This happened again. I pick up my 9yo on Sunday and apparently she's now not allowed to eat anything with food coloring bc his ex's new husband is "holistic" or whatever. So no Gatorade, no fruit snacks, basically nothing fun. Now my son is asking me to follow the same rules at my house. I'm not ag...

Anyone else struggling with this setup? I'm in a 2BR apartment in Austin and my daughter's daycare has been closed for 2 weeks due to flooding. I work in tech (SaaS sales), so I'm on calls most of the day. My wife works 9-5 at a law firm downtown. This morning I had to mute myself THREE times durin...

- No nuts (school restriction) - No chocolate (melts in backpack) - Can't be too messy - Has to actually appeal to a 6-year-old I keep defaulting to granola bars and cheese but I feel like I'm in a rut. What am I missing?

So my ex keeps texting me like 30 mins before my custody swap on Fridays saying she needs to swap days or wants to pick up my 7yo early. It's messing with my work schedule and honestly my sanity. I've tried being flexible but now she's treating it like I'm just always available? How do you guys hand...

Quick question. Started noticing he's deleting his search history regularly and closing tabs super fast when I walk by. He's at that age where I expect some privacy seeking but I'm trying to figure out if this is normal pre-teen behavior or if something's off. Haven't confronted him about it yet bec...

Been hunting for the rare variants for like two years and just scored the last one I needed at a decent price. Got the whole complete run displayed on the shelves in my office now and it looks sick. Kids have no idea why action figures are worth this much but hey they don't have to pay for it. Alrea...

First kid on the way and trying to figure out how much we should actually plan to spend. We've got the big stuff covered (crib, car seat, stroller) but there's so many smaller things. Clothes he'll outgrow in 2 months, diapers, wipes, creams, white noise machines, blackout curtains... at what point ...

We've been arguing about this for months. I need like 2-3 hours a week where I'm just alone - not at work, not with kids, not even watching TV with her. I go to a coffee shop or for a drive and just decompress. She thinks this means I don't want to be around her and the kids and we're not a team. Bu...

Drove down to Carlsbad with my two (ages 7 and 10) last weekend. They talked about it non-stop. Expensive? Absolutely. But watching them both win a Ninjago trophy at the building competition and seeing them actually smile without looking at a screen... ngl that's the stuff that makes the 50/50 custo...

My son (9) wants to do competitive robotics instead of baseball or soccer like the other dads' kids talk about. Which is GREAT, I'm genuinely excited about it, but also now I'm the guy who doesn't know anything about his kid's extracurricular lol. Had to watch YouTube videos just to understand what ...

My 10yo literally just wants to play Roblox all day. He's not social about it—just grinding on whatever game. I've tried to set limits but he gets absolutely furious. I'm worried he's using it to escape something but when I ask he just says he enjoys it. Is this normal 10yo behavior or should I be c...

I've been in tech sales for 8 years. Good money, solid benefits, but the hustle culture is real and it's eating me. I have a 5yo and 2yo. My wife asked yesterday if I'm "always going to be like this" (stressed, distracted, traveling). Thinking about pivoting to something more stable - maybe IT supp...

ngl I think the internet has made us all paranoid about screens. My kids watch shows, play games, use apps. They're also outside, reading, doing sports. Life is about balance. I get more stressed about limiting their time perfectly than they probably need. Anyone else feel like the screen time conve...

My wife and I have been doing better since I started working on my anger issues but jesus it's exhausting. I catch myself getting heated with the kids over things that don't matter and I have to physically remove myself. Go to the garage, count, breathe, whatever. Some days I do great. Some days I y...

I feel like everyone talks about the "newborn phase" but nobody defines when it ends. My daughter is 12 weeks and she's changed SO much already. When do they stop being a newborn and start being a baby or infant or whatever we're calling it?