I can’t get my first love out of my head. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa Twenty five years ago, in my late teens, I had my first boyfriend. We had a completely magical year together. He was, and is,…
I think my daughter is pulling her hair out. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My daughter is 13 and since the age of eight has had episodes of what I suspect is hair pulling. Lately this has become more…
My 70-year old husband has turned aggressive – I fear he has dementia. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My husband and I have been married for 46 years, mostly very happily. I am 64, he is 70, and we have two sons. I enjoy…
Should I give my daughter a smart phone? She’s only 11. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My daughter will be 11 in a couple of months. For her birthday she has asked for a smartphone to make staying in touch…
Living with my partner’s grown up sons is ruining our relationship. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I have been with my partner for almost five years. He is a kind, handsome, intelligent, caring, considerate man and we have a two-year-old…
Update on “My mother’s baby died forty years ago.”
In the autumn of 2012, I received a very sad letter, from a woman telling me about her mother, who had had a still birth 40…
Does my daughter have an increased risk of breast cancer? The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am the mother of a healthy four-year-old daughter. My husband’s mother (my daughter’s grandmother) and one of her sisters (my daughter’s great-aunt) have had…
Update on ‘My partner treats me like a little girl. And he doesn’t want children with me.’
Last month we published this problem. I’m really careful, when replying to readers, to give practical advice. Not the sort of advice that is easy to…
My toddler bites people. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I’m struggling with the behaviour of my daughter. She’s two and for four or five months, has been lashing out on occasion, scratching or…
Update on “We’re supporting our student son, but he just lazes about”, published in September 2010.
If I hear back at all from readers, it is usually either very soon after their letter was published, or, as in this case, some years…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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