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How do you raise an intelligent and happy daughter in a sexist world?
I don't have enough space to explain my reasoning. I just don't want my daughter to be influenced by the media or the general opinions of "society". My daughter is a baby in my womb.
I've decided no TV ever, no movies, no pop music, no magazines,…
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What is a positive way to handle a boy who acts like a girl?
My 3yo regularly plays and acts like a girl. For example, he likes to take his arm out of one sleeve on his shirt and pretend he's a princess. He loves to dress up in his mom and sister's clothes. He asked for a dollhouse for Christmas. He often…
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How to work-at-home given no daycare
We have two kids, a 14 month old and 2.5. We're sinking financially, and with the current shelter-in-place order (SF Bay Area, CA, USA) we're struggling to just get distraction-free time to try to slow the decline. We have joked about just…
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My parents are taking over my life, I think I'm going insane
I'm 16, and I don't know what to do.
My parents are controlling everything I do and watching everything I do. I think I'm going insane. I thought a counselor or psychiatrist could help me but it hasn't helped.
I've made mistakes in the past (2…
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Why does my infant wake crying the instant we put him in his bed?
This is probably a classic but here goes. Some time between midnight and three my 9 month old will wake crying. Often he is hungry or has gas and can be fairly easily consoled and falls asleep in our arms once his needs have been met.
However, on…
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Just found out my 13 year old girl is Bi and dating a 17 year old girl in an "open" relationship. Huh? Now what?
A little background- my daughter has never had a boyfriend/girlfriend or relationship and is in 8th grade. She has always been young for her age and had a tough time identifying with other girls and kids at her school (we had issues of bullying-…
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How should a stepfather respond to "You are not my Father!"?
So the situation is that I'm not the real father of my son. I call him my son since I love him very much, but he is my girlfriend's son from her previous relationship.
I'm afraid though... He does listen to me.. for now. But I'm afraid that when…
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How can I undo the bad behavior my 2.5 year old daughter learned from 5 year old children?
We went on a trip with some friends for 2 days, and there were three 5-year-old girls.
After returning from the trip, my daughter has been pushing her brother 5X more, kicking her mother 5X more (for when she doesn't grant her wish), and mimics an…
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How can I be more sympathetic towards my children when they are injured?
I have a 3-year-old son who throws tantrums a lot. I told him not to stand in front of the door as someone may open from the other side and injure him. Someone really opened the door and the door bruised his fingers. He cried but I simply told…
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How to help a bullied child (without involving parents or teachers)
A nine year old boy is often the brunt of the jokes of his "friends". The boy is cooperative, kind, and unaggressive and unable to counter the other kids teaming up to play their jokes on him.
The individual occurences seem harmless enough and even…
user4758
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What should we do when our 15 year old wants sex with his 13 year old girlfriend?
So the other day I walked in on our teenager and caught his girlfriend with her pants down. It is quite clear what they were intending to do.
Now he claims he had no intention of having sex with her, he was just "taking a look". However, we all…
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How do you respond to a toddler who endlessly says "why?"?
My wife and I had joked about expecting endless "why?" questions from our son while we were expecting, and I thought I was prepared for it.
In fact, I thought the stereotypical constant flow of "why? why? why?" would be trivial, since I enjoy…
user420
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Should I be restrictive in my son's interest in electricity?
My 12-year old son has had an interest in electricity for several years now. However, lately his experiments have been becoming more and more extreme. For example, he routinely looks at videos online about "high voltage transformers" (whatever those…
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My kids watch YouTube - how do I control what they see?
My two kids watch YouTube cartoons, and the younger is a toddler. I try every now and then to see what they are really looking at, but many times they wander to some video I think is not suitable for them, like amateur cartoons with scary faces and…
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My toddler calls me "Mommy", but I'm his father
It was cute and funny at first that both of us were being called Mommy, and I still don't really mind. My wife and I laugh and try to correct him, pointing to pictures, ourselves and repeating the correct words.
My 21m toddler is just starting to…
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