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How and when should I tell my son that his amazing father isn't his biological father?
My son is going on 5 and starting to learn a lot about how we're created. I've been with my husband for 10 years, but nearly 6 years ago I had no other choice but to move 1000 miles away and after trying the long distance thing it didn't work so we…
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In Rural India; 14 yo daughter broke her friendship due to her feelings on homosexuality. What to do?
How do I help my daughter understand that being lesbian or gay is normal and as acceptable as being straight?
I have a 14-year-old step-daughter who has come here 20 days back to visit us. We live in rural India where many people are not even aware…
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Is there a benefit or harm in letting a 3 year old control her own bedtime routine?
I'm a bit exhausted getting my 3 year old daughter through the evening. Getting home, washing hands, sitting at the dinner table, eating dinner, eating fruit, taking a bath, towel drying, drying hair, brushing teeth, flossing, reading stories,…
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How do you feed a picky eater?
Dinner with my 5-year-old is an ordeal. I do not want to cook separate meals. How do I stop the fighting at dinner and get them to eat?
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How to deal with a teenager who wants his parents to buy him everything his friends have?
How do I teach my son the value of money and to differentiate between a need and a want?
The problem I am facing is that he is 19 years old, not 5 years old. He is my youngest son and to be honest I do not get along well with him due to personality…
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How should I talk to my child about death?
How should I explain death to a child under 5-6 years old if a close family member or friend dies?
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What should I be teaching my two year old?
My two year old daughter has never been to a daycare, so everything she knows is something that me, my husband, or her grandparents have taught her. She sees very little interaction with other kids her age, well, except for her 8 month old sister.…
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Breaking my rejection of christianity to my parents
I know this isn't exactly appropriate for this site -- I'm not a parent, I'm a son -- but I think it's still applicable to the community here. I would prefer feedback from actual parents concerned about other parents, not people who theorize about…
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Convince my wife that the flu vaccine is good for our child
She says she would like her children to naturally fight colds and flu and thus make their immune system stronger.
How do I convince her against this irrational thinking?
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How do I make my kids love reading?
I have 2 children. They're still a little young to be able to read, but I see that they enjoy watching cartoons a lot (like any kid). The problem is, I don't want my kids to grow up in front of a screen all the time, watching trash shows like the…
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I'm doing work that should get me some money, but my parents don't pay me for the work I do and I don't like that. How should I deal with this?
First a short history lesson:
When I was born, my parents built a house in Georgia. For some reason they decided to move, and I don't remember the house at all. Fast-forward a few years, we're living in City A fixing up the second story of a house.…
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What are some options for helping my child continue learning while schools are closed?
My children will be home for a few weeks (at least) while schools are closed due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19. What are some good strategies or options for helping them continue to learn while at home?
This is a question that would not normally be…
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How to tell my 4-year-old son not to get hyper with his uncle or anyone except parents?
My brother in law is a cocky, arrogant person. The way I see it, my son plays with him and they laugh and play really loud, but suddenly he has change of mood like flicking a switch. As 4-year-olds do not know when to stop, he carries on because he…
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How can we manage our adult son taking back an item we confiscated, without our knowledge, when he has moved out?
My husband and I helped our son pay for an iPod Touch three years ago, paying $100. He paid the other half. About a year ago, our young daughter found images of nude girls in the screenshot gallery on the iPod. He lied when we asked him about it.
We…
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What can I tell and what can I ask of a 2nd grade teacher, about my child's health?
My son is 6 and in second grade. In general he is quite healthy, but he has illness induced asthma. In other words, his asthma is essentially dormant unless he gets a cold or the flu, at which point it can become quite severe.
This morning he has…
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