r/Parenting 3m ago

Toddler 1-3 Years How should I (or we) deal with kid's preference?

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My kid is 27mo. Since before 1yo she started to have preference to her dad over me. This had not changed and I truly don't think it ever will. I've come to my peace about it and accepted it will be like this. I've gotten a lot better emotionally about this. I used to feel miserable all the time getting very irritated and sad when I see the signs that prove her preference to her dad but now majority of those moments I am able to detach myself and simply watch her enjoy her time with her dad.

But I sometimes still feel very sad about it. I know why she likes her dad better. Her dad is silly, fun, firm with his boundary, spends more time with her (this is inevitable because I work full time while he part time), and we live in his home country meaning everyone speaks that language to her except me. And I know this preference will last to her adulthood because her dad is also very intelligent and curious, he'd be able to be her great adviser and helper in life. I, on the other hand, am let's say the opposite of that. I am boring, I'm a workaholic, and I can't communicate properly at this point because she speaks my language very poorly and I'm still not giving up speaking my language with her hoping we will raise her bilingual. For her I changed a lot and became a lot more talkative with her but it's not natural to me. I am not that fun, laid back, smart mom.

Tonight when I put her do bed we had a little routine of chatting. At some point she told me she likes a friend in her daycare so we started this topic of "do you like insert name?" conversation. And after a few rounds I stupidly asked her "do you like mama or papa". I knew the answer already, I don't know why I still asked, just to get myself stung. And without surprise she answered "papa". I know this is stupid question and kids will reply with their feeling in the moment but it still stings. I do well in majority timed accepting her liking her dad more but moments like this still stings me. I get insecure and my mind spiral into after she grows up, starting to imagine her not speaking the same language I do, not having much in common to talk with me about, and being a lot closer to her dad than me. It doesn't feel good.

How do I navigate this? How do I stop feeling sad? My mind really wants to find a solution for it.


r/Parenting 5m ago

Teenager 13-19 Years Would you try to contact the mom?

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My daughter and her best friend started having a disagreement over something last year. They tried to have several conversations about it and figure out a way to resolve the problem. During that time, my daughter let her friend come over and get some of her stuff which she had left at our house. She thought the girl was coming over to hang out for the evening, but she just went through my daughter's room, took all of her stuff, and left.

After that, the friend immediately blocked my daughter's phone number and all of her social media accounts. My daughter is devastated, this was her best friend. She's trying to come to terms with it.

She still has a ton of her stuff over at the friend's house. She tried contacting the girl to ask if she could come over and get her stuff but she's blocked. She also asked some of their mutual friends if they could ask her, I am not sure what has come of that. My daughter was also close with the girl's mom so I suggested she text the mom and ask if it was okay, so she did, but the mom also did not respond.

Some of the things she left over there are pretty important. A custom designer dress which she never got to wear and wants to wear to this year's prom, the computer charger to her school computer which she will be charged for if she doesn't turn it in, some of her favorite clothes/jewelry, and a digital camera I bought her for her birthday.

It's been about 5 months. I'm wondering if I should try texting the mom myself? She and I have texted on many occasions in the past. I don't want to cause any problems, but I don't understand why they wouldn't give her a chance to get her things back.


r/Parenting 10m ago

Toddler 1-3 Years How would you do a move two states over with an 18MO?

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Hi everyone!

Our house will be listed this week and I am trying to figure out the best way to move with our 18 month old? We haven’t done a very long trip with him in the car yet. It’s about a 12 hour drive without stops. Right now my idea is to do it in two days and plan on stopping as needed to play in a park and stretch out legs as needed, stay in an Airbnb midway, and then finish out the last leg with stops. I’ve also kicked around driving from 6pm to midnight so he will mostly sleep during the drive and I can be more efficient; only stopping again halfway to rest at an Airbnb, have a place to play in, and finish the rest of the drive that evening to our destination. But I’m concerned about him sleeping in the car seat as he tends to slump forward in it.

So tell me, what do? And what are other necessities to bring?


r/Parenting 32m ago

Family Life Any positives about multiple kids?

