A child I know and love appears to have behaviors consistent with OCD. I'd love to hear your personal experiences with treating or adapting to this condition/way of being. [more inside]
posted by serazin on Aug 8, 2009 - 13 answers

My friend's 9-year-old daughter acts like this, what can she do? [more inside]
posted by uvaleg on Feb 20, 2008 - 29 answers

I've got a friend with an adopted son. The kid has some adjustment problems from his early treatment and adjustment here. She's looking at using meds to change his behavior. I think that's not a great idea and she should look to enrolling him in martial arts classes. They are in San Diego. Can anyone recommend a program in that area? [more inside]
posted by diode on Dec 14, 2007 - 13 answers

Boys! And their manifestation of physical energy + why do they have a love/hate relationship with trying to kill each other? [more inside]
posted by LadyBonita on May 23, 2006 - 27 answers

ParentFilter: What do you do about an almost-three-year-old girl who screams excessively? [more inside]
posted by cerebus19 on Aug 16, 2005 - 23 answers

I have a four year old son who simply refuses to eat his meals in a timely fashion. This has been an ongoing problem since he was two years old and we've been trying various approaches, but have mainly been hoping that he grows out of it. But it's at the point that every single meal has become unpleasant because of his refusal to eat. [more inside]
posted by Lactoso on Apr 13, 2005 - 56 answers