‘My son’s teacher thinks he might have ADHD but my husband does not want to have him assessed’
Ask the Expert: My husband had a terrible experience of school and doesn’t want to label our son
‘I found a note my withdrawn 13-year-old daughter wrote saying that she hated her life’
She used to be very chatty but now she isolates herself in her room and never mentions any friends
‘My daughter is anxious about going to sleep on her own’
Ask the Expert: ‘She seems to be very troubled about being unable to fall asleep immediately when she lies down’
‘I am worried teachers won’t look beyond test results to see the potential in my 10-year-old’
Ask the Expert: The good news is that there is a lot you can do as a parent to support your child’s executive function
‘I am struggling with potty training my three-year-old daughter’
Ask the Expert: ‘I get the impression the nurse thinks she might be autistic’
‘My partner can be a fun, kind, loving father, or a raging bully who hurts my son’
Ask the Expert: No child should be physically harmed by their parent
How do I deal with a highly capable 17-year-old girl who does not want to go to school?
Ask the Expert: She seems to be suffering from very high anxiety levels and is stressed about many aspects of school
‘My 15-year-old son hates going to school and is not doing any homework’
Ask the Expert: ‘I’m not sure what to do with him. Should I just let him continue the way he is?’
‘My 17-year-old says the panic just takes him over and sometimes he can’t go into school’
We want to support him as best as we can, but we also want him to stay in school
‘My ex-wife is tracking my daughter’s mobile phone location when she is with me’
Ask the Expert: It feels like I am under surveillance about my parenting. What should I do? What are my rights about this?
‘My son was found by a psychologist to be twice exceptional, but we are in a battle to motivate him’
Ask the Expert: He was found by a psychologist to be ‘twice exceptional’ (has exceptional ability but also a disability)
‘My 13-year-old son often wakes up at night and spends ages just lying there worrying that he can’t sleep’
Ask the Expert: Should we tell him to wake us so we can help him or should we encourage him to continue to do it by himself?
‘I believe my nephew may have ADHD or autism, but his parents won’t discuss it’
Ask the Expert: When we do rarely meet up, nobody is allowed to discuss my brother’s son for fear the family will never return to visit us. How to approach this?
‘My daughter enjoys college, but it is getting her there consistently that is the problem’
Ask the Expert: Our daughter has autism and would not attend school for three years. Now at college, her attendance has improved greatly, but we walk on eggshells around her. How can we better support her?
‘Our 16-year-old daughter has stopped going to school regularly – should we take her phone away?’
Ask the Expert: Her school says she is always on her phone and not getting enough sleep, but she disagrees