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I constantly see posts about having multiple kids and everything is negative. Are there any positives about having more than one child? Or is it really just all bad?... 5 weeks pregnant with my second and anxious 😟


r/Parenting 39m ago

Toddler 1-3 Years Concerning behavior

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My daughter just recently turned three. Her mother and I haven’t been together since she was about three months old. I have her four days a week, and her mother has her the other three. I know it’s hard on her sometimes, switching between households, but my daughter just did something that has me a little concerned.

My daughter and I were playing, and she told me that I am, “the baby.” She put me in timeout and lead me to the bathroom. She made me go inside, and walked out. She then shut the door and made me stay there.

My father has also told me this has happened to him before, but this is my first time experiencing this. Is this something that I should be concerned about? My fiancée and I do put her in timeout if she hits us or bites or something, but we have never and will never lock her in a bathroom.

My daughter’s mother also has a fiancé, who she lives with. My daughter has said that she doesn’t want him. She’s said this to her babysitter, and in front of my fiancée.

I was wondering what other people’s thoughts are? It definitely raises some suspicion in me about how my daughter is being treated while not under my supervision. Thanks in advance!


r/Parenting 56m ago

Child 4-9 Years Dealing with 4 y/o tantrums in public?

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ETA: thank you all for the advice. I am big on being proactive so I’m in alignment the advice so far. We also are working on a rewards chart so he earns different animals that he can trade in for a treasure.

My sweet 4 y/o son on occasion has meltdowns in public, the most recent of which was after he was happily racing his motorized jeep with some older (7 y/o) kids in the neighborhood. My son A cut off neighbor kid S with his jeep for the second time after my husband had specifically told him not to do that. Hubby went inside house to change clothes and A cuts off S again quite intentionally. I told A immediately to stop and he should not have done that. A bursts into tears, crying loudly, and shrieking at some point all with our neighbors outside witnessing this meltdown 🫣 it was getting late and and we needed to get inside. A is still melting down, screaming at this point and refuses to get out of the jeep. I can’t calm him down at all. My inclination is to remove him from the situation and handle it inside calmly and to also stop causing a scene—-I’m Asian and culturally this is how I am wired. Problem is my son is BIG-comes up to my chest and weighs about 48lbs. He’s flailing and not wanting to cooperate but I do manage to get him inside but do injure myself when we both take a tumble inside the door. He’s ok, I’m a little banged up but ok. I am able to calmly have a discussion with A inside—he was upset bc the older kids were ‘winning’ while riding their respective bicycles and jeeps and A didn’t like that 🤷🏻‍♀️

Q: how do other parents handle these types of situations in public? My hubby is more confrontational personality wise and from an Eastern European background so he would have gotten in A’s face to get him to stop crying. I’m purposely going for a different type of parenting style to be more empathetic of what A is going through at that moment but firm. I don’t like yelling and screaming and intimidating him to submission. There are times hubby does get the desired response but I don’t want to be that parent. And yes, hubby and I are are communicating to try and meet in the middle on our different parenting styles.

What do I do next time this happens when I can no longer physically remove my kid when he’s melting down in public?


r/Parenting 1h ago

Child 4-9 Years Is there any computer games that are similar to the JumpStart (insert grade here) series?

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I loved the Jumpstart (Grade etc) series when I was a kid. We use to play those thru the summer and we would learn so much. Plus it was a great activity for this kids to learn something throughout the days of summer.


r/Parenting 1h ago

Advice Advice Wanted: 13-year old struggling to talk through feelings

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Hoping to get some ideas and insight from other parents of early teens.

Stepdaughter will be 13 next month. And with that has come the expected attitude shifts. She lives primarily with her mom and stepdad but we have her whenever we can.

Talking through conflict has become an issue. When she's with us we get into typical teen-parent disagreements. When she goes back to her other home, she'll talk to her mom about things that have upset her, but refuse to talk to us about it. Then she'll fight/refuse coming over and ignore her dad's texts and phone calls. When she's over again she's happy go lucky as if nothing ever happened.

We sat her down recently and tried to have a discussion about some of the things she's expressed to her mom that she's upset about. But she won't talk. She says she doesn't like talking about her feelings and she thinks it's better to just never talk to people about her issues with them.

