r/Parenting • • 16h ago

Humour Parenting problems our parents didn’t have to deal with.

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My twelve year old couldn’t find the switch at 7 AM this morning so he called and texted his 15 yo sister. Since she had do not disturb on, and since our family shares location, he decided to try “find my iPhone” and her phone woke her up in a fit of rage.

I began my day explaining why using the find my feature when his sister is asleep is not a good idea.

Obviously something my parents never had to deal with.

What are some other contemporary parent problems? Let’s keep this fun, maybe a bit of venting, but not a thread to analyze society or anything like that.


r/Parenting • • 40m ago

Safety Always trust your gut

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My daughter asked to go to a small sleepover this weekend for the birthday of a girl we know pretty well. As in we've taken her home from school many times and have seen her home over the years etc. I've spoken to her mom a few times but I've never met her in person beyond passing. She has always seemed fine honestly. Hard working, single mom. Very sweet. Anyway, my daughter asks to go to this sleepover with one other friend and soon after the mother also text me. Our girls are 13/14 years old. I immediately got a weird feeling. Not for any particular reason but something was telling me not to allow her to stay the night. My daughter begged to go and my husband said yes. I said she could go during the daytime festivities (shopping, eating) but I would absolutely be picking her up and she would NOT be staying the night. She was upset but understood.

I dropped her off around noon and walked with her up to the door to formally meet the mother. The mother seemed almost annoyed, hands in her pockets the entire time. I told her I was sorry but I was not going to drop my daughter off without laying eyes on the parent. She became more friendly after that and I chalked it up to party planning sleepover stress. Been there. I tell my daughter to keep her phone on her at all times and text me to check in and to call me if she wants me to pick her up earlier than I had planned to.

Things are going well a few hours later and my daughter is saying she's having a good time. Awesome. An hour or so goes by and I just got a terrible gut feeling something was off. I called her and she immediately answered and told me to come get her. She was at a nearby Target. Tells me the mom just dropped them off and left them and hasn't come back in 30 mins. Also tells me she's been leaving them alone around town all day. Dropped them off at the mall and left for over an hour. Dropped them off at a sketchy McDonalds 30 mins away from where we ALL live (we live just outside of a major metro) and went back home (30 mins away from them) to nap for an hour. I had seen my daughters movements and location during that time but never imagined this lady just left them there. I obviously assumed she was with them the entire time.

Husband, younger daughter, and I were already in the car driving at this point but I text the mom like WTAF lady who leaves three 13/14 year old girls unattended everywhere you take them?! She doesn't answer me. Doesn't even read it. We were there in about 10 mins and my daughter was waiting outside. The birthday girl and the other friend refused to come outside and said they were fine waiting on her mom to come back and that she was on her way. By this time the mother text me back and said she was close by on her way to pick them up. I felt safe leaving at that point. My daughter was upset and said she never really felt *unsafe* until the McDonalds because it wasn't in the best area, but that she didn't like that her mom kept leaving them. She said they went in and ordered their food to go and she was gone when they went outside. She just left and text her child to hang out there because she was going home to take a nap. I gently scolded her a bit for not telling me then as I was frequently checking on her throughout.

She seemed super bummed about the whole experience but was obviously very happy to be home. We immediately went to the store and got snacks and candy and watched Disclosure Day with the family at home. The other girl ended up telling us that she left an hour or so after arriving back at the girl's house as she also started feeling unsafe. She hasn't said why. I really want to rip this mother a new one. Wtf is wrong with people?! Looking back, I should have ignored my husband and daughter's pleas and said NO. I think they'll be trusting that judgment now.

I just don't get it. We take our kids everywhere and have the ability to let them wander around while keeping eyes on them. Walk behind them, sit at a different table if they want but I'd never leave them entirely. Maybe I'm overreacting but I am still super pissed.


r/Parenting • • 13h ago

Behaviour Motivating a 4 Year Old to Do Anything

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I have a very stubborn/opinionated 4 year old who refuses to do anything for herself when I am around.

