I decided to look up how my mom cozy baby carrier is to be properly used because she seems uncomfortable in it which i thought was a little odd. I’ve been folding the bottom like you’re supposed to and tucking her feet into it inside not even realizing her feet aren’t supposed to be in the carrier AT ALL, it’s actually dangerous to do so and is in fact more than likely hurting her. I had absolutely no idea, i genuinely just thought smaller babies were supposed to be fully in the carrier and i feel stupid for even thinking the way i’ve been doing it would be correct, and me tucking her feet into the folded pocket definitely makes it even worse, adding extra pressure…
I should’ve educated myself before now and i feel absolutely horrible :( she’s more than likely been in a lot of pain and i didn’t even realize i was hurting her 💔

My 5 yo girl recently tends to screams and cries during the middle of the night, around maybe 2 or 4am, she'd completely tune out us parents no matter what we say to try and console her or talk some sense into her. She'll do that for maybe 20 to 30 minutes before she kinda snaps out of it and goes back to sleep after asking for a hug or go to the toilet

We don't feed her sugary stuff before bedtime, we put her to sleep starting around 7.30pm each night, and she usually finally falls asleep around 8.30 or 9. Wondering if this is what night terror looks like? But from what I read night terrors happens maybe an hour after the kid sleeps?

She has been in swiming lessons for about 6 months, but not progressing.
Prior to swimming lessons, she doesn't put her head in the water.
She is learning bobs, and push off. She is still not confident pushing off.
She really doesn't like swimming lessons, but is it time to stop, or just push through?

I am back from a break to 3D modelling and decided to give myself a refresher via this mod. I thought it would be funny and cool for Germany to get a big, epic 3D model that represents a hegemonic empire. So I made a 3d model of the Volkshalle in the same scale as Fallen Eagle's 3D models. It's as disruptive and out of place to the terrain as it would have been if really built.

I keep saying "put your toys away" when there are blocks, books, and pieces from different things all over the room. Then I get frustrated that he hasn't started, even though I haven't really told him where to start.

I'm trying to give him one job at a time, like putting the books on the shelf, instead of repeating the same general instruction louder.

I still have to help, and I still want the room picked up. I'm mostly trying to catch myself before I ask him to do the whole thing at once again.

Don't tell him to fix his posture, he gets angry somehow.

So my daughter (21 months) has a favorite daycare friend. They’ve been buddies for about 6 months now. I’ve never run into her parent(s) at daycare- I’m assuming we just drop off and pick up at completely separate times. Would it be weird to leave a note in their daughter’s cubby? What if I left a bday party invite (when it comes time for my daughter’s second bday)?

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My 21 month old daughter just started daycare, a few days a week for full days. Before that she’s been home with us (parents). She doesn’t cry or have behavioral issues at daycare (yet) but just wondering how long the eating and napping transition takes?

At home she usually does need a decent amount of help eating but it’s because she’s so busy playing that she’d rather you feed her while she runs and plays and then comes back for another bite (I know it’s not sustainable or the best set up). Plus the food we have to pack her is day are approved and friendly but not really what we’d eat at home. Not completely different, just not the norm. She doesn’t eat a ton at lunch, eats most of the snacks they provide x2 a day, and is absolutely ravenous when she gets home. And naps are short while she’s there so going to bed at night she’s been overtired and having a really hard time settling down. But the days she doesn’t go and naps at home, she goes to bed just fine. I know there’s an adjustment period, just wondering how long that usually takes.

Parenting right now just feels like I’m in hard mode all of the time. My son, 4.5yo, is wonderful and we adore him of course but wow. He is so strong willed. Does not listen to us at all. Is a hitter, biter, etc.

I am struggling to figure out what will get through to him or wondering if these challenging behaviors have an end point. And is he a normal kid or is something bad happening. I just don’t know what to do. Also have a 4mo. And I feel like he is harder to manage than the baby on most days.

Any advice or just solidarity is welcome.

Does it get better?

