I have so many of these stories I could tell but there is one that still infuriates me to this day. Many years ago I worked in a video rental store. In addition to renting DVDs and video games we also sold new copies at slightly inflated prices. In walks a mother with her son… Read More »

Has anyone else had their 7-year-old wear a bralette? I mean those single layer, no padding, short cami style bralettes. My 7YO isn’t developing (at least I don’t think she is) I couldn’t wrap my head around that happening at 7. But we were shopping and she wanted to try on some dresses for school… Read More »

Throwaway account. My son (13) has recently been showing some very lax hygiene, to the point it was concerning. His overall demeanor has not changed, still his happy-go-lucky self, but he has developed a habit of not cleaning himself properly after pooping. After many discussions, taking away electronics (wasn’t sure if he was just not… Read More »

My partners parents have been fairly absent from watching or visiting my daughter because we live a 30 min drive from them. His step dad works from home for himself so his hours are flexible and his mom doesn’t work. They have driven out to us a handful of times, my daughter is 9 months… Read More »

My whole family is low income and I still had a decent life growing up. Where I live, there are so many resources to help low income families. In addition to food stamps, we receive plenty of food from different non-profit orgs and charities to ensure we can have 3 meals a day. We also… Read More »

Hello, dad of 2 elementary school daughters here. They make friends pretty easily when they have classes or on the playground. We have a clique of close friends for them and us, but we’re open to new people of course. Last week a mom and I chatted after a summer class ended, and exchanged numbers… Read More »

Quick rundown of my personal situation: I have two daughters – 4 and 5.5 -, my partner works from home 90% of the time while I’m a support worker for a woman with late stage Multiple Sclerosis and we’re closing on a house after searching for about a year so we’re in the packing and… Read More »

Do you constantly remind them to keep up with their hygiene? Do you let natural consequences play out? I don’t want my daughter starting high school as the “stinky girl” so I’m constantly telling her to shower/put on deodorant/brush her teeth because I’m afraid she just won’t do it. I’m also afraid that I’m hindering… Read More »

My son is 3 and we’ve been sending him to daycare Monday to Friday since he turned one and I finished mat leave and went back to work full time. I do continental shifts with 12 hour days meaning I work 3 days one week and 4 days the next and rotate days to night.… Read More »

Let me preface this with a request: please refrain from telling me “you think you’re tired now!” Or “just wait; it gets worse.” Or “wait until they can x, y, and z.” Save it. I don’t need that right now. So my little guy started crawling a couple of weeks ago. He had been scooting… Read More »