Q: My grandson is one year and one month old. He is a bright, intelligent little guy. My daughter is 19; the father of the child is 24 and of Indian descent. They were never married and hardly knew each other. When she got pregnant, he denied the child was his until the state made [...]

Q: Due to lack of funding our school was forced to take all the 6th and 7th grade students and put them in split classes. The students were told that they would have four teachers who would be teaching four 6/7 grade splits. At the beginning of the school year all the kids were rotated [...]

Q: I am worried about my son who is 3, almost 4 years old, as each night he has to warm his milk in the microwave and has a tantrum if I do not press stop on the number 4! He also has to place the milk in the centre of the microwave each time. [...]

Q: Is my child a genius? This is a question I’ve pondered for a while now. He actually gave me the idea that he might be a genius. He’s never done any sort of IQ test but is seemingly smarter than others: He spoke his first word at 6 months. He was reciting nursery rhymes [...]

Q: I am noticing trouble with my four-year-old niece, that reminds me of childhood epilepsy. For a while now I have noticed that she sometimes stares blankly. At first, I thought she did it because she was daydreaming, or listening and taking it all in. There is never a loss of consciousness and she picks [...]

Q: If an infant is exposed to loud, screaming arguments right next to him (usually in the arms of one of the people involved in the argument) and then usually becomes completely silent for several minutes, even if previously crying before the screaming began, what effect could this be having on the infant? Thank you [...]

Q: I need help with understanding my problem: is it a symptom of something, does it happen to others, maybe it has a name? I want to understand where it’s coming from and how to deal with it. I’m keeping myself from going to the toilet. When I feel the need to, in the morning, [...]