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My eight-year-old comes home from school and loses it. How do I prevent the meltdowns?
Question: My eight-year-old child is coming home from school every day and falling apart. No matter what I do, she’s grumpy at best and has a...
How to make ordinary family meals feel special every time
Question: Question: I love dinner traditions around the holidays. Do you have suggestions for how our family can make ordinary meals feel special?...
How do I help my entitled teenage daughter show more gratitude?
Question: I have a 14-year-old daughter who is behaving like an entitled brat lately. I’d thought we had instilled more gratefulness. But she is...
Ask Sarah: 2.5 YO Says He Wants to Hurt People
Question: My 2½-year-old old son enjoys talking about different ways he can scare or hurt people. These comments are brought up only when we are...
Ask Sarah: How do I deal with ‘mean girls’ at my child’s school?
Question: My daughter is 9. How do I handle “nasty” girls at school being “selective” one day and then best friends forever the next? It’s a...
Ask Sarah: How do I get my four-year-old to listen to me?
Question: What do I do when my four-year-old is refusing to listen to me? For example, he was playing with his 18-month-old brother and he kept...
Ask Sarah: Tween Hygiene
Question: I love that my daughter, 11, doesn’t care what her peers think about her appearance yet, but I want her to take care of herself...
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