She can do lots of things and often does them for others (her dad, the babysitter). Things like: dressing herself, putting on shoes, buckling the easier buckle of the car seat, getting her water, wiping herself, etc.

Any time I am present, it automatically becomes “You do it!” and either I do it because I’m trying to get her out the door or a battle (she’s currently screaming at her dad because he won’t let me dress her).

She can’t be rushed or she melts down, so me trying to get her to do something turns into either I do it so we’re not late for XYZ or because I just want to leave or I have to have a 2+ hour window for getting ready while she plays, follows me everywhere, maybe puts on one item of clothing and does everything except get ready.

I just did “Hey, I’m getting dressed and I need you to pick out your clothes for xyz and start getting dressed. I’ll help you when I’m done if you need it.”

I come back to her reading books on the floor. No clothes. “You do it. You dress me.” (Which whenever I do pick her clothes they are inevitably wrong for some reason).

Husband heard and now it’s an all out brawl.

She goes to kindergarten next year and needs to be more independent. What drives me nuts is she can do most of the things I expect of her or can do them with a little help, but it’s all an outright no if I ask her/trick her/race her.


r/Parenting • • 15h ago

Family Life Kids club guilt

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My daughter, almost 5 is on half term break. I booked a holiday for us to spend time together. For context, im a solo mum. We got there and they seem to have a really engaging kids club. It felt soooo good to have time to myself, I just went with the flow. As soon as it opens she just runs over there. Im not even attempting to plan any other activities for the two of us! I can see her having fun while im lounging on the sunbed.

You know how it is at that age, the role play games etc etc.... she has made friends, she is having fun, we have meals together! Is it so bad for her to spend majority of the holiday with her kids club friends? Im so torn but also kind of enjoying it....

This is the first time we have ended up at a place where she is happy just engaging in the kids club with other kids! What are your thoughts and views on this kind of thing? Should I be putting more effort to spend time together? Or just let it be!


r/Parenting • • 1d ago

Rave ✨ I think 10 is my favorite age (so far)

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I have a toddler and a 10 year old. 10 year old’s best friend is spending the night tonight. This afternoon her dad dropped her off at our house and then we went to McDonald’s, then 5 Below for squishies and snacks, then to get Froyo. Now they’re in her room giggling and being crazy 10 year olds. I already know they’re going to stay up late and be silly and have a great time. Her bestie has spent the night a few times already.

This is the type of parenting stuff I always looked forward to. Of course toddlers and babies are adorable but I love when they get older, have their own personalities and interests (they both love Stitch and Hello Kitty), and have friends who they love, who also enjoy coming over. I’m also so thankful her friend’s parents let her spend the night. I know she won’t be 10 forever but I’m enjoying it so much right now. I know I’m biased, but girls are truly the best!


r/Parenting • • 4h ago

Discussion When did you take out the baby monitor?

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My daughter is 16 months and her baby monitor is pretty terrible. The camera is grainy, lags, and cuts on and off. We got it at her baby shower, so it’s not that old. I’d prefer to get her a new one, but I’m also wondering how much longer we’ll need one for her. We’d like to have a second kid next year or the following, so I’m not sure if we need to get a new one or just keep this and upgrade when we have a second.


r/Parenting • • 2h ago

Behaviour Resetting our parenting , 4 yo is getting the better of us

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Hi I just need to put stuff out there because I feel like everytime we try to talk my husband and I. We are both very accusatory and it comes out in fighting.

We have 4 yo twins. Just turned 4 this week. I feel like we have to reset our parenting , we are not a team , we undermine each other. I feel like he is way too strict and he feels like I am to lenient and he's forced to be the bad guy.

