By Dr. YVONNE FOURNIER, Scripps Howard News Service

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: I have just received my son's achievement-test scores. I am in shock. My son has been reading since before he started school. Reading has always been one of his best subjects. He is always reading and saying he is going to be a doctor. Now he cannot go to the school for good students because of his score in reading comprehension.

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: I read your column concerning homework. I am a teacher with 16 years' experience. Believe me, teachers today would never give homework just to create busy work and aggravation for parents.

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DEAR DR. FOURNIER: Should all children have to wear the same uniform to school, or should they be allowed to dress individually as long as they follow a standard dress code?

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: Should all children have to wear the same uniform to school, or should they be allowed to dress individually as long as they follow a standard dress code?

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: I have told my seventh-grade son that he must start now to get a scholarship and go to college. I have these guidelines from Princeton Review. What do you think of them?
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DEAR DR. FOURNIER: My 3-year-old granddaughter is not in preschool, although all of her friends entered preschool at age 2. My daughter has exposed her to many things -- trips to the zoo, children's museums, art galleries and such.

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: I was just reading your article on parenting and I agree basically with your approach. With no parenting-qualifying degrees, my late husband and I raised four offspring. We've been proud of them as adults.

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: My daughter is contemplating keeping her 3-year-old from starting kindergarten at age 5. She's in a lottery-based, pre-K program for 4-year-olds. If he doesn't win entry into the program, he will then have two years before kindergarten (starting at age 6, instead). This pre-K is extremely academic, and it's expensive.

DEAR DR. FOURNIER: My son is a seventh-grader doing well until he got a low score on a major test in a subject he had an A in. Next, another teacher calls saying he is missing a homework assignment that will bring his B down to D if it is not turned in. Other than that, I have a really good kid, no behavior problems. I have punished him, taken everything away and he says he is sorry.