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: Hi, I have a problem with my feelings towards my husband’s kids. They are good kids. One is 15 and another 18, and the oldest is going to college and will be living with us. I feel like I cannot share my husband’s attention with them, and I get jealous all the time though [...]
Q: Hello! I have a 10 yr old niece who has a stealing problem that finally became apparent to the family after she was caught red handed with over 1000 dollars worth of jewellery, Gameboys and games, iPods, precious stones, etc… She has denied taking anything until it is found on her person — then [...]
Q: My question is about my father. For as long as I can remember, I didn’t want to say goodbye to him or stand next to him in church. That would mean he would give me a hug, but instead of putting his head over my shoulder, as in a typical hug, he put his [...]
Q: Dear Dr. Carver, Thank you for your brilliant articles. Sadly, our beautiful, talented, smart, witty daughter of 22 has been dating a “loser” for six years. She has never dated anyone else. She has broken up with him at least 50 times, but only for a day or two at a time. She is [...]
Q: I am 40 years old and my mother is severely depressed. She seems to think that everything that comes her way is a “curse”. When I talk to her it is very difficult because she constantly only has negative things to talk about. Many times those negative thoughts turn on me. By the time [...]
Q: Hello. I have just read the article on Stockholm Syndrome which can be interpreted to relate to my nephew, who is in such a relationship with his dad. This article alarmed me in that it describes perfectly something I had suspected. When my older nephew died of heroin/bipolar, my brother-in-law brought this younger son [...]
Q: My 13-year-old daughter has a friend whose 40-year-old mother seems to always be in the middle of everything. I am concerned at this point and my daughter is no longer allowed to be around this girl at her house — and preferably not at mine at this point. I have always felt that this [...]
