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What to do with a family member who shares personal secrets and then lies about it.
Helping a child who’s averse to good hygiene
What to tell kids about an alcoholic relative
Facebook humiliation: The wrong kind of punishment for a child
How to deal with a divisive stepson
A fearful 7-year-old who needs professional help
Keeping a toddler in her bed
Helping a kid who keeps losing things
Holiday gift guide: toys and games
How to help kids think outside the box
When a teenager loses her father and shuts down
When a grown daughter is mean to her mother
Soothing a crying child
Helping mom stay independent
When you think parents are neglecting their child
The college grad who won’t grow up
Family Almanac: Is one close friend enough for a teen?
Family Almanac: Helping a moody mom
Calming a child’s fears
Divorce advice: Deciding how soon to separate, and how to tell the kids
When a girl doesn’t want to play with her friends
Advice on a quirky child
A wife worries her husband won’t be a nurturing father
Terrible twos times two: Advice on how to get unruly twins to behave
Should parents buy a Nintendo DS for a 9-year-old?
How to stop a toddler from biting
How to help a 5-year-old be more confident and socialize
Neighborhood kids who keep coming over uninvited
Don’t let 6-year-old son make grown-up decisions
Delay preschool to learn through play at home
When teens shut out a parent, it’s time to talk
Parents don’t like grown son’s girlfriend
Lagging thanks for gifts stirs family tensions
Sharing the family car with three kids
Finding the causes of a child’s hyperactivity and quick temper
Taming of the grandma with a mean streak
Raising a rambunctious boy
Preparing a child for a move to a new city
Family Almanac: Healthy foods, exercise give kids a better outlook on life
Family Almanac: Family healing at a destination wedding
Family Almanac: Daughter may have to ‘divorce’ mean, self-centered mother
Family Almanac: Grief is not something you can rush
Finding a meaning in fading friendship
Family Almanac: The benefits of playing make-believe with kids
Family Almanac: How to deal with four disrespectful daughters
Family Almanac: How to deal with overly helpful in-laws
A week without texts or tweets will do kids good
A 9-year-old niece’s weight gain worries her aunt
Politeness, privacy rules apply to reading text messages or handwritten diaries
Politeness, privacy rules apply to reading text messages or handwritten diaries
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