So my ex has been picking up our kids (7 and 9) whenever she feels like it, completely ignoring the Wednesday/Friday schedule we agreed on. Last week she grabbed them on a Tuesday without asking, and I had already made dinner plans. Then she keeps them an extra day 'because they want to stay.' I'm n...

This is a genuine question. I have 47 individual socks and zero matching pairs. Where do they go? I don't understand the physics of it. My wife blames the laundry but I'm starting to think my kids are just eating them or something.

Small thing but we're no longer doing this 15 times a day ourselves. Progress.

My wife pumps because breastfeeding didn't work out for us (supply issues, pain, the whole thing). It's been a struggle but we're making it work. The issue is my wife's mom keeps making comments about how she should "try harder" to breastfeed, and meanwhile at work people are confused that I can fee...

Debating whether to spend money on Duolingo Plus for my 8yo or if I'm just kidding myself that he'll actually practice Spanish. He's been on the free version for 3 weeks and has done like 4 lessons total. Is this just another app I'll pay for and he'll ignore or do some of your kids actually stick w...

So my 12yo now has to use a Chromebook for basically everything at school. Then he says he needs the iPad for research. Then it's messaging his group project friends. Then it's 'just one game.' By the time evening hits, he's crushed his screen time limit and I don't even know if I was right to enfor...

My fishing gear is out of control. Got tackle boxes everywhere, rods in three different places, and I can never find the specific lures I need. This past weekend I spent 20 minutes looking for a chartreuse crankbait that I know I have. What systems do you all use? Modular boxes? Wall mounted? I'm op...

I've been trying to implement a "no screens after dinner" rule at our house and it's been surprisingly less painful than expected? My 9yo and 12yo actually hang out together without fighting now. We've started doing like board games or just talking about their day. It's only been 2 weeks so maybe I'...

So last Saturday my wife watched the kids for a few hours and I hit up my old CrossFit box that I used to go to 5 days a week. I walked in expecting to feel like I was back in my element but honestly it just felt strange? Like I didn't fit there anymore. All these guys talking about their meal prep ...

My 6yo is obsessed with the Khan Academy app and honestly I'm not complaining. He's been doing these little math lessons on his own and actually asking me questions about concepts instead of just zoning out to Bluey. Has anyone actually seen measurable progress with their kids using this? Or am I ju...

Got a gallon of exterior paint ready to go. My 5yo is INSISTING he gets to help. Before I let him go to town with a brush, are there specific paints that are non-toxic if kids eat it? (because let's be real, they will) Or should I just do a small section and let him paint cardboard nearby instead?

We've tried Pampers Swaddlers, Pampers Pure, Pampers Swaddlers Size 2, and literally three different rash creams and my daughter STILL gets diaper rash twice a week. Is anyone else experiencing this or are we just failing at the basics? We change her constantly, use wipes that say gentle, don't use ...

lol so my 7yo has discovered the shorts feature and now every time I pick him up from school he's like 'did you see that 30 second video about slimes???' I set it to a 30 min limit but he literally fills it with back-to-back 15-30 second videos and thinks he's being clever. Like sir you watched 60 v...

Not asking for sleep training advice or anything, just venting that our schedule has become 4am wake time, can't get back to sleep, so we're up for the day. This has been happening for 3 weeks straight. My wife is destroyed. I'm destroyed. Our lives now revolve around 4am. We've tried adjusting bedt...

We got rid of our WiFi password and made it physical. You have to go ask one of us to give you the password if you want to use WiFi (phone data is separate and they have limits on that too). Kids actually use it LESS now because having to ask creates friction. And here's the weird part - they talk t...