So she watched some YouTube video about girls in STEM and now she's convinced she's gonna build bridges. I have absolutely no engineering knowledge and honestly have no idea how to encourage this without it becoming another abandoned interest in 2 weeks. She's 10 btw. Should I be looking for classes...

So I've been remote for 2 years and it's been great, but man... today my 4yo has strep and my 6yo apparently caught it. Wife is at work (her job doesn't allow WFH) and I have back-to-back client calls at 10am, 1pm, and 3pm. I'm sitting here at 9:45am trying to figure out how to look professional on ...

So I had the Talk with my 13yo about not sharing personal info, never meeting online friends in person without a parent, etc. He listened politely but I could tell he thought I was being paranoid. Then like two weeks later I was checking his account (I'm not sorry about this) and saw someone 20+ yea...

My wife asked if I could handle bedtime for the kids tonight (6yo, 3yo, and newborn) and I completely messed it up. The toddler had a meltdown, older kid wouldn't get in bed, baby was screaming, and by the end I just felt defeated. My wife had to come help and I could see the frustration on her face...

I see a lot of posts here about cutting screen time and limiting gaming and honestly I think we're being way too paranoid as a generation. My boys (10 and 14) play for like 2 hours after school most days and they're fine - good grades, active in sports, have friends. Video games actually helped my y...

This has been eating at me for weeks ngl. My son used to be excited about his weekends with me but lately he's been making excuses or just sitting on his phone the whole time. I asked him what's up and he said "your apartment is boring and I don't have my friends there." I get it - he's 12, he's g...

That's it. That's the post. He was watching me fix his toy and just went "You're really good at fixing things, dad." Made my whole week.

I see a lot of people on here talking about switching to private school or homeschooling and I get it, but I just gotta say our district is legitimately good. We're in Madison and honestly the teachers care, the kids are thriving academically, there's actual arts programs, sports, everything. I know...

Not the gas smiles, not the random twitches—actual genuine baby smiles that happened when we were talking to him. I know it sounds dumb but I literally felt something shift in my chest. My wife cried. We're so in love. Just wanted to share that somewhere because my coworkers were NOT interested in h...

Been playing soccer for the season and hasn't scored yet. Today he finally got one. I lost it. Probably embarrassed him in front of his whole team but I don't even care lol. Been a rough few months with work stress and divorce stuff, so seeing him happy and proud of himself just hit different today....

Looking to invest in a good pair of boots. Not the fashionable garbage that falls apart in a season, I'm talking real boots for real work. My old pair lasted 15 years before I finally had to retire them. I want something I can pass down or at least feel like I got my money's worth from. What are you...

I've been trying to make this work for 6 months and I'm losing it. My company let me go full remote after my second kid was born, which sounds amazing on paper. But my 3-year-old daughter doesn't understand why daddy is "right there" but can't play with her. She interrupts every single call, and my ...

My daughter is 8 weeks old and I'm struggling bad. Sleep deprivation is part of it, but it's more than that. I feel flat. Nothing is enjoyable—not even holding her sometimes, which makes me feel like a monster. My wife is dealing with her own stuff and I don't want to burden her. I haven't told anyo...

I've been defensive about my temper for years. My therapist gently suggested I look into some anger management classes and honestly I was resistant. But after I yelled at my 3yo for asking me a question the wrong way, I realized I'm the problem. There's a group that meets Tuesday nights at the commu...

My wife is exclusively pumping because feeding never clicked for us (no judgment intended but we just couldn't get there) and holy shit the time commitment. She's pumping 8 times a day, that's 8 times of setting up, cleaning, storing, tracking supply. It's taking over our lives. Meanwhile I feel use...