Parenting

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Marriage and Family

15 questions

• QMy 20 month old boy hit our friend's 9 month old boy with a toy in his head and hurt him. What is the best way of dealing with this situation?
• QI have seen very good kids and when I asked and saw their parents raising them, I knew that they set a reward for everything. That is why they are excellent. I use…
• QOne of my friends uses this with her kids --- if you embarrass me, I will embarrass you. So, if the children misbehave outside and she is embarrassed by their behavior,…
• QI have a 6 year old boy and an 8 year old girl. He usually likes to play with girls at school and talks about them at home and she usually likes to play with boys at…
• QIn dealing with children less than 10 years or age, how can we as parents deal with wisdom every year at Christmas time when our young children find their friends asking…
• QI have a few questions: Is it too much for their age to fast at 7 and 9? Should I invent nice ways to cook so they will like the fasting food and will not mind fasting?…
• QI would like to know how to talk to my 9 year old daughter about things that we feel shy to talk about? Are there any books to read or sermons to hear? I feel that she…
• QMy kids fast Wednesday and Friday, and other fasting. Last Wednesday, I gave my daughter chocolate for Thursday, but when I went to her room, I found out that she ate…
• QThe letter kills but the Spirit gives life. I have been through some internal fights in the last few years trying to walk the thin line between protecting and giving my…
• QMy son used to always discuss religion and spiritual subjects. I do not know what has happened. He used to read a lot of books. In college, they often said, there is no…
• QMy teenage daughter is always telling me, “Do Not Judge,” whenever someone is doing something wrong, such as saying bad words, wearing inappropriate clothes, or…
• QMy daughter is strong in front of me. She yells and tries to prove that she has rights as a 12 year old to be alone—to have her privacy, sometimes not to pray, nor eat…
• QMy 12 year old daughter likes to stay alone, writes, plays guitar, or reads. She comes to talk to me when she has something funny or happy to share. When I want to talk…
• QMy son had to read a text in high school about how unimportant motherhood is. They are saying that it is up to a woman to decide if she wants kids or not, and that…
• QI had a discussion with some people about how important it is to have a spiritual guide or a third person between children and their parents. I was talking with someone…

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