Ask Our Experts: 4-9 Year Olds
 Starting school is a defining moment for most parents - our children aren't our babies any more, and don't we know it!
Our resident experts answer your questions about primary schoolers.
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Behaviour
Education
Health
Sleeping
Toilet Issues
Nutrition
Relationships
Hidden Disabilities
General
Behaviour:
 Tackling inappropriate touching
When your child demands 100% attention
6-yr-old tantrums getting worse
When your child rules the family with his moods
Daughter is bossy and jealous with other kids
Son won't listen when I talk to him
Insecure and afraid of change
8-yr-old's aggressive behaviour
Angel at school - devil at home
Sexual behaviour in a 7-yr-old
Daughter is shy and negative
Children worried about father in army
Education:
Benefit of being a September-born child
Should shy child start school at 4 or 5?
What rights do I have in choosing a primary school?
First choice school appeal
Son's the only boy in the class
Is my daughter too bright for her teacher?
Should my child participate in the nativity play?
4-yr-old has problems with phonics
Son struggling at school - is this a learning problem?
Well behaved at home, but disruptive at school
Child isn't being challenged at school
Does my daughter have school phobia?
Answering 'where do babies come from?'
Health:
New! Skinny child won't put on any weight
Does my son have glue ear?
8-yr-old may have worms
How do I treat verrucas?
What are the symptoms of scabies?
5-yr-old's constantly runny nose
Sleeping:
5-yr-old won't sleep on her own
Afraid of the dark
Toilet Issues:
Afraid of wetting herself in class
6-yr-old twins still wet during the day
Nutrition:
Concerns over child's vegetarian diet
Could my 7-yr-old be anorexic?
7-yr-old comfort eating
Are my kids drinking enough water?
6-yr-old has dreadful eating habits
Allergen-free diet at Christmas
Vitamin supplements for under-10s
Relationships:
5-yr-old can't make friends
Divorced father having daughter to stay
7-yr-old has trouble making friends
Making time for your middle child
Hidden Disabilities:
What's stage one of Special Needs?
Diagnosed as dyslexic - what next?
Lisping 5-yr-old
Boosting self esteem of child with ADD
6-yr-old has trouble with 'L' and 'R' sounds
Autistic or just awkward?
Hyperactive 5-yr-old
General:
'Is Santa Claus real?'
When children are frightened by war footage on TV
Taking a holiday during school term
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