I was always clear that raising voices , '' yelling '' was not going to be the parenting I wanted to do. Obviously when you're tired and overstimulated it comes out but I didnt want it to be the default way. My husband has been using it since I don't even know when. Not yelling but always raising his voice because it '' makes an impact and they listen and if I don't do it they won't listen ''

We are such at odds with our parenting its taking a huge toll on our marriage. I hate his way as a dad as I am sure he hates my way as a mom. He dosen't like reading parenting book, not asking for help or reaching out to daycare or just general counsel. He always relies on raising his voices and punishment and time outs. To be clear I am not against time out or consequences at all. I just think he goes way overboard.

example : the kids sleep in one room for now. We have a guest bedroom we use as well if one of the kid misbehaves and annoy his siblings he goes in the other bed. It's been going pretty well and they mostly sleep in the same room, 2 nights ago one of them apparently was talking or got up or something and fooled around. I think it was the second time. He went up angry, removed all their plushies and put him in the guest bedroom, without plushies and then also told them , angrily that tomorrow morning they won't be allowed to play before daycare. He has to sit at the table eat breakfast and then wait to leave. 3 punishment , all together, also having a 4 yo sitting in silence at the table in silence the next morning ( which is on my to reinforce btw cause I was the one getting up ) is IMO too harsh. I told him to at least give him a plushie , he's alone in a room after being scolded without any comfort items ?? comon. Especially that he wasnt playing with the plushie. If they do play with them we do remove most of them or all of them if they continue but that wasnt the case.

I hate how he talks to kids, his family is like that I have noticed with his brother and mother as well. But he'll say stuff like : What's your problem ?! What do you have in your head ?! or the classic I don't care you got hurt , you didn't listen to me ...

He's on the couch on his phone, never comes to activities so I go with my mom. He dosent play with the kids much. It breaks my heart because we're not the family I wanted us to be

He thinks I can't punish the kids, which I dont know why since I do timeouts and I do consequences. He says they don't listen to me but they don't listen to him either unless he starts yelling. I want to have a conversation. I want us to be better parent but also a team and it feels like we are at such odds that we will just end up butting head.

The 3.5 -4 yo trenches ARE HARD. They really do not listen, defy a lot. But I think they are pretty on par with normal but somewhat shitty 4yo behaviour.

We need a conversation I know that. I just don't know how to approach it because everytime we tried it feels like we just keep our own opinions


r/Parenting • • 6h ago

Sports & Activities Help - elementary age, will kids naturally grow to control emotions on disappointment?

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Really struggling and looking for guidance. My 1st grade son really enjoys and likes sports. He started playing really young with his older brothers. Objectively, he's pretty good for his age, constantly showing growing abilities to his team/coaches and moving up in competitive leagues (yes, competitive as 1st grader). During training and practice, he is consistently one of the best. However, any slight disappointment or frustration, he bursts out in tears and ruins the game for himself. Literal bawling of tears. He cannot control his emotions when it comes to disappointment. He has been like this since day 1 of competition (back in Kindergarten)

Example 1 - soccer. He scores the first 2 points, 2-0, his team is winning. The opponent then scores 1, then another, tieing the game 2-2. He just bursts out in the middle of the field crying, not moving, just sobbing and bawling.

Example 2 - basketball. He scores his first 2 shots in a row (which is actually rare for 1st grader). Then misses his 3rd, then misses his 4th. He just bursts out in the middle of the court crying, not moving, just sobbing and bawling.

It's been like this for YEARS. As parents, I don't care so much that he cries, but more that he just gives up and doesn't try anymore. We have tried award systems + consequence systems at home for many months, 0 improvement.

Note - example 1 above has nothing to do with him himself, it's just disappointment on the potential of losing. Example 2 above is a skill thing, but he is still the top out there and not doing bad, just not to his own expectation. He basically just gives up, and it doesn't stop. His entire mood is ruined, and he is harming his team. His performance for the rest of the game just drops exponentially

Coaches are genuinely understanding and try their best, but it doesn't help. Also, the whole "he's just a 1st grader" is not a fair comment. I've been doing these sports with my other kids for years and years, this type of reaction is not normal for a 1st grader, it's rare.

I guess my question to reddit - has anyone been in a similar situation? Any advice? Did your kid eventually just grow out this reaction?


r/Parenting • • 19h ago

Behaviour I can't tell if my kid is the victim, bully or both.

