The following questions are related to ‘Parenting and Children’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: My brother’s wife threatened divorce about 6 months ago and ejected my brother from the family home 3 weeks ago. My brother has his children, a 5-year-old son and a 2-year-old son, 50% of the time.
My 5-year-old nephew has started soiling his pants over the last 6 months. My sister-in-law, who in my opinion [...]
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I’m desperate and in need of guidance. I am 23 years old and grew up in a broken home. As a child I was physically and emotionally abused on a regular basis by my father. I suspect that I may have [...]
Q: Is it possible to uncover repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse without some kind of therapy work? I’m a 21-year-old woman, and my mom has told me that when I was 11 years old I was sexually abused by my babysitter’s son; but she didn’t tell me details.
I don’t remember the event, so my [...]
Q: My 22-year-old daughter refuses to spend time with me and rarely calls me. She will neither accept invitations to do things with me nor will she invite me to do things with her. She lives within an hour of me and attends college. When we do speak, she shows no interest in what is [...]
Q: My mother had severe mental illness (schizophrenia) and frequently had to be hospitalized for long periods. This started happening when my parents were together, from the time I was 14 and my brothers 13 and 11, and my sister 12. My father stuck it out for a year but then left. For six months [...]
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