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How should a child respond to peers who ask about their adoption?
Our child has always known they are free to ask about the circumstances of their adoption and we have always given open, honest, age-appropriate answers.
However, this "free to talk" attitude may not have helped them deal with peers at school who…
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How do I introduce my sons biological father to my 4 year old when my fiancé has taken that role and is called daddy?
My sons biological father and I have been separated since my child's birth. He wasn't on the birth certificate and hasn't seen him. My fiancé has been in my sons life since he was 3 yrs old and has been a wonderful role model and is now called…
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What are some documented objections to the montessori methodology of education/parenting?
I married into a family that is incredibly steeped in Maria Montessori's methods and teachings to the point where my mother-in-law has taken extensive trainings and is considered one of the more highly trained Montessorians. For short, these are not…
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What to do when minor son is drawn into religious group?
I have a son from a previous relationship. He is 8 years old and lives with his mother. I am now married and have two other kids, and he is with us regularly about 20% of his time. I have shared custody.
He recently mentioned he has been visiting…
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How to address a child having a racist friend?
I have a son who is 10. He plays online games with a small group of other kids of very similar ages. I know who they are, and I know the parents, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that we are friends. I don't even have phone numbers for most of…
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Why use rice cereal as a first food?
Searches have come up with when and which one, but no why. Why is it recommended or common to feed infants rice cereal as their first food? Why would we feed our daughter a processed food over a natural alternative?
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Effective chore management system for large family
The main difference with this question to others like this is that I'm asking about something that works with older children (13-18).
We're a patchwork family (that never really posed any problems or challenges) consist of 2 parents and 5 children,…
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Boy defending himself from sister, or fight back?
I've read this question, but I don't think that is the solution for my situation.
My son is 6 years old, and has a 5 year old step sister. The sister is able to get under his skin very quickly - either being annoying, hitting him, or…
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Why would my 9-week-old refuse to nurse from breast?
My 9-week-old has recently started to refuse to nurse from the breast. She will only eat from the bottle (pumped breastmilk).
She has successfully breastfed since birth, she also uses the bottle rarely, just on the occasions when her mother is…
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How to explain that I don't got to church to my little cousin
First of all, I'm sorry if this is not directly a parenting question as I don't have children (yet) and it's about my little cousin. Please lead me in the right direction if you see the topic doesn't fit.
A little background:
I am a 26 year old male…
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How can I emphasize to my children the importance of developing social skills?
When I was a kid I was taught that hard work was all you needed to succeed in life financially. It was so drilled in my brain and "confirmed" by movies and several examples (see survivor's bias) that it was with me until I was nearly 40 years old.…
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When do you start increasing the amount of solids?
My 6 month old has a breastfeed in the morning then a break and has rice cereal. Most of the time she will have 2 tablespoons and finish this.
I give her a different food at lunch time after the breastfeed. She doesn't see to be interested. She…
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My 3-year-old daughter, who lives with my ex-wife, put me in time out in a dark room. Shall I be worried that she imitated what's being done to her?
Long story short married for 3 years, daughter is currently 3, divorced for 1 year.
This year, for Father's day, my ex-wife let me spend the whole day with my daughter, which I was over the moon delighted to do. This was the first time I was able to…
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Do diapers have any effect on the shape of legs?
we were advised by a friend to let my newborn daughter, sleep without any diaper at night, claiming it has a bad effect on the shape of her legs wearing them the whole time.
It seems plausible since with diapers she has to hold her legs apart all…
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Allowing freedom of choice to toddler/preschooler isn't working, what next?
I've read a lot about giving children the freedom to choose between acceptable choices, to make them feel like they have some control over things and hence reduce tantrums. And I was pretty convinced by its effectiveness.
Until my 3.5 years old…
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