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When to allow children to consume sugar/candy/sweets/junk?
We have so far not allowed our toddler (20-months) any foods that contain sugar (chocolate, cake, sweets, sweetened juice, etc.) on the premise that consuming sugar is not needed and only causes trouble for the parents, in terms of risks of making…
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How can we get our 5 year old to behave during eating, without us nagging all the time?
We want our 5 (almost 6) year old daughter to do certain things while we are eating together -- she should remain seated, use cutlery instead of eating with her hands, and eat at least a tiny bit of everything.
She doesn't want to, she constantly…
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Is crib use (mostly) universal?
We have friends who decided against a crib in favor of a futon mattress on the floor. This idea came from the book Montessori from the Start. The benefits for the baby are that they aren't confined and can start exploring their (safe) room as soon…
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Why would a primary-schooler want to kill himself?
My nine year old nephew told his (single) mother tonight that he wants to kill himself. What would prompt that?
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His father is ... upstate ... for a little while longer, and they do have regular face time with him, as often as they may. He…
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What do we do if our children don't like the nanny?
So I just came back to work after a long discussion with our 4-year-old. He complains (more to the effect, he had a meltdown) that he doesn't like our nanny, and would prefer to have our neighbour watch after him instead. It's not like she's…
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TV shows for toddlers that don't teach bad gender and race dynamics
My daughter is almost 1 and for various reasons outside the scope of this question, I like putting on TV shows that she'll watch on and off while she's playing. My current options are things available on Netflix and Youtube but I'm open to other…
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How do you explain to a 3-year-old what Halloween is?
Title says it all. Our 3-year-old son is old enough to realize that something weird is happening around Oct 31st, but not really old enough to understand complex explanations. Like most kids this age, he's afraid of various semi-random things…
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Why do toddlers hide while having a bowel movement?
I have noticed that at a certain point (some) children seek solitude to poop. It seems to happen overnight- one day the child is perfectly content filling his diaper in the living room, surrounded by his brothers, while playing with his cars. The…
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When should you start brushing your child's teeth?
My seven-month-old son just cut his first two teeth. When do we start to brush them? Is two teeth enough to brush? Or should I wait until he has more? If so, how many more?
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Worried sick about 3YO and aspergers
My daughter turned 3 in March. My wife has been her primary carer since birth. She attended daycare very briefly for 2 days/week shortly after she turned 2, but this only lasted a month or two as we weren't particular happy with the daycare…
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Teaching children how to fight back
When I was growing up, my mom taught me that if someone hit me, I was supposed to fight back with all I had, and there was no such thing as fighting fair. "Don't stop until an adult pulls you off of them," she would say. Luckily, despite being a…
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How should you deal with (deliberate) selective deafness?
It's a pretty point blank question. In case you don't know what selective deafness is, here's an example:
Me: "Hey Timmy, help me carry the laundry?"
Timmy: "..."
Me: "Hey Timmy, I really could use your help; there is a lot to…
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How can you offer other parents suggestions without making them defensive?
Because we parents spend so much time complaining to each other sharing best practices, we often find ourselves in situations where another parent is sharing an approach or technique that we have learned or read enough to know is less than…
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Parent's in law who can't be trusted to baby-sit want to - how do we figure this one out without hurting them?
My in-laws have tried to give our baby who is only just beginning to eat solid foods, candy, soda, and other adult foods because they think it is funny to "irritate daddy and mommy."
My daughter has a lot of reflux so we have to be careful about…
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Why do toddler boys love trains and cars so much?
My two-year-old loves trains. He really loves trains, especially steam engines, like Thomas.
Many other parents have said that their boys love (or loved) trains, and I can remember being enamoured with Ivor the Engine as a boy.
Why do boys love…
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