Title bump, 15% raise, but definitely more hours expected. My twins just turned 6 and are actually at fun ages now - they remember stuff I do with them, we can have conversations, etc. The money would be nice (school costs are coming up) but I'd probably go back to 50+ hour weeks from my current 42-...

So my 12yo plays Minecraft with a regular squad and I was worried about the whole "talking to strangers online" thing. But honestly? He's been playing with the same 4-5 kids for like 8 months. I've actually talked to the parents of a couple of them now and they're just... normal people. Their kids a...

Summer's coming and I want to get my kids more into biking. Looking for something with multiple difficulty levels in the Raleigh/Chapel Hill area. My oldest (10) is getting pretty good but the 6yo is still wobbly. Would be ideal if we could all do the same trail together even if at different paces. ...

So my son Marcus keeps begging to play Roblox like all his friends at school. I've read some scary stuff online about predators in games but I also don't want to be the dad who bans everything. Has anyone actually let their kids play it? What precautions did you set up? He's been pretty responsible ...

Built it 2 weeks ago with a 4070 Super and 5700X3D, should be crushing this game but I'm getting frame dips to 60fps on high settings. Already updated drivers and checked temps. CPU sits at 65C and GPU at 72C so thats not it. Any ideas before I lose my mind?

We did the Bear Mountain loop in CT last weekend (about 3.5 miles roundtrip) and I honestly thought it'd be a disaster. My 6yo can barely walk normally, let alone on trails. But we made it a whole thing - packed those fancy fruit leather snacks, brought the field guide to identify bugs, let them pic...

Quick question - we love baking but the cleanup destroys me. My 5 and 8yo are enthusiastic but MESSY. Flour everywhere, eggshells in the dough, sugar all over the counter. Is there a smarter way to do this or should I just accept that baking with kids = disaster? What do you guys do?

I let him play during the school year like 30 mins on weekends but now it's June and he literally wants to play 8 hours a day. Won't go to the park with me, blows off his friends IRL, just stares at his iPad. I set the app limit to 2 hours and he just asks me to override it constantly. It's turning ...

Okay so I thought YouTube Kids was supposed to be filtered but my 5yo somehow got to a video about a dentist pulling teeth and it was graphic as hell. She was genuinely scared. I've restricted her to a specific playlist now but honestly the app is kind of a mess. Does anyone just use regular YouTube...

I keep seeing posts here about how TikTok is rotting kids' brains but my 14yo has found communities around his actual interests (photography, skateboarding, environmental stuff) and the motivation he gets from seeing other kids his age doing cool things is genuinely cool. Yeah I check what he's watc...

My wife and I are constantly double-booking stuff or missing events because we don't have a single source of truth for what everyone's doing. She's got stuff in her Google calendar, I've got mine, kids have school stuff coming via email, sports signup is on a different app entirely. Heard Cozi ment...

Finally broke down and got the boys Game Pass (they're 11 and 13). Honestly it's been great - way cheaper than buying individual games and they've actually been playing more varied stuff instead of just Fortnite for 6 hours straight. The parental controls are solid too. If you're on the fence about ...

Tried making hot dogs over a campfire last weekend and they were burnt on the outside, cold in the middle, and my 9yo declared them "disgusting." What am I doing wrong? Do I need special equipment or am I just impatient with the heat?

Just realized that because of my work schedule (leaving at 7am, not home till 5:30pm) and my son's school pickup being at 6pm, I basically see him for 30 minutes before bed. He's cranky, I'm tired, it sucks. We do 8am weekends but that's not the same. Does pushing bedtime later help or am I just del...

We're looking for some easy-to-moderate bike trails in central PA that would work for 7-year-olds. Not looking for anything crazy, just something fun where they can actually ride instead of walk their bikes the whole time. We've done the Susquehanna Riverlands trail a couple times but open to explor...