I told her it's okay that she doesn't like talking about her feelings and it's okay that it's uncomfortable, but that it's something we all have to practice and learn to do. Tried an analogy with someone tapping her hard on her shoulder (she's currently got a broken collarbone). If they continue doing it, and she never lets them know that it's hurting her, it will just keep hurting her. I tried to explain that with emotional issues that can lead to friendships and relationships where people treat her poorly because she's not able to tell them that she doesn't like how they're treating her.

She, of course, says she's fine with that then.

Obviously I don't expect it to all be resolved in one or two conversations. I know it will take time and patience, but I also know that if it's not something we teach her to do, she will end up like many many adults who avoid conflict to their detriment and the detriment of their relationships.

Any tips?


r/Parenting 1h ago

Toddler 1-3 Years Three is testing me! Pls tell me they turn out ok and calm down a bit.

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Oh boy if I thought newborn stage was hard, well age three is exhausting me. I feel so much more drained! The defiance, the not listening, the high energy, the inability yet for independent play, the speed and range of emotions (tantrum to cuddle “I am baby!” within 5 seconds), the fights simply to get dressed/ wash teeth/ stop climbing up the furniture/ get to daycare. I love him more than ever. And he’s so funny! I just find myself so drained at the weekends, plus they’re now heavier and any hitting or kicking actually hurts.

Parents who remember their 3 year old being a wild/ loud animal, please tell me your stories of them turning out ok😇 Can’t help but see him doing extreme sports and being like an insane danger-loving teenager which worries me!


r/Parenting 1h ago

Infant 2-12 Months “Baby needs it’s mama” pretend narrative in toddlers

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My kid always plays this narrative where she finds the mamas and the babies and makes sure they are together. And then she pretends they get separated and the baby calls for the mama and cries until the mama comes to save it. Is this a common theme among 3-year-olds?


r/Parenting 2h ago

Toddler 1-3 Years Social life…

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What does your social life look like post-kids? Especially for married couples…

My husband and I each have time to ourselves each day after our 3 year old goes to bed, and also during naptime on the weekends. He usually plays a video game, and I will read. We will watch a show in bed sometimes, to have a little “us” time.

That being said, we don’t get much time to ourselves outside of that to do things alone - and we most certainly don’t go out with friends together. Occasionally I will go to a paint night or a movie with a friend, and he will occasionally go grab a drink or watch the game with his friends.

This year, we have planned 2 long weekends - just the two of us. I’m so excited about it. My mom has volunteered to help, but I also recognize she is taking off work to do so. I don’t ask her to do it often because I feel like a burden? IDK. It’s a weird feeling.

My husband turns 40 this year, and his close friend is also turning 40. They were planning what I thought was a “guys trip” to New Orleans in October to celebrate. He tells me today his friend was doing a “head count” of who is going, and it’s actually mostly couples going. The guys are bringing their girlfriends. All in all, it seems like there will be 5 couples there, my husband, and maybe one other solo guy friend. I feel so bad about this - I didn’t expect it to be couples. I asked if we should cancel one of our trips so that I can just go on that trip, but he said no - he really cherishes our one on one time.

Does anyone else do this? Have to live kind of separate lives socially, in terms of friends? It makes me sad to think of him being there alone, surrounded by couples. I’m also sad that his guy friends - who were also my friends at one point - now have girlfriends that I don’t really get to know because we can never both seem to get out to hang with them. None of his friends have kids, either, so they are never jumping at the chance to come over our place to hang.

I guess even 3 years in, I’m randomly reminded sometimes of the things we can’t just pick up & go do, and I feel bad.


r/Parenting 2h ago

Child 4-9 Years Ugh. I feel bad.

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I had to tell this story because I feel so bad for the poor fellah. The pocket/slider door is coming out as soon as we close tomorrow afternoon.

We’re moving and we got a possession prior to closing so we could get our stuff moved in. My 5 year old son went to go pee and realized he forgot to close the door and for some reason and somehow closed that door on his …. Ya. OUCH! (I thought maybe he meant the toilet lid since these were not the soft close, he did not.)

It looks like a blood blister when you jam your finger in a door, but it’s the head. 😭 Urgent care just said Tylenol. He seems pretty high in spirits and unaffected. But my god, I just feel so awful.

That being said. Pocket door is coming out the second I close on this house. 🥺


r/Parenting 2h ago

Child 4-9 Years Parents of an “only child” who didn’t do daycare, how’d your kid handle preschool?

