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My oldest is 11. He's starting to notice stuff - asking questions about why people are mean to each other, asking about my job and money stuff, getting curious about body changes.
Got one for my newborn after my wife's aunt had an issue with her 2mo and honestly it gives us peace of mind. Real-time notifications, heart rate, oxygen levels. Yeah it costs like
Got it on sale for like $45. Never thought I'd be the dad playing music during yard time but honestly? Kids are outside more, I'm outside more, we're all in better moods. Had a imp
My 4yo will literally only watch dino content, wear dino clothes, read dino books. We went to the Natural History Museum in Chicago last weekend and I thought his brain might explo
My 13yo just casually told me about his day - like really told me about it - during the drive home. Genuine conversation, not one-word answers. I think something shifted this year.
Picked up a used little tikes climbing dome from Facebook Marketplace for $35. My kids have been outside for 3+ hours every day this week. THREE HOURS. Meanwhile I'm inside with co
My 7yo has gotten to the age where he actually laughs at my jokes now instead of groaning. Yesterday I hit him with "Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everythi
Kid is in 2nd grade, comes home with like an hour of homework every night. But then he's exhausted, doesn't want to do it, we end up in a battle. I feel like we're spending all eve
He's been waking up at 5am for the past month and coming into our room. We've tried everything - blackout curtains, a "wake up clock" thing, later bedtimes, earlier bedtimes. Nothi
Okay rant incoming. Between soccer, swim lessons, and piano I'm spending like $600/month on my two kids' activities. MONTHLY. And that's after I said no to robotics club. My wife a
I know everyone complains about their kids getting up at 5am but ngl I kind of love it? My 6yo wakes up early and we have like an hour before the chaos starts. We're just quiet tog
We went to this trail near Boulder that everyone said would be too hard for her age but I packed snacks, brought extra water, and didn't push it. Took it slow, let her stop wheneve
Why do they always ask during the ONE time I can't check my email? Now there's only "snack helper for field trip" left and everyone has already claimed the good stuff. My kid is go
It happened. I don't know how. I just offered him a choice between his dinosaur blanket or his bear blanket and he picked the bear, walked himself to his room, and went to sleep. M
So I'm considering volunteering to coach my 9yo's baseball team. Never played competitively myself but I know the basics and love the game. Is this actually a good idea or am I set
This might sound dumb but I'm genuinely excited. My son has been glued to screens for like a year and my wife and I were getting worried. Last month I bought him a beginner's rock
My oldest is 8 and I still feel like I'm winging it 90% of the time. Occasionally something goes right and I think "oh maybe I do know what I'm doing" and then the next day I forge
This kid has been a screen zombie for like 2 years. Two weeks ago my wife grabbed the Percy Jackson series off the shelf and just left it on the couch. He grabbed it out of boredom
We're leaving daycare, she's half asleep in the carseat, just goes "I love you Daddy" all drowsy and sweet. And my brain was somewhere else (thinking about work deadlines like an i
Sometimes my kid does something dumb and I just want to laugh instead of turning it into a learning experience. Like today my 5yo put an empty juice box on his head like a hat and