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My son is 5 years old and sexually active
I am a 20 year old female student and I have a 5 year old son who is really sexually active. For instance, he kisses girls by force, he forces them to lick his penis, he "fingers" them, he speaks about sex openly with everyone except me, his father…
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How to tell my parents I want to marry my girlfriend
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I'm a 20 y/o guy living with my parents in the Netherlands. When I was 16, I unintentionally met an American girl online whom I fell in love with and we have had a great relationship for 3 years now. We've seen each other a lot of…
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How should I inform parents if their children are bothering me?
Today, on the bus, I was seated a row behind a mother and her young daughter (I guess about 5-6 years old), and the child just couldn't stay quiet: she was singing constantly, saying "byebye, please come in" to every car that we came across, even…
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My 4 year-old says she doesn't love her mom
My 4 year-old daughter keeps saying to her mom that she doesn't like/love her, and refuses to retract the comment or say sorry. Is this "normal"? A "phase"? It's pretty hard for mom to take.
For context, mom is a stay at home mom, and I work. My…
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How much should you buy for your child to keep up with their peers?
How should you go about balancing the possessions you buy for your child against peer pressure from other children (particularly at school) and parents?
Many parents feel the need for their children to keep up to date with whatever other children…
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What are some do's and dont's for an effective bedtime ritual?
I think most parents agree that it's helpful to follow some fixed ritual when putting a child to bed.
What elements in such rituals are particularly useful, and what should be avoided?
There are several other questions about this already, but those…
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School told my daughter Charlie Chaplin’s speech was “offensive”
Context: New Jersey, USA.
For a school activity celebrating different cultures, my daughter (11 years old) and I built a presentation on Ireland (most of my family is Irish and Scottish descent). As part of the presentation we presented music videos…
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How to get my younger sister to listen?
Not a parent but a big sister to an 8yo, I'm about ten years her senior.
Mom has left for a month (caring for her parents) and with dad working it's up to me to make sure my sister is doing ok. Every morning I try to get her ready (teeth brushed,…
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How to protect my child from friend's over protective father?
My 9yo son has a class mate whose father doesn't allow her to socialize with boys.
The girl herself, on the other hand, is pretty adamant about being friends with my son, bordering on obsessive. I'd add that my son is a kind of person who considers…
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
I'm a 32-year-old man expecting my first child in September. I imagined having my first would come with all the joys of that experience.
My partner already has a son of 2, who I've taken as my own because of the absence of his biological father. …
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Skater teen wears shoes with holes, and doesn't care
I have a 16 year old that loves to skate. However, skating will ruin your shoes, put holes in them and also the socks. My son is wearing the same shoe over and over again which has a big hole in the bottom of the shoe as well as on the side. I…
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My 4.5-year-old son has no dominant hand
We never really knew if my son was left or right-handed. He can use any most of the time. A doctor said that sometimes it takes longer time to know which hand is dominant, so we never paid attention although we thought he was left-handed.
Anyway,…
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What is the evidence on the danger of feeding whole blueberries and grapes to infants and toddlers?
Some people cut grapes and blueberries in half to feed to infants and toddlers, to reduce the risk of choking. Others don't bother. I've read anecdotes about choking but was curious if there is research into risk levels.
So: What is the evidence…
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Bedtime for 12-13 year old girl
My 12-13 daughter currently goes to bed at 9:00 PM but lately she's been asking to go to bed at a later time, like 9:30 or 10:00 PM.
I know she'll be starting high school soon and might need a later bedtime but honestly I don't know what to do. If…
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Grandparents mistreating my children
Seeing the other questions about grandparents, this seems to be quite the exception.
My wife went to visit my parents for two weeks and I couldn't go because I have to work. I thought it would be nice for them since we live abroad and they don't get…
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