 3/23/2023

Hello! I have three girls, ages (almost) 5, 7, and 9. I'd love to follow Mr. Rosemond's advice on teaching them one manner per week. How do you suggest I do this in practice? For example, one week...

Conversations with teenagers

Posted on 3/20/2023

Hello, I have a situation and I am not sure how to respond. My son often corrects what I say. So much so, I've began to respond with, "Why don't you give me a list of what I can and can't say so...

ONE YEAR OLD SCREAMS THROUGH THE NIGHT

Posted on 3/18/2023

A one year old screams through the night and doesn’t sleep. What do I do?

ADDRESSING ADULTS

Posted on 3/18/2023

I am wondering if my children should address adults outside of school by their first names. How should I address my neighbors and other adults in front of my children?

Not getting his way head banger.

Posted on 3/16/2023

Hi, My 18 month old son will bang his head against me when I am carrying him if he is angry or does not get his way. For example after playing outside, I will announce it is time to go inside and...

KIDS RUINING SPRING BREAK VACATION

Posted on 3/15/2023

We are on Spring Break and our kids have not been listening/obeying. Thus, we took away dinners out and got a babysitter and also removed their privilege of playing tennis because that was where...

15 MONTH OLD GRUNTING

Posted on 3/14/2023

Re my previous question about my 15 mos. granddaughter grunting. We do let her feed herself with help and she is fine with that. She'll grunt loudly because it's not being placed in front of her...

3 Year Old Doesn’t Understand Why Chinese Grandma Doesn’t Understand Him

Posted on 3/13/2023

My mother, who speaks Chinese only, finally came to the U.S. to meet the grandkids (3 & 1.5 years) in person. Previous contact was through Facetime only. The 3-year-old boy is verbally pretty...

Remedy for Irritating Language

Posted on 3/12/2023

My son will be five in two months. He often says inappropriate things like "poo poo bum" or "I'm going to chop your leg off" or "I'm going to kill you“. He says them in response to not getting his...

When 'Because I said so' isn't stopping the conversation

Posted on 3/12/2023

We have a twelve-year old son that has trouble taking no for an answer. The question is asked, we say "no", and the "why" comes out. We follow that with "because I said so". He refuses to take...

Grunting Granddaughter

Posted on 3/11/2023

My 15 mos granddaughter will grunt loudly if you're not getting her food fast enough or if you ask her to repeat a word or action she's recently learned. It's as if she's saying, "I've done it...

Cuddle Time

Posted on 3/10/2023

My son is 2 years and 1 month. For several months, he had been sleeping on his own throughout the night in his own bed without any issue. We place him in his bed, kiss him good night, walk out,...

OH, THE PEER PRESSURE PARENTS ARE UNDER, BEING SLOWLY CRUSHED

Posted on 3/9/2023

We understand that a child is best served by receiving personal attention for their first three years before starting regular daycare. However, could outside care still be beneficial by age two?...

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