Parenting Questions and Answers in The AnswerBank

chestnut1977

Son is so tired since starting nursery.

My son has just had his first week at nursery-only two mornings a week though wed and Fri 9-12pm. After the friday session he was extremely tired, yet refused to nap that day and he fell asleep on my...

milly143

What's so different now?

I've noticed there are so many programmes on at the moment telling people how to dicipline their children and how to raise them. I'm not a parent so maybe I just don't get it but why is it that people...

Leah Reeve

Mother in Law problems - please help

I need some serious advice. My MIL is 70 - her husband hung himself five years ago. He thought he had cancer and was trying to spare us the pain of watching him die. MIL was...

WaterBearer

grandparents day!!!

Does anyone know the date of grandparents day?

linzy

worried parent

Im having a tough time with my five yr old boy, we were at friends house who has a four yr old daughter and we found them with their trouser and underwear down, my son seemed to be excited by this. Iv...

scarymary

son with canabis

my 16year old son has been either selling or smoking canabis, i cant control what happens when is out with his mates but told him i dont want it in the house. he keeps saying it only weed ! Any...

K99

Explain

I was watching Coronation Street the other night with my ten year old daughter. It showed someones door with the word 'SLAG' on it and my daughter asked what that meant. Caught a little off...

tracy g

crying

my child crys quite alot he is five and he crys about things he can't do ,is this normal?

Cockney_si

Clothing query

Has anyone else been in this situation before?I've recently started seeing my girl that has a two and half year old, father of the boy rarely pays for his keep or buys him clothes and when he did he...

frizzytwig

Twins with toddler

My friend has just found out she is expecting twins next April, she also has a daughter who will be 2 that April. Does anyone know where she could get a buggy to accomadate twin babies and...

tali122

muffin the mule -shocker

anyone seen the latest muffin the mule animated series on cbbc?- a character called willy, a female sheep in the style of a inflatable ones found in sex shops (who in a recent episode was glamour...

01martik

Child development

im studing child development and am doing a project and i was just wondering if anyone could give me advice on how you can teach your child to talk and walk within a short period of time, my friends...

pinkiefriend

Problem Mum

I'm having huge problems with my mother right now. Recently we fell out for 5 months and I hated it but last week we made up and I was delighted. Unfortunately we had a mix up about me...

haloulu

What does my 4 year old learn at school ?

Can anyone tell me what my 4 year old son should be learning at school so that I can help him at home - tried asking him but he is not really giving me any answers and his teachers are a little odd!...

Ninasa

Help to improve the hand writing of 5 year old?

I am concerned about my five-year-old son who finds difficulty writing clearly and accurately. Although his classmates are the same age as him but I find it hard to make him sit for 5mins...

Doc1011

Getting custody of children

My ex wife and I divorced a year ago, and the agreement was that she would have custody of our 2 children (now 6 and 7), and they would stay with me at weekends. She still lives in the same 2 bed...

RachelTulloc

teddy bear cleaner

does anyone know how to cean teddy bears. spot cleaning with a damp cloth isn't enough

Annielappo

How rich would you be?

I would just like to ask how rich would you be if you had a pound for everytime your child said "I want" and more to the point what would you spend it on? p.s You are not allowed to spend it...