Fitness: Older Child

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6 Year Old Son Has Bad Attitude

A.E. asks from Los Angeles

My 6 year old son just started 1st grade last week. Now I know that it takes time to adjust from being home all summer to getting up early and being in school all da...

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6 Year Old Daughter Wants to Wear Her Hair the Way She Wants

M.S. asks from Washington DC

This probably seems trivial but I am looking at the whole picture ahead and want to get some advice now. My daughter has decided she no longer wants to wear headbands...

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Summer for a 12 and 10 Year Old - Leave Them Home Alone?

J.C. asks from New York

So my friend has 2 kids - a 12 year old girl and a 10 year old boy. As a family, they take two weeks off during the summer. For the other 6 plus weeks, she plan...

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Exercise Gurus Please Help

A.S. asks from Davenport

I was on bed rest with my recent pregnancy and gained a more than desirable amount of weight and my muscles have become far weaker than I would like (it was totally w...

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9-Year-old Won't Clean Her Room for Anything

C.B. asks from Houston

I have 9-year-old twin girls who share a room. The "older" of the two cleans up after herself pretty well, but the "younger" one is a complete slob. She has not bee...

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Getting Homeschooled Kid to Exercise

C.W. asks from Portland

I have a wonderful 13 year old boy who is homeschooled. He says he wants to get out and do exercise on his more selfaware days but when it comes right down to it he ...

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How Much Freedom Do I Give My 7 Year Old?

T.N. asks from Milwaukee

My daughter just turned 7 in June. We live in an apartment with no back yard. I just had a baby in January and me and my partner only have one car to share which usua...

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7 Year Old Scared to Swim

G.K. asks from New York

I have a 7 year old son. When he was 4 1/2 yrs, I started him for swimming classes and most of the time he wouldn't go in the water at all. He would cry and be on the...

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8 Year Old Doesn't Stop Eating, Anyone Else Dealt with This?

T.F. asks from New York

I have an 8 year old daughter who according to the children's BMI chart is "obese." She has always had a solid build and a large appetite but has gained 7 lbs in the...

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Whether to Medicate My 7 Year Old Son

L.N. asks from Nashville

I have a two sons a 7 year old and a 3 year old. My 7 year old has been diagnosed with ADHD (off the chart). I am being told he can only be treated by medication. ...