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Is it ok to let my child watch the second season of 13 Reasons Why?

Posted June 15, 2018 under Ask the Mediatrician.

Q: My fourteen-year-old wants to watch the new season of 13 Reasons Why. Although she read the book, I didn’t allow her to watch the first season, given the controversy surrounding its depiction of suicide. I’m thinking that it might be ok for her to watch now that she is in high school and because… Read more »

How can I get my 14-year-old to stop singing the same pop song over and over again?

Posted June 16, 2017 under Ask the Mediatrician.

Q: My 14 year old son keeps singing Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You, around the house, in the car, at the dinner table, etc. He loves to sing and was just accepted into his new high school’s elite chorale group for next year. While I want to support his creative endeavors, I also recognize that singing Shape… Read more »

I’m 14 and masturbate on webcam for strangers, how can I stop?

Posted July 28, 2016 under Ask the Mediatrician.

Q: I’m 14 and have had this bad habit for a while now, almost a year; I masturbate on webcam for total strangers. My mom’s caught me before, but that didn’t stop me. But now it’s taken control of my life. Like last week, on the last day of school, I masturbated in the boys’… Read more »

What Can I do to Protect My Kids from Seeing Inappropriate Fashion Catalogues?

Posted March 27, 2015 under Ask the Mediatrician.

Q: I recently received the Spring 2015 Catalog from the department store Barneys New York. The catalog was sent to my house without any envelope or sleeve to protect it from being opened by kids, even though it contains pictures that I believe are inappropriate for young children. What can be done to prevent such… Read more »

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