Our six year old has an anger problem. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa Our six-year-old son is having some problems with rage and often the red mist overcomes him. I’m sure it is within a spectrum of…
My husband and I are unhappy now we’ve downsized. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My husband and I have lived in the Midlands for 29 years and brought up our three children here. In time we realised we…
My partner and I struggle with his son’s bad behaviour. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My partner and I are at our wits’ end with his son. We have been together for over three years; he is a loving,…
Our daughter and grandchild live with us, but she treats me with contempt. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My 20-year-old daughter got pregnant at university, while living with her boyfriend – they are no longer together. She had to come and live…
Update to “I have a phobia of going to stay at home in the holidays”
Last July, I answered a reader’s letter about fear of going home in the holidays. At the weekend, I got an email from said reader telling…
I feel bad that my daughter doesn’t want to see her father. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I have full custody of my 13-year-old daughter after a court ruling abroad – where we used to live. Her father physically abused me.…
Is it ever okay to spy on your children? The Guardian
I often joke that I don’t like the word “spying” – it has such negative associations for what can be just taking an active interest in…
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…
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…
My daughter refuses to speak to my boyfriend. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am in my 40s and live with my two daughters, X, 15, and Y, 12. Their father and I separated five years ago.…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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