The following questions are related to ‘Parenting and Children’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I have a 17-year old brother (the only son in family) who doesn’t act like a 17-year old teenager. He behaves more like a child of half his age. Our father passed away 5 years ago and our mother doesn’t pay enough attention to his problems. All of us, the other siblings, are staying [...]
Q: I’m 16 years old, and I live in Canada. I am starting to think that my mother, who is 35, has a mental illness. She doesn’t have an education, she is illiterate, and she had dropped out of school in the 2nd grade. Also, her mother has identical capabilities. She is capable of yelling [...]
Q: I and other family members honestly think that my mother is insane. I also think that my stepdad is the same way. My brother has already received psychiatric help for his anger issues. He’s had them almost his whole life. I thought he was improving, until my mom got worse and started driving me [...]
Q: My youngest daughter, 14 years old has a boyfriend (also 14) who I am worried about. This sweet boy asked my daughter to Homecoming in October. Instantly he was madly in love with her. We laughed about it in private because it was so unusual to see such a young boy so infatuated. My [...]
Q: My 17-year-old daughter’s health has been deteriorating. Blood tests revealed her iron level was at 4.7, and she was put on supplements. Her red count was OK though. Her period was very irregular and severe. She has battled with PMS for the last two years. Now though she is experiencing severe mood swings thoughout [...]
Q: I been tossing around the idea of having my 7-year-old see a psych. He is still using the bathroom on himself and is diagnosed SLD. He was previously diagnosed PDD and now it is SLD. I am an ESE teacher and I teach children with varying exceptionalities, and I have seen a lot of [...]
Q: I have a son that from time to time gets extremely angry for almost anything. Like if you question him about something he does not want to talk about or if you tell him to do something a certain way and he feels he should not have to do it that way. Most of [...]
