How to make it clear to a socially awkward adolescent boy that he's spending too much time with a younger adolescent girl, and that it's likely to hurt their friendship (as the girl gets more and more resentful towards him for isolating her from her friends)? [more inside]
posted by parilous on Mar 7, 2009 - 49 answers

Plate of beans in the carpool lane: Help me head off summer mama drama. [more inside]
posted by Sweetie Darling on May 27, 2008 - 11 answers

I would appreciate ideas on creating a code word or phrase for my 12 year old son. This code word, when used, indicates that he wants me to get him out of the situation he is in, while maintaining face for him. [more inside]
posted by aliksd on Aug 8, 2007 - 38 answers

How do I teach study skills to an eighth grader? [more inside]
posted by Kronoss on May 10, 2007 - 6 answers

Deeply conflicted, the circumcision we'd reluctantly decided upon was rescheduled until his seventh day. My husband and I got within a block of the doctor's office, our perfectly-formed week-old baby in his carseat, and simultaneously decided he was just right and we were just wrong. We turned around and never looked back, until . . . [more inside]
posted by wordswinker on Mar 10, 2006 - 91 answers

Movies set in schools? [more inside]
posted by chronic sublime on Sep 30, 2005 - 46 answers

Straterra and ADHD. My 13 year old son has just been diagnosed with ADHD and the dr. is recommending Straterra. Does anyone have any experience with young adolescents and Straterra, especially side effects, good, bad experiences? Any helpful hints on young adolescents and ADHD in general? Thanks.
posted by mygothlaundry on Dec 9, 2004 - 15 answers