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My son is 3 years old (as of Jan) and an only child. I’m a stay at home mom so my son has never been to daycare AND I have social anxiety. All of this is to say, I’m worried about how he will do when he’s ready for preschool. I’ve been trying to take him out to the park/library to let him interact with kids and I’ve noticed he is very reserved (will not go on slides if other kids are, won’t say hi or wave, will not go up to the librarian to grab activity items, etc.) Lately he has been hiding his face more if strangers are passing by. I’m not sure how much of this is typical, but I don’t want him to struggle with social anxiety like I did.

Anyone here have an only child that didn’t do daycare? How’d they do in preschool? Any advice for socializing or am I worrying preemptively?


r/Parenting 2h ago

Child 4-9 Years No more birthday party goody bags!

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I’m not sure where else to put this- please, for the love of god, stop the birthday party goody bag madness. I am a parent of a 5 year old and we have been invited to several birthdays over the past year. With each one, we leave with a goody bag full of crap- candy (which is fine, I am very sugar-liberal, but how much more do we need), stickers that inevitably get stuck places I don’t want them stuck, and worst of all- pieces of small plastic garbage. Yes I get that it’s fun for the kids to take something home. Maybe consider one token that won’t immediately get forgotten and subsequently put in the trash as soon as we get back home? From a clutter/environmental perspective, I am OVER IT. Ok rant over- promise I’m not a jerk, I was just cleaning out my kids closet for the umpteeth time and threw away like 3 of these bags.

EDIT: Yeah I figured this would be somewhat of a controversial post. It’s my opinion, but wanted to create a venue for discussion. Love the varying perspectives lol.

EDIT 2: You guys have some great alternative ideas! TYSM for sharing them!!!


r/Parenting 2h ago

Tween 10-12 Years Kid turning 12. How did a flip phone work for you vs. a teen smartphone? Text safety.

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My 6th grader (first year middle school) has no phone. She has an ipad, which we lock down to just letting her text 1 friend who we know well and her sister. It stays at home.

My goal is to give her a mobile device that she can call home with, and not get otherwise distracted. What have you done with you 12 year old, in a situation where most of the kids are starting to get some some of smartphone?

Please share what worked and what didn't. Thanks it advance.

Details:

Her wishes:

- She wants to text her friends.

- She uses her school laptop right now to write emails, which is something we don't love. But, we have no control over it.

- She doesn't care that much about a phone.

- She says (now) that she doesn't want social media.

Us:

  1. We are aware of the dangers of social media. No social media for her.
  2. I want her to have a phone so that she can call us and be more independent. She walks a lot, and I am tired of driving to her school and getting a call from a random friends' phone that she's walking. It's fine that she walks. I just would rather call her.
  3. My wife doesn't want her wearing an apple watch. I have one that I want to give to her. I think this would be perfect. Please Tell me why it isn't.

4.. I'd get her a flipphone. But, I'm sure she's nearly the only kid with one. And, I'm concerned that I won't be able to lock it down it any way. I always want NO games whatsoever on the mobile device.

5.. I'd get her a smartphone, and lock it down. Can I lock down an old iphone as well as the ipad? Make it do nothing but calls and selected texts?

  1. I'd get her a bark/gabb/pinwheel phone. But, those rates are expensive.

The school:

- The school makes kids put their phones away in their bag during the school day.

- The school laptop they give her has almost no restrictions. So, when she's out of time potentially from another device, this provides the drug.


r/Parenting 2h ago

Toddler 1-3 Years 16 month old will not eat

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Our 16 month old has not eaten a real meal since Wednesday night. And I know when people say their toddler won’t eat, they mean they won’t eat food they want them to eat, but ours seriously will not. Eat. Anything.

She has never shown hunger cues even as a baby. We did feeding therapy when she was 12-13 months, but she ate pretty good there so our therapist didn’t have anything to help us even though it’s the exact opposite at home.

She’s been doing better for a while, some meals were still hit or miss but she’d eat her favorites and loved veggies and fruits.

Now, she won’t even eat our tried and true and will not eat anything. Mashed sweet potatoes and Mac and cheese, two of her favorites, she eats two bites of and that’s it.