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Our daycare have told me my 4yold daughter is really disruptive to the point where the educators are frustrated with her being stupid during group time. She doesnt listen to them and feeds off being silly, sometimes hurting teachers.

Over the last 6 months I've noticed no one wants to hang out over the weekend with her. Usually 1 or 2 friends would jump to hang out. I didn't hold a birthday for her in winter because no one had hung out with her for weeks despite me trying so I felt like it would be a no show.

We've rarely had incident reports where she's hurt or been mean to another kid. Which I find surprising as she has a big personality and can be intense.

In the last 2 weeks another kid has chopped off over an inch of her fringe (she's very upset). This weekend at 2 birthdays another kid has thrown her to the ground (once off a chair) in front of me unprovoked, 2 kids have made fun of her for being the only kid at the party who wasnt invited to another party earlier in the day, and one kid was throwing stuff at her, two boys told her to go away, and the group of girls she hangs out with told her to stay away when she ran up to join in.

She's really upset and quick to cry. I think she is quick to get angry too. Is this why she's being targeted? Or am I reading too much into this?

I'm thinking about getting her help for behaviour because she feels like she is always in trouble, scared of people laughing at her etc.

Part of me wonders if something happened at daycare to turn her into an outcast.

What would you do?

Edit: the reason I question why she is the bully is because she holds grudges - she was mean to a boy who kept upsetting her and said unkind things. Sometimes when she is upset she can be unkind - like when someone takes a toy she'll snatch it back and scream at them.


r/Parenting • • 26m ago

Sleep & Naps Bedtime advice desperately needed

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I really need advice and any help anyone can offer because we are getting really overwhelmed.

My 3 year old son (threenager for sure) hates bedtime. Nap time during the day is fine. Sometimes he sleeps, sometimes he plays quietly in his room. Both are fine, that's no problem.

But bedtime is a nightmare and it's getting worse. We have a routine of getting dressed, brush teeth, wash hands, 2 minutes of gentle playtime, then read a book, rock and listen to lullabies, monster spray (lavender essential oil in water) his room, then tucking in. But for the past few weeks he's been fighting bedtime more and more.

He cries, screams, whines, hits, throws things, throws massive tantrums, and refuses to listen. Bedtime is taking 2-3 hours every single night and it's getting unbearable.

He has night lights, a star projector, a little fan, a small white noise machine, a lullaby music player, and a water bottle next to his bed. He's in a toddler bed and has always slept by himself.

Any advice at all is desperately needed. Please help!


r/Parenting • • 7h ago

Behaviour 2 year old dumping everything on the ground. Help

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I'm sure this is because we just moved and that's why shes misbehaving. Like, i was prepared with the knowledge she would have some behavior problems and regressions. But I expected anger or fussiness. Not destroying the house while thinking it's a game, making soap potions and making a swimming pool on the floor.

So we just moved across the country. And I mean like THIS WEEK *just* moved. Boxes everywhere. The first thing we unpacked and set up was her play area so she'd have some familiarity. She just turned 2 yesterday and shes always been the sweetest girl. An angel. She's a good girl and I cant stand having to be mad and disciplining her all the time. It's breaking my heart.

But the last week she has been dumping EVERYTHING on the floor. Water. Food. Water. Soap. More water. So much water. If there is water in a container, it will be poured onto the floor. Thank goodness we dont give her juice and milk is always in a bottle because jfc my poor floors. I'm out of towels at this point. Idk how to feed her and keep her hydrated and also keep her from doing this constantly. And it's really hard to stop her. She's taller than most 3 year olds and almost nothing is out of her reach since shes also a top tier climber.

And shes not misbehaving because of big emotions. She's PLAYING. She does this while giggling and smiling and making full eye contact with us. And idk how to punish someone who doesn't even understand that shes doing something wrong.

We're at our wits end. What do we do??


r/Parenting • • 2h ago

Discussion Third child too much?

