The following questions are related to ‘Parenting and Children’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: My fiancée has been sleeping with her 3 daughters for 6 years now, I believe since her and her ex husband divorced; I believe it’s a big problem. Their ages are 8, 9, and 11 and she seems to get upset when I say something about it. She seems to think there’s nothing wrong [...]
Q: My 16-year-old does not care about school and gets in arguments with teachers and school staff. He has a job and does not mind working 30-40 hours a week, but will not study. His GPA is 2.05 and sinking towards a level that will not get him to college. I tried to cut his [...]
Q: I have three children, ages three, 21 months and seven and half months. I am writing about my 21-month old. I had a normal pregnancy, I did not smoke, I had a C-section birth — no complications. I took my prenatal vitamins regularly and also Prozac during the last three months of the pregnancy. [...]
Q: I am not in love with my husband anymore. He has turned out to be a critical, controlling, hypocritical, lying, judgmental, know-it-all, who seems to see things only in black and white. I no longer find him attractive in any way, and having intimacy with him is revolting. We are constantly arguing and most [...]
Q: I have a daughter-in-law that puts guilt on her children, such as if it’s something for them but she doesn’t want it, she will state stufff like that will break my heart, don’t do that. I am talking about like if they want to play sports, etc. She told her 8-year-old twins that a [...]
Q: I’m (name withheld, male) and 59 years old. This past March I found my daughter after searching for her for 29 years. We’ve never seen each other. She was the result of an affair in the late seventies while her mother was separated and had filed for divorce from her then husband. Her mother [...]
Q: Hello, I am 28 years old, married for almost 8 years, and we have a 6-year-old son. I am confused about my relationship. I love my husband, but there are things that just get to me, like him not doing stuff around the house, being grouchy all the time, and not helping out with [...]