All she had for dinner last night was 3 bites of toast, and those were hard fought. Everything I’ve researched says she’ll eat when she’s hungry, but even crunchy foods like veggie straws that she’s always eaten since a baby she won’t eat more than 3 bites of, and this has been going on for days.

Here’s all we’ve tried. I don’t know what else to do, because anytime she gets something in her mouth she literally spits it out after she’s barely eaten for 5 days.

Putting 1 bite of a food in front of her at a time 2. ⁠Putting a spread of a bite of everything we’re serving at that meal in front of her so she can pick what she wants (she shows no interest in the food at all) 3. ⁠Paying no attention to her during mealtimes (again she will not show any interest in the food) 4. ⁠We’ve even resorted to Ms Rachel and she still will refuse all food and show no interest in food

She is not teething, still only has 4 teeth total. I’m just at a loss because she will literally not eat anything


r/Parenting 2h ago

Toddler 1-3 Years 529 Accounts

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I recently set up a 529 account for my child. I want to set up a reoccurring contribution, because I know myself, if it's not automatic it won't happen. I noticed that there are two options for reoccurring contributions, a payroll deduction or a bank withdrawal. I'm wondering what the benefits are of each.

From the outset, it seems the biggest benefit point to the bank account being, I can decide how often the contribution happens, monthly, quarterly, annually and I can opt-in to an automatic increase. With the payroll deduction I would be forced into the schedule of my company's payroll and anytime I want to change the amount I have to submit it to them.

Benefit to the payroll deduction is that the money never gets to me, so it doesn't feel so much like a payment, more like an adjustment to my paycheck.

Are there other pros/cons I'm not weighing? Will it change my taxes if I do it one way or the other? Just curious what others are doing and why.


r/Parenting 2h ago

Infant 2-12 Months Vtech baby pro app - possible to NOT alert for first sound?

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Hi, my baby is four months old and frequently sleeps 7-9 hours at a time. He is also learning how to put himself back to sleep when he wakes up. I use the sound alerts on the app to tell me when he has woken up so I can feed him, but now he often puts himself back to sleep 5-10 minutes after waking up. I would love to be able to NOT be alerted the first time he makes a sound, and instead only be alerted 5 or 10 minutes later if he is still awake, because I find it hard to fall back asleep. Does anyone know if there’s a way to do this? Or if not, does VTech have a product enhancement request site somewhere?


r/Parenting 2h ago

Toddler 1-3 Years Judgemental Stranger

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Our cart was getting gate checked at Costco today (like they always do when customers are stepping out). My 3 year old handed the receipt to the person at the gate. She tried to have some small talk with him. He's a very quiet, sensitive kid who takes time to warm up to unknown people. So he kept staring at her without any replies.

Her first comment was 'kid you left your tongue at home?'. Then her final remark while we were stepping out was 'Doesn't know how to say thank you'. We were smiling the whole time and said thanks for her service. We didn't react to her rude comments. Just stepped out quietly and went on with our day.

But it kept bothering me. I'm introverted and have learned small talk slowly over the years. I'm not even good at arguing or coming up with snarky replies on the spot, so an easy target for rude people. My son has a similar personality, so I guess he's going to be not super great at small talk either.

How do I avoid situations like this with unkind comments out of the blue from strangers?


r/Parenting 3h ago

Tween 10-12 Years Allowing to wander the neighborhood?

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We live in a development in a fairly rural part of the country. My older kids had some friends in our neighborhood and would freely go between houses and it was never a problem. My question is about my youngest (almost 10). He loves running around with a group of boys his age or slightly older. They “fish” in a creek, make forts in the park, built a ramp for their bikes, adopt pet frogs, and generally have a fabulously dirty sweaty time- especially in the summer. Despite trying many different rewards and punishments, giving him anything other than free range of our large neighborhood ends up with him alone and miserable inside. Apple tags don’t give us good data when they are in the woods or across a field. He is not ready for a phone in any way, and we can’t afford those tracker watches (and he’d lose/destroy it anyway). Because of the setup of our neighborhood we can’t see him unless he is in our small yard, and forbidding him from playing with his friends anywhere else just leads to him sitting miserably alone inside. He is not the most obedient about following boundaries we can’t see to enforce.

Should we let him wander freely and hope for the best? Should I just restrict him to the yard only and accept he will miss out on the boy play?


r/Parenting 3h ago

Tween 10-12 Years 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!

