Tag: child
In the Media – When your kid breaks up with a close friend (Chicago Tribune)
When a kid breaks ups up with a close friend, not only is it tough on the child but it’s tough on the parent watching it happen.
Concerned mom worries about her lonely 7-year-old
How can I help my 7-year-old son feel better about school and his friendships?
My neighbor makes me feel uncomfortable
A woman feels uncomfortable about her neighbor’s physical contact with her children.
My 10-year-old son has no friends
A mom asks how to help her 10-year-old son get along with schoolmates.
My 7-year-old was left out and not invited to the party
When a child is left out, it can be painful to both her and her mom.
Parenting: Dealing with unreliable moms
A mom says her kids are disappointed when their friends are no-shows because they have unreliable moms.
Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt
QUESTION Dear Irene, I am an only child and have a friend named Linda (who is also an only) whom I’ve known since first grade. She is due to give birth to a baby girl and two months ago asked me to throw her shower for 50 people with the help of her mother and […]
Motherhood: The Shifting Sands of Friendship
QUESTION Irene, Jordan and I have been best friends since our first day of college 20 years ago. Over the years, we both married (me=happily, her=constantly teetering on the edge of divorce) and had children. I had my children several years before she did, and she was always incredibly supportive and understanding of my new […]
Moving on after a breakup
QUESTION Hi Irene, I have been reading the questions and answers on your website and finding them very helpful. I thought I would write and ask my own question. I have a friend with whom I’m currently going through a break up. For a year or so, she’s either ignored me or shut me […]
My guest post on ParentTalkToday.com
Parent Talk Today features information about any topic that might be on a parent’s mind—including friendships! I was delighted when blogger Kathy Sena asked me to post a guest blog for her readers. See my guest post: Junior High Redux – Bounced From a Mom’s Group Do your friends ever make you feel this way? […]
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