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Do you need some advice or positive parenting tips? Ask your parenting question here and get suggestions from other parents about what to do.

Perhaps you are struggling to get your child to eat a good variety of healthy food. Maybe you are having a hard time potty training. Maybe it's a sleeping problem, a behavioral concern, a developmental question, or something else......

Whatever your parenting question might be, feel free to ask it. Suggestions and thoughts from other parents can be very helpful for figuring things out.

This parenting advice page is where parents can ask each other for advice and tips about specific parenting issues, concerns, and questions. So, ask your question, describe your problem; you will get answers! Just use the form below.

In addition to the thousands of moms from around the world who visit the Motherhood Cafe and who can answer your parenting question, I (Stephanie Knaak, creator of the Motherhood Cafe and mother of two) also post responses to questions submitted on this page.

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Click below to see parenting questions asked by others. Do you have an answer, a tip, or a suggestion for one of these questions? If so, please post it!

Problems getting 41/2 year old to sleep  starstarstarstarstar
My 4 1/2 yr old used to sleep well at night now she fights to go to bed. I need help with suggestions to get my child to go to bed and stay there.

How do I get my 2 1/2 year old to sleep  starstarstarstarstar
Every night I have to hold and rock our two and half year old to sleep. Sometimes it takes two hours for her to fall asleep. Once asleep I can place her ...

How would I talk to my husband?  starstarstarstarstar
My husband and I have two beautiful boys together, he has a daughter with someone else. I have practically raised his daughter. Our children range from ...

how do i talk to my son about his friend  starstarstarstarstar
my 5 yr old son is intelligent sensitive and caring. his best friend is always putting him down. he makes him do things like carry his things for him. he ...

How keen was your partner to have kids?   starstarstarstarstar
My boyfriend and I met three years ago (we were both 34). He knew I wanted kids. He made references to a future with kids. He is a FANTASTIC uncle to five ...

Should My 18 year old daughter have a curfew?  starstarstarstarstar
She is 18 and just graduated from High school. She has been accepted to college at Ball State, which is in our home town. So she is going to live at home ...

how do I teach my 2 year old son how to behave properly?  starstarstarstarstar
He is becoming troublesome, forcy and very wild. He doesn't listen to me when I tell him to stop. He fights with other children and doesn't behave properly ...

My 3 year old son is all of a sudden afraid  starstarstarstarstar
He is terrified of bugs, real and imaginary. Thinks he sees snakes, alligators etc. He screams and trembles in my arms. We have tried the bug catchers,...

Is it bad mothering to leave a 7 month old with husband and grandmom?  starstarstarstarstar
I had a trip scheduled to Europe, for a two week study-abroad program. The trip is not necessary of course, but an amazing deal and opportunity. My daughter ...

Love letters???  starstarstarstarstar
My 5-1/2-year-old (kindergarten) wrote a note today before school. He asked me not to read it but asked how to spell the word "heart." Then he asked ...

Good books for 2 - 6 grader?  starstarstarstarstar
My son is in the 2 grade and his teachers recently told me that he is reading at 6 grade level. I'm having a very hard time finding books that are both ...

waking at night 1 or 2 times   starstarstarstarstar
my granddaughter almost three, was put on meds with steroids, but now is off them. She was not herself at that time. Last day on them she was lethargic ...

Why is my son missing me during school ?  starstarstarstarstar
My son, 11-years old, has started crying every morning before school. He says he misses me. I have asked him many questions to see if there is anything ...

How can I get my 14 week old son to calm himself more easily?  starstarstarstarstar
My son is a healthy, 14 week old baby. When he is awake he is happy, playful and talkative. When he sleeps he generally sleeps quite well. However, my ...

How do I tell my 3 year old that I fired her nanny?  starstarstarstarstar
I had to fire our nanny of 2.5 years because I felt she had become unstable and I no longer trusted her judgement. We shared her with another family and ...

Shrieking ten-month-old  starstarstarstarstar
What can be done to get a happy active 10 month old baby girl to stop her eardrum splitting shrieks? Mom and Dad have started to wear ear plugs because ...

My son doesn't do what we say, but it's like a joke or game to him. What should we do?  Not rated yet
If we ask our 7-year-old son to do something, or not do something, he doesn't obey. But he isn't defiant. It's more like it's a game not to obey. He'll ...










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