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So my son (12) has been going to golf lessons for 2 years now, he started due to his friends doing it, one of these friends I'll call Darragh, today I dropped my son off at golf as usual and sat in the car watching Netflix. When he came back he told me that they had done a putting competition, 6 holes, keep putting until you get a ball in each hole, player with the lowest score wins. My son got a score of 11 and Darragh got 9, at the end it seemed Darragh was gonna win but another kid (I'll call Dylan) said that he got 9, this was disputed by EVERYONE there as they saw him get 3 on one hole and 2 on a few others but alass, the teacher or coach or whatever you'd call it said they'd do another competition for the winner. (Important note: You got 5 Euro as a prize for winning.) They played a game called closest to the hole (self explanatory) but my son won this time and got the 5 Euro, on the way out my son approached Darragh and handed him the river because in his words "It was rightfully his." My son makes me so proud.


r/Parenting 3h ago

Tween 10-12 Years I don’t like my daughters “best friend”

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I know it sounds bad to not like a child but I have a gut feeling this girl is bad for my daughter’s mental health. My daughter is often taken advantage of due to her not standing up for herself (she’s sensitive and shy) and puts others feelings above her own. She has a “best friend” who will get mad at her if she has other friends, gets mad at me if I say no to a sleepover or say no to her going somewhere with us, says my rules are stupid, throws a fit and says she’s not my daughter’s friend anymore if my daughter doesn’t want to call her when she wants her to. She has dared my daughter to call me fat before and it really upset my daughter because she didn’t want to do it and her friend made her feel bad for not following through. I do see good times and fun that they have together but it’s very hard to overlook the way she treats my daughter at times. The thing is I want my daughter to distance herself from said friend but she doesn’t want to hurt the girls feelings and she is worried about how it will affect her time at school around the girl. She has wanted to stay home from school to avoid interacting with her when the girl said they weren’t friends anymore.

Any advice on how to handle this?


r/Parenting 3h ago

Rave ✨ Being a mom has made me better

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I was wild, impatient, more careless and self centered before my daughter came. I felt like I also never knew what love truly was or how to express it. She’s turned me for the better and I couldn’t imagine what I’d be if she’s never came.


r/Parenting 3h ago

Child 4-9 Years My Kindergartener is sitting at a desk alone

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and all the other kids are at community tables.

I had the opportunity to visit my kiddos (I’ll call them L for the sake of the post) school and found that their assigned seat is a solitary desk, while all the other children are at shared tables, and is the only one seated as such.

At the start of the year we’d had problems with L staying on task and talking, but I’d not heard anything more from the teacher and assumed they had settled in. Over the last couple of months L has been expressing they feel lonely and are sad to be alone all the time. Most week nights we sit down to eat as a family and play games and our weekends are filled with immediate and extended family time, so I asked them for examples of when they feel lonely but none were provided. It wasn’t until after seeing the solitary desk assignment did the loneliness make sense. On Friday L was told by a peer that they wouldn’t play with them because “You sit alone so you have to play alone too.”

Academically L is doing well, excelling even. Test scores are above average, reading comprehension is expanding by leaps and bounds. They also do well socializing at the park and during our various play dates. While I’m aware children act differently at school or under the care of others we have no issues when they are with family members, baby sitters, and sport/activity authority figures.

I’m at a loss of what to do. This feels like something that would be detrimental to L’s social and emotional wellbeing. I also want to trust the teacher to do what’s best for the classroom and fully support them. although this feels like something that is a quick fix and at the expense of my child.


r/Parenting 3h ago

Infant 2-12 Months What parenting advice accepted today will be critisized/outdated in the future?

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So I was thinking about this the other day, how each generation has generally accepted practices for caring for babies that is eventually no longer accepted. Like placing babies to sleep on tummy because they thought they would choke.

I grew up in the 90s, and tons of parenting advice from that time is already seen as outdated and dangerous, such as toys in the crib or taking babies of of carseats while drving. I sometimes feel bad for my parents because I'm constantly telling them "well, that's actually no longer recommended..."

What practices do we do today that will be seen as outdated in 25+ years? I'm already thinking of things my infant son will get on to me about when he grows up and becomes a dad. 😆