FAQs for Practice

Below are a series of Questions that Can Provide some practice answering questions on the web:

What is the best form of birth control?

My 2-year-old is not talking, she only babbles. Is this normal? Are there things I can do to encourage her to talk?

I’m going to be a new mom and know nothing about breastfeeding. I want to breastfeed part time, is that a viable option?

My boyfriend is jealous and doesn’t want me to even talk to other boys.  I have a good friend that I have known since we were young.  He is really just a friend.  Am I being disloyal if I talk with him?

I need some advice and/or support with how to wean my 16 mo. old son. I have to (and it breaks my heart), so I can take some much needed medication my doctor has prescribed for me

My little one will not eat solids or sleep at night! He is 8 months old; at 4 months he did great with his cereal, around 6 months he stopped eating solids now all he will eat are cookies. At least that is something! He goes through about 6 8oz. bottles a day. I don’t mind the food consumption but I really wish I could get him to sleep through the night. Right now he goes to bed between 8:30 and 9:30 he is up at 12, 2, 5, and sometimes 6. I know he would sleep better if he would eat better. Any ideas?

We have just gotten married and already we seem to be fighting.  It’s about stupid stuff like who takes out the trash and keeping the bathroom clean.  This is making me wonder if getting married was a good idea.  What should I do?

On Facebook, there is a kid who keeps writing lies about me.  He also spreads rumors that make some of my other friends mad at me, but it all untrue.  I try to delete this stuff, but he just keeps it up.  Should I tell someone about this?

Why do girls put up with boys who are stupid and boring?

At what age is it okay for teens to have sex?

We have been married for about 5 years and things just don’t seem to be right.  We don’t seem to have any fun together anymore.  Is there anything we can do?

When should my baby begin sleeping through the night? He is 2 months old and I am so tired! Are there things I can do to encourage a good night’s sleep?

How do I know when my toddler is ready for toilet training?

My baby spits up a lot, how much is too much and should I be worried?

I am 16-years-old and want to have sex with my boyfriend, am I too young?

Our children are ages 3, 6 and 11, what kinds of exercise program can be all do as a family?

The teachers in our school usually communicate with parents through a web-based homework site and email, but many of our parents don’t have access to computers.  How can be give parents better computer access?

Our whole family is obese and we don’t have any exercise program, what should be do to start?

I have heard people say that if young children watch Sesame Street, they will learn to read and so reading to young children isn’t so important these days, is this true?

Sometimes I get so made at my 2-year-old that I just want to slap him.  My mother did this to us and we turned okay.  What do you think about spanking or pinching young children to get them to behave?

Isn’t all the worry about child abuse caused by a bunch of do-gooders who don’t understand that children need tough discipline?

My husband and I are divorced and lately my 12-year-old says he doesn’t want to spend time at his Dad’s house on the weekend.  He says he just wants to be with his friends around my neighborhood.  Should I force him to go to his father’s house?

I have heard that most couples that divorce do this by seven years.  Is this true?

I have just married a wonderful woman who has two teenage children (ages 13 and 15), their father hasn’t been in the picture very much.  Should I try to be their father?

Should couples have only “couple friends” or should each person keep their own personal friends?

A couple of my son’s friends seem a little strange.  They wear baggy pants and all seem to be trying to grow sideburns.  A few have their ears pierced.  Is this just a phase?  My husband says all kids do this, is this true?

We have an infant in our classroom who just seems to want to be held all the time.  We don’t have enough staff to do this most of the day.  We are thinking about telling the parents they will have to find another child care center.  Are we being unfair?

Two of our pre-school teachers just returned from an in-service on social-emotional development and they think we need to change some of the ways we handle timeout and other discipline strategies.  Isn’t timeout a pretty well established approach to dealing with misbehavior in 3 and 4-year-olds?

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