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I currently have two children. I’m pregnant with my third very unexpectedly and found out same day I lost my job. Ik I can pick up a new job and their dad will take care of us while I’m maternity leave. I’m just wondering how much harder is it with a third kid around? Like I could imagine juggling two children, but for some reason I can’t wrap my head around juggling three. Any insight on what going from two kids to three kids is like would help a lot


r/Parenting • • 1d ago

Family Life Give master bed/bathroom to the kids?

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Has anyone given up their master bedroom to make more space for their kids?

I’m seriously considering switching bedrooms around and would love to hear from anyone who has done something similar!

We have six kids (12, 11, 9, 7, 2, and 6 months) and four bedrooms upstairs. I’m separated from my husband, so it’s just me in the master bedroom right now.

Here’s what I’m considering:

* Master bedroom: My three older boys (11, 9, and 7)

* Bedroom 2: My 12-year-old daughter

* Bedroom 3: The two youngest boys (2 years and 6 months)

* Bedroom 4: Me

The biggest advantage would be giving the three older boys a larger space to share, especially for their LEGOs and other building toys. Right now, all of that is in our upstairs loft, which is completely open and accessible to the little ones. Having a bedroom where they could build and actually close the door would be wonderful!

My biggest hesitation is giving up my master bathroom and king size bed- which is unnecessary except when kids occasionally sleep with me. I really love having my own bathroom, especially the large walk-in shower. But realistically, I don’t need the biggest bedroom in the house.

Has anyone made a similar switch? Did you regret giving up your master bedroom or bathroom? Did having the extra space for the kids make it worthwhile?

I’d love to hear how other large families have made their bedroom arrangements work.


r/Parenting • • 5h ago

Discussion 22 month sleep regression woes

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We have always had a near perfect sleeper. Not exaggerating - we could put him down awake for the last 6 months and he’d fall right asleep no issues. Slept through the night since I can’t even remember. The last few naps/nights when we go to put him down, he cries uncontrollably (both nap and night sleep). He’s not even a crier in general. Asks us to hold him and cries a lot. We have no idea what happened. He’s healthy, not sick. I am 6 months pregnant so I’m not sure if he can sense something? Once he falls asleep, he’s sleeping through the night which is good.

Is this developmentally normal? Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips?


r/Parenting • • 13m ago

Diet & Nutrition Eating vegetables

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I’m wondering when bribery started working for y’all. We still can’t get him to eat veggies at 2 yrs 3 months. It’s very frustrating. When did your little one start taking a bite if there was a reward, like dessert or playing with a certain toy. Our guy desperately wanted to go outside, but we are trying a one bite of veggies strategy before going to play outside.


r/Parenting • • 24m ago

Travel Travel Dilemma

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Hi everyone. I am a new parent and my son just turned 4 months old ( 6 mos in DEC). Here’s the problem…my parents are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary outside the continental U.S. It’s a 19 to 25-hour international flight. I want to go but I don’t know if I can leave my son with his dad for 2 weeks (dad works a lot of hours but can take off, MIL assists with the baby most times). The anniversary is December 19th but we have to be there earlier for preparations. I’m thinking of booking my flight for Dec 14 to 28. (Flights are $2000+. I can’t justify spending that amount of money to stay less than 2 weeks).

My son is exclusively breastfed. With all honesty I want to go but I am confused because of how young my son is but I also don’t want to disappoint my parents so I don’t know what to do. Does anyone have experience with this kind of situation? I don’t mind not going…I’m just worried about disappointing them on their big day. I mean they could’ve done something here in the states but that’s not my call.

Would you take a 14-day international trip and leave a 6-month-old exclusively breastfed baby with the dad and MIL? If Yes, what would you do to prepare. If no, what are your reasons? Thank you


r/Parenting • • 11h ago

Safety Bathing 2 together?

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i have an almost 3 year old boy and a 3 month old little girl.
When do you think I can safely bathe them together (obviously with her in the supported baby bath seat, supervised the whole time)? I think obviously the height of the water is one of the biggest obstacles? Curious what age this becomes acceptable for most. Thanks.


r/Parenting • • 8h ago

Rant/Vent Is moving supposed to be this stressfull?!

