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Currently in software engineering (good money, flexible employer, burnout is real). Been thinking about transitioning to something lower-stress like t
Quick question - are the angled bottles actually better or is that marketing? We're combination feeding and I want to make sure we're not doing anythi
I live in Minnesota and my mood/anxiety gets noticeably worse November through February. It's March now and I'm already dreading next winter. Have fol
Got two kids, ages 7 and 11. Wife wants to limit it to 1 hour per day total but ngl that seems insane on weekends when we're trying to get stuff done
Idk why but I'm counting. Every pickup and dropoff smooth, no arguments, scheduling is easy, exes in civil mode. My therapist says this is what "healt
Do your kids actually groan at your jokes or do they just not laugh? Mine don't even acknowledge them anymore. Like I'll say something objectively hil
Looking for something where I can actually talk to other dads about the mental health side of parenting. Not really a "dad jokes and golf" group, more
This is embarrassing but my 8yo spilled juice and I literally yelled at him like he'd done something terrible. It wasn't even that much juice. He look
8yo starting 3rd grade and I'm weirdly stressed about it. Not about his adjustment—he's excited and outgoing. But I'm having these intrusive thoughts
We live in Seattle and paying $2,100/month for my 2-year-old to go to daycare 3 days a week. THREE DAYS. My wife makes more so it made sense for me to
So I'm still not 100% sure what happened here but I'm documenting it for future reference because this was the opposite of every horror story I heard.
Every Sunday when I pick up the boys (12 and 14) they're in the WORST moods. Sulky, short with me, don't want to do anything. I'm trying not to take i
My son woke up excited, ate his breakfast without complaint, didn't cry when we dropped him off. I was READY for tears and clinginess and we got zero
This is so dumb but our son will take a bottle fine from any of our 4 Tommee Tippee bottles EXCEPT the blue one. It's the exact same bottle. He just r
Spent like 3 hours yesterday chopping vegetables and cooking rice and chicken. Packed it all into containers. This week I've actually made myself lunc
No cap this is a game changer. We made the 'Omelette' episode muffins yesterday and my 5yo daughter helped measure everything. She ate them all in lik
Simple question from my 7yo yesterday: "Dad, why do you work so much? You're always tired." I gave her the usual answer about supporting the family a
Honest question: everyone here posts these perfect camping photos with their kids roasting marshmallows by a fire, but like... do your kids actually e
I've got Screen Time set up on my 13yo's iPhone but honestly I'm not sure if it's doing anything? Like I can see the time reports but she just asks me
I went to a dad support group at the library last Tuesday. Didn't say much, just listened, but I'm going back next week. Hearing other guys talk about