The following questions are related to ‘Parenting and Children’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I’m currently in a long distance relationship with a younger man. (I’m 30, he is 24.) I’m in Texas and he is in Pennsylvania. We’ve been dating for a year now and we’ve recently been seriously discussing his moving to Texas. His mother and I have always been close, but she is very controlling. […]
Q: My 24-year-old daughter is dating a 24-year-old guy, and since they became serious my daughter has been rude, inconsiderate and cold to her family. She has always been a good daughter, but now she is “shouting” for her independence and wants to leave home to move in with her boyfriend. We met him once […]
Q: My son is five. His father and I separated when he was just a month old, and my son has to go back and forth between the two of us. As parents, we don’t get along. Here is my concern. My son seems easily distracted when I talk to him. He clears his throat […]
Q: I am a 28-year-old female. My parents had me very young (16 and 19). They divorced when I was 3 years old, and my mum moved in with her boyfriend; my brother and I stayed with my dad. I was very close to my dad as a little girl. I suppose you could call […]
Q: My 26-year-old son lives at home, and my husband and I noticed he has a box of women’s clothes and makeup in his room (we think he is buying these things online). He does not have a girlfriend nor does he bring anyone home. He dated in high school, and now just goes to […]
Q: I have two kids: one is an eight-year-old son and the second is a one-year-old daughter. Recently, my son has been behaving differently. His grades are also dropping, and his teacher has told me that he is not attentive in class and completes his class work late. Furthermore, yesterday I caught him playing with […]
Q: I’m a 20-year-old woman who is attracted to other women. When I was younger my mother wasn’t very close to me; she was a lot closer to my other siblings. Actually, she was quite verbally abusive to me. It didn’t used to bother me as much as it does now. Back then I didn’t […]
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