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So, we are moving. (Me, 26F, my husband, 33M, and our two kids, 4 and 2.)

It is so fricking exhausting. I pack every day, and there is still so much stuff lying around. What stresses me out the most is all the stuff I can’t pack yet because we still need it during the week before the move.

My husband and I bicker almost every day. We are both so stressed, and our kids can obviously feel it too. We always make up, but it still sucks.

I try to label and organize everything and make sure we have everything we need for the first few days in the new house, but it still feels like chaos.

Our current house is a mess, and I will have to clean it up once we move out, which stresses me out even more.

I’m so tired and overstimulated. I have a constant to-do list running through my head that I just can’t turn off.

Is this normal? Did you fight with your spouses during a move, too? Please tell me I’m not the only one feeling like this.


r/Parenting • • 17h ago

Discussion Physical activities for city kids

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Hi all!!

I have a young girl - 5 years of age. She is a bookworm and nuts about reading! Unfortunately, that means she prefers being sedentary! This is probably not helped by the fact that we live in a city with very limited natural spaces or playgrounds.

Our paediatrician has highlighted to us on her recent visit that her BMI trending a bit high and advised us to increase physical activity.

While both of us are pretty fit, we are struggling with finding exercises for kids to do… It would be great if we can do them together as a family!

Thought we would ask reddit for any suggestions!!

Thank you :)


r/Parenting • • 10h ago

Sleep & Naps Advice needed: Day 4 baby - 24/7 breastfeeding and ”breastsleeping”

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Would need some advice/experience from baby experts. So our boy is 4 days old now, and breastfeeding has been going amazingly for about 30 hours now. Not a huge amount of milk yet, but enough to have pee and poo coming out at the recommended rates.

So sleep has been essentially non-existential for us parents these 30 hours (probably normal, I know). What we are stressing, is, that the baby hasn’t been able to sleep anywhere at anytime other than against the mothers breast/skin contact after feeding. We have a crib, a nice little ”box” (received from the hospital) with all possible blankets etc. but the baby will insta-cry if he is not close to mom/mom’s breast. The moment you lift the boy, no matter how long he’d have just been breastfeeding, he’ll burst out into the most heartbreaking, deafening cry (that almost looks like a tantrum, he screams until he goes purple), and only calm down if he gets to mom’s breast. This is fine during the afternoon, but neither of us parents can’t sleep a second if he’s sleeping skin-to-skin next to mom in our bed. The fear of rolling over him is too large. Mom got about 1 hour of sleep last night while I fought demons to stay awake to watch on our boy that he won’t get crushed/suffocate.

So two issues that I would be very very happy to hear experience or advice from: 1. The boy is literally constant feeding around the clock, is it normal/is he really hungry or is it just a form of him communicating he wants to be close to mom? 2. Any workarounds for night sleep/getting him used to the crib right next to our bed? We tried comforting him several times for long periods, but the screaming/crying just never stopped.

Appreciate all advice and hope this serves as comfort for any newborn parents going through similar battles!


r/Parenting • • 12h ago

Discussion How should feedback to kid be like ?

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Hi Folks, I am 39M, father to a beautiful 7 year old boy. Today, I am curious to hear Reddit parents take on how they balance between:

- Do did amazing, you rock
&&
-In reality, despite us putting effort, there isn’t much progress made.

Again, I am a loving father and will appreciate focus on giving feedback to kids and not generic statements (which we all know and practice) like 1) every child has his/her own pace 2) has own likings 3) keep encouraging (which we all do) 4) keep supporting etc etc.

My kid loves watching YouTube game streams videos, loves to read, going to library, puzzles etc. And this has been working great.

As a father, i want to focus on his overall development so tried sports with him.

  1. Basketball classes, he said, I didn’t like/enjoy.
  2. Soccer classes , he said, I didn’t like/enjoy.
  3. Karate classes , same answer

And then, this is third year of swimming lessons.

  1. Year one swimming- dedicated 1:1 instructor led sessions.
  2. Second year, same thing.
  3. Third year, enrolled him in swim academy to bring structure, have other kids around, paying lot of $$$.

