Q: My son is one year four months old. I have noticed a new behavior in him. If he realizes that hitting himself with the swing is causing pain then he repeats hurting himself again and again till his attention towards it is changed or he gets distracted by seeing something else. I am slightly [...]

Q: I have a son, only one, who is not speaking up to now. His age is nearly four. I’m worried that he’ll be autistic. His behavior is absolutely normal. I tested his hearing, normal. But he can say only a little, such as aaapaaa, aaamaaa. One important thing is he doesn’t know his name. [...]

Q: Hello, I am a 22-year-old mother of two. I love my children very much, but I feel like I favor my youngest child, who is two. It seems like everything she does is cute and I love to do things with her. But although I love my older child who is four, I don’t [...]

Q: I am a mother of a 21-month-old who was born 6 weeks early. He has always been behind and “petite”. Recently however, I have noticed some changes that have me questioning whether my son has some “mild” Autistic traits. Being that he is 21 months old, he “scoots” on his bottom to crawl, he [...]

Q: When my ex and I separated, our child was just a few months old. My ex would fit the category of a sociopath, as he was very abusive. He was not much of a dad to our child and continues not to be. Well, sometimes he is and sometimes he is not. Now a [...]

Q: My 15 yr old son and I get along OK; he asks me for things when he needs them. Lately, though, he has been getting mad over the littlest things and calls me names, like B**ch, and A**hole. He has called his sister names, too (she is turning 10 soon). He can’t fight with [...]

Q: My son’s ex has remarried. She is allowing his 4 1/2-year-old daughter to call him daddy. Is this right? It hurts my son and he has asked her to please not do this. He feels that if this marriage doesn’t last (a lot of her relationships haven’t, although this is the first marriage), this [...]