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I was under a lot of stress last week (im pregnant as well) I also suffer with anxiety so not sure if this is to do with the guilt side also. I shouted badly at my children they were fighting over a box and both were yelling at each other and crying and with me being in a very bad mood already I ended up screaming at them both I then grabbed my toddlers arm ...

Hello everyone!

I hope someone can help me with advice and response. I have a serious double dual problem and I will try to be as concise as possible.
My 19yr old daughter has finished her high scholl last summer and she started a college. Things being as they are: a high school of her choice was not a demanding one and she used that to the maximum, so her choice of college was limited. ...

Years ago I came across a video from a research study into the comparison of isolating male vs female children. There was a small empty room with a portion of it separated by a half wall. One parent would take one of their children and put them behind the half wall then leave the room. There was a camera setup to observe and the audio was recorded too. The kids I recall being from about ...

I once found a psychology book on parenting that said the worst thing you can do is choose your children's friends. Has anyone found this book?

im a 24 year old male, grew up in a dysfunctional home i believe; in my childhood the relationship with my father was good but with my mother on the other hand ever since i was young have never been good, she is angry, hostile, stressed out, most of the time and i've been witnessing this for the past 20 years of my life, and from that i believe i got depersonlization disorder nearly 5 ...

Hey there. Shouting out into the dark, here.
My son is 6. He was diagnosed with Tourette's, OCD, Spasticity, anxiety, and ADHD about a year ago. We've just begun a medication in hopes of treating or minimizing the Tourette's symptoms, as they have become disruptive to his teachers and classmates.
I have read and read and read. I have educated, advocated, and empathized. My son understands his disorder. He knows how to respond to inquiries ...

I am a mom to an 8 month old baby girl. I am not married but in a long term relationship with the father. The stress of parenting, has us both stressed and at each other's throats....we are trying to get through this, but I am having a terribly hard time. Please before any judgement know I do love my daughter, I miss her when shes not with me, and I woulnd't change it.

I ...

My husbands son, uses his parents (ex wife of my husband and my husband) to avoid the consequences of negative behavior and wrong decisions.
He manipulates them and it causes complex situations, he is 15 years old.

For example:
He is with his mother and he has a fight with her, he calls her names, gives her the finger and shouts so hard that the neighbors ring the doorbell in alarm.
His mother decides that ...

Dear All!
First, sorry I write here in this forum, but any help is welcome. I started fathership court process month before my partners death and I urgently need answer how long the process can last at all (EU).

Because of my position, U can find out from my previous posts, I am not sure the attorney is trying to "get rid" of my case. In my country and in my town the cout IS ...

I have a question.

For those of you who are parents, is it a condition of your 'love' or support for your child that they be attached to you and you feel attached to them?

Would you disown your child - in the form of kicking them out of your house, etc. - if you did not feel as though you were attached and they were attached to you even though they were fullfulfilling all ...