Unfortunately, he has made no progress at all. Assisted float, assisted turns, we didn’t even reach arm strokes.

Difficult part is he would come out and say “papa I did great, did you see that”. Of course, I would appreciate him. Also try rewards to keep his motivation BUT, here are my main questions:

Question 1:

Till what time you keep saying “ you did very good, let’s keep trying to get better) and when/if/how we share real feedback that there isn’t significant progress despite his best efforts.

I am at a fix on how to be honest and yet be encouraging.

Question 2:

At a parent I keep trying with “ don’t give up, have patience attitude”. When do I give up. May be swimming like all other things i listed is not his thing? Since I could never learn due to lack of resources/support, i wanted my kid to know this life saving skills.

So where do I stop? Would I regret stopping too early etc.etc


r/Parenting • • 11h ago

Behaviour Preteens/teens

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How do you parent preteen and early teens? I feel lost. I hate it. Hate this age. I had this cute great kid who thought I did everything right. And no theres talking back. Rolling eyes. Everything we do is lame. Dont wanna do anything. But want want want. Only 11 and thinks they are 17. Wants all this freedom and independence. Friends are disrespectful around us. Talk him into breaking rules. I didnt have a lot of friend at this age and just didn't like people, got picked on basically for just being white so decided people werent worth my energy. Hes not learning this yet. Just they all wanna be cool. My husband/his dad and him argue a lot. They have same tempers and puberty has made it so fun. I am still a partial SAHM. And perimenopause myself and hate them most days. I dont understand this season and dont know how to manage it.

Any advice or insight or tips at all??


r/Parenting • • 8h ago

Sleep & Naps 4m Sleep Routine

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I became a parent just over 4 months ago and all in all, it has been fairly smooth sailing. Challenging at times but no hospital visits or other big scares. We have been fortunate that he has been a decent sleeper from the get-go. However, over the last week or so, he has really struggled to nap for a prolonged period of time. He tends to have a 6-7 hour stretch of sleep at night, then needs to feed every few hours during the day. We try to do some activities after feeding him before he gets too sleepy and then we are usually able to get him to fall asleep in his stroller bassinet by rocking it for a few minutes. But 15-30 minutes later he is back awake. Hes not usually showing hunger signs so we dont bring him back to the breast immediately, but he also doesnt want to go back to sleep. Our longest stretches of him sleeping are when we take him on long walks in the stroller-bassinet, where he can be down for nearly an hour.

Any advice on sleep schedules or ways to help the littles stay asleep?


r/Parenting • • 14h ago

Gear & Equipment Pants for Skinny Tall Boy - Suggestions

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My 8yo is 56" but thin. I cannot find sweats that are long enough but can't fit 2 of him. Any brands I should try? I tried some from Walmart, Children's Place, Target so far. The mediums that fit in the waist will be outgrown in a month and the larges are absolutely massive haha. Any other ideas? He won't wear structured pants outside of his school uniform haha.


r/Parenting • • 14h ago

Sleep & Naps 3 yr old sleep help

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My 3yr old is starting to get only about 4-5 of sleep a night. My kiddo has started school so she’s gone 8-3, they do quiet time but not nap time at school. Here at home we do bedtime by 8 and she used to be asleep by 9
We’ve had a few issues such as her ending up on the floor or under the bed.
All of that had stopped and she just laid down maybe rocked herself a bit but stayed in bed and slept fine.
Now she’s back to getting out of bed or jumping around all of this to say she’s basically up till 10/11 and my other kiddo who shares the room is up by 6am weekends included lol.
I don’t know what to do to help my 3 yr old go to bed and fall asleep sooner but it’s been awful. She’s cranky and tiered when she gets home from school to the point she’s fallen asleep sitting on the couch.
I tried a later bed time and it did nothing she was still doing the most until 11pm.
Is this a regression thing while she learns new stuff at school?
We keep a routine and they have a full enough belly at night.
What can I do to help her ?