5 weeks old, sounds like a little piglet especially at night. Pediatrician said it's normal (still developing digestive system or whatever) but it's so weird. He's not in pain or anything, just... constantly making sounds. Does this eventually stop? It's kind of freaking me out.

This morning my 8yo left a note on my bedside table that said "I'm sorry I was mean to you yesterday. I love you dad." He drew like little hearts and everything. We had a minor conflict yesterday (he talked back about cleaning his room, whatever) but I thought it was done. Apparently he was still th...

We've been doing private school for our 2 kids (ages 8 and 10) but the tuition is killing us. Looking at switching to the public school in our district (Rockville, MD area). Anyone familiar with Maryland schools? How's the transition usually for mid-year switchers? Are we gonna screw them up academi...

I've been at my company 8 years and they're good people, but I've been battling pretty bad anxiety for the past 6 months and some days I call in because I just can't face the office. I haven't told anyone at work because I'm paranoid it'll hurt my promotion chances or they'll see me as unreliable. M...

My 11 year old came home saying some kids were making fun of him for praying before lunch. He didn't want to do it anymore because he felt embarrassed. I told him it's okay to be different but I'm struggling with how to help him stay strong in his faith without making him feel isolated. Any advice f...

So my wife and I worked out that I'd do remote 3 days/week to help with childcare costs, but our 4-year-old Mason doesn't understand why daddy is "home but can't play." Yesterday he literally climbed under my desk during a client presentation. I set up a little "office hours" for him (2-3pm) but the...

Both our parents want to come stay "to help" when baby arrives in 2 weeks. My wife's mom wants a week, my mom wants a week, my in-laws want a week. That's 3 weeks of people in our house. I love them but also... we need to figure out our own rhythm. How do you set boundaries on this stuff without cau...

Bought a used PC off Facebook Marketplace ($300) and set it up in the living room where I can see the screen. Used Windows Parental Controls to limit game time, set age restrictions, monitored browser history. He can game but it's all visible and time-boxed. Way better than him secretly being on my ...

Just dropped $150 on the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 for my 11yo and honestly? Totally worth it. He's been obsessed with it for a month straight. Way better than staring at a screen playing games. The app is pretty intuitive for beginners, and there are tons of YouTube tutorials. We built a robot that pushe...

After 3 weeks of our 2 month old refusing bottles, he finally took one today. My wife had to leave for a doctor's appointment and I genuinely thought I was going to have to give her formula or something but I just kept offering different bottles and temperatures and suddenly he just... did it? It'...

I have friends but none of them are dads yet and I feel like I can't relate to them anymore. They're still doing the whole 'let's party on weekends' thing and I'm exhausted just thinking about it. My wife has her mom groups but I don't really have equivalent. I love my kids but sometimes I feel like...

I see posts here about kids getting 30 mins a week and I'm like... what? My 8 and 11 year olds probably average an hour to two hours a day depending on the week. We use it strategically - educational games, coding apps, YouTube, some gaming. They still read, play outside, have friends, do sports. I ...

My 12yo son was supposed to be researching for a school project. I walked by and his screen went black real fast. Checked the browser history and he'd been on some site that was clearly trying to get him to download something (those popup ads everywhere). My heart is still racing. We had the talk ab...

I see a lot of posts about praying with the kids and going to church but I'm curious what your personal prayer life looks like. Do you pray every day? Morning and night? Just when you're in crisis? I feel like mine is pretty inconsistent and I want to get better at it but not sure where to even star...

Just got back from our mandatory mediation session about the custody adjustment we've been fighting over. Spent $800 for a mediator to basically say "try harder to communicate" while my ex sat there being unreasonable about holiday scheduling. Felt like paying money to be told the obvious. Has anyon...