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My teenager does not tell me anything now. I miss when she told me everything.

She used to talk all the way home from school. Now she says "fine" and goes to her room. I try asking questions and she shuts down. I realised that I only ask when I am worried. Last week I just sat with her an…

❓ How do I balance work and parenting?

❓ How do I handle a family member who criticises my parenting?

❓ How can fathers be more involved in parenting?

My son scored lower than expected in his unit test, and he stopped talking to us for a day.

He is a good student and he was ashamed. I wanted to tell him it was only one test, but he went to his room. I sat outside the door and said nothing for ten minutes. Then he came out and said, "I am sorry." Tha…

My child asked me a hard question about why people fight, and I did not know how to answer.

We were watching the news and she asked, "Why do people hurt each other?" I wanted to change the subject. Instead I said, "I do not know everything, but many people feel scared or angry and do not know what to…

I installed a tracking app on my teenage son's phone and he found it. Now he does not speak to me.

My son is sixteen and had started coming home late and lying about where he was. I installed an app to see his location. I did not tell him. He found it last week and shouted that I do not trust him. He has bar…

My parents criticise my choice to stay home with my child.

They say I wasted my education. I find parenting hard and rewarding at the same time.

I used to shout at my children every morning. I tried a calmer approach for a month.

Mornings were rushed, and I shouted to hurry them. I started preparing bags the night before and giving them a ten-minute warning. When I did shout, I apologised later. The house is not silent, but it is lighte…

My 12-year-old is quiet and has only one friend. Other parents say I should push her to socialise.

She is happy at home and reads a lot. At school she sits with one friend. At gatherings she stays near me. I worry that she will be lonely, but I also do not want to change who she is.

My daughter's friend scored higher in every subject, and her mother keeps announcing it. My daughter has started to feel bad.

My daughter is nine, curious and kind. At the last school event, another mother said loudly that her daughter topped every subject, and looked at us. Now my daughter asks, "Am I not smart?" I told her marks are…

My mother-in-law gives our four-year-old sweets every time we visit, even after I asked her not to. She says I am too strict.

We try to keep sugar low at home, mostly on weekdays. Every Sunday at my mother-in-law's place there is a bowl of sweets on the table and she hands my daughter two or three pieces before lunch. I asked her kind…