Q: How can a parent figure out if the child's lack of achievement is due to parenting issues or a child's diagnosed "slow processing" or other learning issues?
A: Your question is one that I struggle with each time I meet with families at the ...
Q: I have a 5-year-old gifted child with an IQ score of 135. Should I consider moving an hour away from her father, with his blessing, to send her to a special gifted school? It's a wonderful school, but would it hurt our children to be away from...
Q: My 10-year-old daughter has a habit that can be embarrassing. She doesn't filter what she is saying or think about the other person's feelings before she speaks. For example, she had a friend over the other night and told the girl that she was...
Q: My daughters' father passed away eight years ago. They are now 12 and 14. I made a promise to myself, to the kids and to their father's family that I would never keep the kids from seeing them. They have a wonderful relationship with their ...
In a previous column titled "Family Size Puzzles Mom," a mother was struggling to determine if she and her husband should add a third child to her family. She worried mainly about taking time away from her other two children. I recommended that ...
Q: Both of my girls have been tested and have asked what their IQ scores are. We told them they did very well, but should we tell them their scores?
A: You haven't mentioned your daughters' ages, but regardless, psychologists usually recommend ...
