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Problems & Pressures

It's easy to imagine other people have the perfect family, complete with pearly white smiles, shiny hair and straight A school reports. The entire clan eat their meals together and chat happily about their day, laughing at how wonderful their lives are.

Back in the real world, parents and offspring are often screaming at each other, children are getting excluded from school or bullied so severely they are scared to leave the house. Every family suffers its own problems and pressures. On these pages, you can find out more about some of these issues, from bullying and child abuse to autism and caring for a child with Down's Syndrome.

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Parenting a gifted child
What parents can do to help gifted children.

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Bedwetting
Some practical ideas to help you and your child cope.

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Too young to gamble
The increase in gambling and how it's creating more problem gamblers amongst young people.

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Prader-Willi Syndrome
The symptoms and help available for sufferers of the lifelong excessive appetite disorder.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Helping kids with ADHD.

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What is autism?
Understanding the effects of autism and looking at therapies which might work.

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Is your child being bullied?
How to help your child cope in the playground.

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Child abuse
What is abuse and how can we all help to prevent it?

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Child prostitution
Girls who sell sex – and the dangers of life on the street.

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Down's syndrome
How is it diagnosed and how does it affect development?

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Dyslexia
Our dyslexia-friendly pages for all the latest information.

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Exclusion from school
Avoidance, alternatives and advice for parents.

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Home education
What you need to know about home education.

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Learning disability
Definitions, causes and support.

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Learning to talk
When learning to talk is not as easy as ABC.

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Selective Mutism
A rare anxiety disorder causing children to talk normally at home but remain silent at school. Fortunately the condition is treatable.

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Special educational needs
Getting help for your child.

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Stammering
Learning to control your speech.

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Truancy
Tackling the problem of truancy.

Q&A: Aspergers
'My brother has Asperger's. How can we communicate better?'

Q&A: Dyslexia
'How can I tell my parents I am dyslexic?'

Q&A: Rare syndrome
'My brother's baby has just been diagnosed with a rare disorder. How can I help them?'

 
 

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