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I have to agree with @GentlePurpleRain's shorter and more elegant answer. The best way to protect your child from feeling guilt is to avoid teaching him any moral standards, i.e. don't teach him the …

However, as she gets older I am concerned that laughing when she cries is going to be a bad reaction to have. No one likes being laughed at and I don't want her to feel like I don't care about her. …

Since you've only gotten frame challenges as answers, I'll throw in my hat. This answer is kind of a frame challenge, too, but I hope to offer some useful guidance for you as well. A child's emotions …

Gratitude doesn't come naturally to most people in the west because of the expectations they are constantly being exposed to by the culture: freedom from all debt is highly valued (not only financial) …

Let her moan, cry, and delay the inevitable, showing respect for her feelings, but set a timer for these activities. When the timer goes off, it's time to take the medicine. Refusing medicine necessa …

TL;DR: Talk to your child often about their feelings and give them a rich emotional vocabulary/lexicon. Four years of age is a good time to start teaching a child to learn to handle their emotions th …

I've tried and tried to get her to go to counseling but only response I get you can make me go but don't expect me to say a word. So, make her go. Therapists have a way of getting people to talk, …

Mothering/parenting is difficult under the best of circumstances. This is not one of the better circumstances. There is something I don't understand, and that is why you moved to get away from your s …

How do we cope with the inevitable talk about my grandmother having 'gone to heaven' during the eventual funeral and afterwards when will have explained things differently to my daughter? I would …

Children need fairy tales. They need simple moral instructions that convey the advantages of moral behavior in ways that are meaningful to them. They deal with universal problems that preoccupy childr …

I just want to add to @SomeShinyObject's excellent answer. But first, I'll actually answer the question. Why am I taking such offense to her request? Because you love her, and what she feels mat …

How do I express my feelings towards him being gay without actually hurting his feelings? Right now, you don't unless he asks. Even then, I'd equivocate ("Give me time to gather my thoughts. This …

Disagreeing with commenters and the highest voted answer, I believe you are correct to wonder about what is driving your daughter to read so voraciously. I also want to commend you for your honesty in …

How can we, as outsiders, tell how much emotional abuse is "too much", to the point where it's beneficial for a teenager to be removed from their parents? ...What factors should be considered when …

Your book must have examples. What does the instructor say? Now I'm really curious... Also, "I know you were really looking forward to that ice cream" isn't usually a first response...How did it get …