Giving your child the attention they need
Dear Diane, I think I might just be paranoid but I’m convinced my little girl loves her carers at the daycare centre more than she loves me.
When kids constantly argue
Dear Diane, My three children seem to bicker constantly and it’s driving my husband and me crazy.
When children are afraid of clowns
Dear Diane, A child at my twins’ birthday party last week became utterly terrified when the clown I’d booked turned up.
When son is caught cheating at school
Dear Diane, My teenage son was caught cheating in an exam last year. Although the school was really good about it and seemed well aware...
When people take advantage of your kindness
Dear Diane, There’s a little girl in our daughter’s class whose parents have both lost their jobs and every time I see her she seems thinner and more shabby than the last.
When children start puberty early
Dear Diane, Is it true that it is weight and not age that will kick-start puberty in girls? My niece is developing very rapidly at the age of 10...
When birth mother comes back into daughter’s life
Advice about what to do when the birth mother of your adopted daughter decides to come back into your daughter's life.
Young siblings bathing together
Dear Diane, My parents-in-law recently came to stay. One night I ran the bath for my children who are five and seven – a girl and a boy.
Helping your child through trauma
Dear Diane, A few months ago my husband and I and our children came upon the scene of a terrible car crash. There were badly injured bodies on the road...