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Our 3½ yo girl is frustrated by not being able to colour within the lines
As most kids, my daughter loves to draw and colour pre-printed templates. She started quite early (on her own, improvising with any paper that had outlines on it), then progressed rather quickly from just scratching the entire page to making a…
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Should I allow my child to make an alternate meal if they do not like anything served at mealtime?
Should I allow my child to make an alternate meal if they do not like anything served at mealtime?
If a child decides that they don't want anything that is served at mealtime should they be allowed to make a sandwich, or should they go without?
I am…
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Should I monitor my child's internet usage?
This question was inspired by this one: https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/2698/how-do-i-monitor-what-my-kids-do-on-the-computer which was deemed off topic.
Hopefully this is more on topic as I'm not interested in the specifics of how to…
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Should I try to protect my son from hearing that his father wants nothing to do with his two boys?
My ex husband, who was near 30 when we had our first child, and 33 when we had our second, hasn't seen his children since 2008.. We broke up when the youngest was 6 months but as his girlfriend was quite a bit younger, he never had time to see…
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Should I let my child play with gun toys?
I've noticed a great many parents do everything within their power to prevent their children playing with toy guns and weapons. As a 30-something, I grew up with toy swords, bows and guns, action men (GI Joe's) and ninja turtles etc. I'd hope most…
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How worried should I be about head bumps as my infant learns to get around?
We have hardwood floors in the house, and have made a little "play area" out of foam interlocking "tiles" for our 9 MO to play on. Of course, he's not content to restrict his explorations to the designated area (on the contrary - he loves dropping…
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My pre-schooler is out of control, and I feel like my parents are undermining my relationship and authority with her
Alright, I guess a little back story would help. I am a single mother and an only child, I will be 21 in a few months. I've graduated high school with honors and have been raising my daughter on my own since her birth. We do live with my parents…
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Do I really need to wake my newborn to feed him?
We have a two week old child. He's eating well during the day, eating at least 8 times a day, and is breast feeding. His weight gain has been 'normal' so far, and he regained his original birth weight by 10 days. We're getting conflicting advice on…
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Foreign student required to learn and recite the pledge of allegiance in Kindergarten (U.S)
My daughter started attending kindergarten this year, and her teacher is requesting all the students to learn and recite the pledge of allegiance.
I have no problem with the pledge itself, the thing is that we are foreign citizens living in the U.S.…
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How do I explain the reasons behind protesting and rioting to my children?
We live in a major US city, and while we live far enough away from the areas most affected by the rioting and protesting that is currently ongoing, we are not so far that my children aren't aware - both due to limitations in our actions (such as,…
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How do my husband and I get over our fear of having another difficult baby?
We are first time parents. Our daughter is 16 months old and we've had a really rough time since she was born. We had no idea what we were in for.
It really has just been a combination of difficult factors, I had a complicated birth, she was a…
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An incident happened at school and child didn't (want to) tell the parent
I'm asking for a friend of mine, who's the parent. Her child is 12 years old.
Yesterday, at school, the child's classmate was horribly beaten up by a teacher. And I mean horrible. It ended with the teacher banging the child's head to the wall…
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Can an infant choke on spit-up?
I have a 5 week old daughter. She spits up after feeding sometimes (especially if she feeds too much in one sitting). We have been worried about her choking on the spit-up. Especially in the night while we are sleeping.
We have been trying to…
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Toddler made "incorrect" animal identification that is actually correct. Better to correct her or not?
My niece is a year and a half old. I was reading a book on animals with her recently and helping her learn the names of the animals in it. I noticed that she identified the picture of a lion as a "kitty". Is it pedagogically better at this point to…
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How to encourage children to do their homework?
I'm pretty sure no children like doing the majority of their homework. As a child, I resented it deeply because I felt that once I'd left school, I should also have left schoolwork. So I have every sympathy even though now, as an adult, I understand…
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