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Dear Dr. Vicki,
I have two children who are interested in a lot of different activities. I want them to do extracurricular activities, but it seems like they are always busy. Is this good for them?
Dr. Vicki’s response:
As you said, pursuing interests and activities outside of school is very healthy for children to become well-rounded. [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki,
I have a 10-year-old daughter who is already showing signs of puberty. Is this normal? What should I tell her?
Dear Dr. Vicki,
Although his friends are starting to develop, my twelve-year old son doesn’t have any signs of body changes yet. How do I explain this to him?
Dr. Vicki’s advice:
Puberty is an issue with [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki,
Help! My kids get sick a lot in the winter and I feel trapped. They are bored, whiney, demanding and I just don’t know what to do. I love my kids, but winter is coming and I am dreading being stuck in the house with them. What can I do?
Signed: Desperate housewife!
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Dear Dr. Vicki,
I know that there are certain child development stages that all children go through. But what if my child hasn’t reached that stage and her friends the same age have?
Dr. Vicki’s advice:
I like to think of child development as climbing a staircase, with each step representing a series of tasks to work on [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki,
I have to ask my child 3 or 4 times to do something, at which point, I am angry. For example, my son was playing with his friend’s cell phone in the back of our car. I asked him 3 times to give it back to his friend (knowing the battery was [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki,
I have an 11 year old daughter and am trying to help her with “anger management”. So far we have been doing better with talking about it, and (she’s) counting to 10, taking deep breathes, walking away. . . .and I have tried to be calm in responding and then I “ignore” any [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki:
My daughter and all of her friends spend hours chatting/blogging on the computer and she doesn’t spend any time with me. That is all we argue about. She feels I am always harassing her about it. I HATE computers. How can I change me/it? What’s a reasonable amount of time to be on [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki,
We recently had 2 deaths in the family, my aunt and a family friend, which my (7 year old) daughter was close to. I told her about my aunt but I have not told her about the family friend because the deaths were within a week of each other. Did I make [...]
Hello Dr. Vicki:
I am concerned about my son, who is 8. He does not have any friends that he plays with on a daily basis. Where we live there are only 2 boys his age (but) they are never home and do not attend the same school. He tells me that there aren’t any [...]
Dear Dr. Vicki,
Help! My 14-year-old daughter wants to get a body piercing! I think they are disgusting!
Dr. Vicki’s response:
It seems that every generation has to find some “new” way to express themselves; in this day and age, tattoos and body piercings seem to be in vogue. It is important to convey to your child [...]
