parenting

So I’m currently out of town visiting family. Over here chilling with my wife, my niece and my nephew. We told my wife’s sister and her husband to go hang out and we will chill with the kids. My niece is now watching Frozen for probably what is the 1000th time. My first time sitting through this...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/06/parents-iq-test-child-welfare-oregon View image in fullscreen Abbi Gibson at home. Parents with intellectual disabilities face disproportionate scrutiny from officials. Photograph: Michael Hanson/The Guardian The state took these children away –...

https://www.mother.ly/parenting/millennial-dads-spend-more-time-with-their-kids/ Today's dads are doing great, but society could make it easier for them to be the dads they want to be. By Heather Marcoux Updated May 27, 2022 This story was originally posted on June 13, 2018. It has been...

Few days ago, I posted a thread asking for some recommendations of places to hit up when I flew to NY this weekend. This was a family vacation. I posted a thread last year about the ills of taking toddlers on extended trips...

My 3 year old is a very stubborn eater. Probably the most stubborn eater I've ever seen in a child. If he doesn't like the way it looks, he won't even touch it. He's a visual eater. It's amazing because as a young baby, 1 and 2 year old, he was the child that would experiment and eat anything...

:yeshrug: Thought it was a great point

I know I've ranted on here ad nauseum about the trials of fatherhood but man these kids grow so fast. My 4 year old is at the stage where he's becoming independent and he's always saying "nooo daddy let me do it" :to: My eldest son learning responsibility and pride. He be trying to put on his...

Raising kids really puts the way I was disciplined in the 90s all in perspective. Kids are really a handful especially as they are going through the "terror ages" 2-4. This shyt reminded me of my grandma. Back in 1999, she had a foster kid. A little girl about 7 years old. Well, this girl had a...

Not an original thought but haven't seen it discussed here. There are some obvious drawbacks, the main being that it would involve more government control in your lives. However, I counter that government already has near total oversight on what you can or can't do, ranging from arbitrary shyt...

:snoop::snoop::snoop: I need some brehs to get in here and chime in on this... Where are these boys father?

Coli parents drop that knowledge I need to hear it Ain't tryin to have my kid look up to Meg the Stallion Tips on what to say to kids especially at an early age besides the typical shyt you can read online :lupe:

90% Hoping your child looks a certain way Hoping your child acts a certain way Hoping your child thinks a certain way Hoping your child feels a certain way 10% Coping with how the child actually is Do you agree?

DonLoyd Official on Instagram: “#Thoughts??” And people are asking whether she handled it correctly or not? :dahell:

I don't know if this is my subconscious programming, but when I see sports trainers having kids playing video games with them at their homes.. I just think that's some weird, stepping over boundaries type sh. Seems like parents are becoming too comfortable with their kids being babysat by...

Saw some bugged out shyt about "Free Range Parenting"... Basically, some anti-vax type women leave their kids out in random places like malls and public parks and the kids are on some Mowgli/Home Alone type latchkey kid orphan tip.... Added vid... They get the public benefit of the doubt (see...

Little girl being talked to by her parent For decades, spanking has created controversy among parents, pediatricians, and researchers. Since the 1970s, researchers have repeatedly cautioned that spanking has little if any benefit to children. Despite the dire warnings from professionals...

Pennsylvania's virtual charters have a 48 percent graduation rate. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has touted online learning as a school-choice solution for rural America, saying that virtual charter schools provide educational options that wouldn’t otherwise exist. But in Pennsylvania, an...

So technology is possibly making the kids stewpit and lazy like the parents... Screen time is an inescapable reality of modern childhood, with kids of every age spending hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones and televisions. That’s not always a bad thing: Educational apps and TV...