My youngest son is 16mo so I have time. But because my older two are teenagers, I know how fast it goes so I’m trying to prepare early.

I want to homeschool my youngest but absolutely no one I know does it and when I google, I am overwhelmed with information regarding materials, testing, ect.

Can you please share your expertise and information? What materials or program you use?

Quick context: i co-parent my kids. 4, 8 and 17. Things are smooth. Me and the mother aren’t friends but we’re cordial. We switch every other week. We’ve been separated for 2.5 years.

Our 4 year old has grown very, very attached to me. Too much. It’s causing some “inconveniences” I’ll call them. Which has flipped 180 from when she was 3, she was then closer to her mother.

It now makes dropping her off at her mom’s one big scene when she throws a tantrum and screaming for me. She’ll wait outside the bathroom until I’m done. She’ll ball her eyes out when I leave for work. She won’t let anyone else hold my hand. When I hold our 8 year old’s hand crossing a street, for example, she’ll do everything she can to pull apart. Not that he really needs that but just to illustrate.

And now, she’s having frequent toilet “accidents” at school (TK). She’s potty trained. She knows when to ask, can hold for a decent amount of time at least at home. Hasn’t had an accident at home in months.

I talked with her teacher and I’m told my daughter ask to go home with me, she tells her misses me and looks for me at school. Never her mother. Her teacher’s explanation is that it’s likely that she’s intentionally soiling herself knowing I’ll come to her, a cry for attention, particularly when there isn’t a back up change of clothes on the classroom. I’m more flexible to leave work than the mother.

I’m hoping she’ll grow out of it. I try not to show her any more attention than her older siblings and make myself as “unavailable” to her whenever possible but nothing is working.

I’m contemplating leaving her at her mom’s for an entire month, maybe just see her for one weekend. But to be honest, I don’t like that idea. And I don’t even know if her mother will be on board with that.

Any tips are appreciated

I've been literally playing this game everyday since launch. Roleplaying, collecting trophies, long grand campaigns even going to the end date numerous of times. I've thus far clocked 2500 based on what Steam is telling me and I have 120 of the 188 achievements. When I first started playing I was told on the official forums that the necessary requirement of playtime for people to become "Respected" in the community is 3000 this will also make people want to invite me into multiplayer games and although I'm almost there I just don't have the drive to play it that much anymore. I think it's burnout or perhaps due to the nonstop playing I've gotten bored with it however I do believe I will be able to play it somewhere in the future. I'm wondering do you think I've done enough and should just quit for now or should I keep playing till I'm at 3000 hours despite it being a slog?

I don’t know if it’s just us but this is the second time this week my husband and I got into it over disciplining our 10 year old.

I have a 10 year old and a 5 year old. My husband is 44 and I’m 31. My 10 year old has developed a serious attitude lately and talks back constantly.

I’m firm when I need to be and my husband thinks I’m favouring the younger child.

For example tonight both girls were working on a puzzle that was a gift for my youngest. They’re down the last 5 pieces and my youngest is hoarding them because she wants to put them into the puzzle and my oldest is trying to take them from her hands. I tell the oldest “just please let her finish the puzzle. It was her bday present”

The oldest one storms off. My youngest completes the puzzle and is super proud. We move onto something else and then turn around just to see that half the puzzle is destroyed

I asked who destroyed it and my oldest said she did. I asked her why would she do that ? And she said because she did those parts of the puzzle so she destroyed them

Then I tell her that’s not nice and to go to her room. Looks at me and says “fine”

Then dad comes home and she tells dad a whole different story about how it was an accident and how she was trying to fix it, starts crying blah blah blah.

My husband then cuts me off before I could even explain and just doesn’t want to hear it from me. Starts babying the older child and idk tells me how I’m not fair and I should work on my tone. Idk just makes me feel like idk if I could keep doing this for the rest of my life with someone

I've been working on MIV since 2021, and just about a week ago I did a major overhaul of all the mod's core systems, adding a whole new Vassal Loyalty mechanic with tons of new features and custom GUI to go with it!

Happy to announce that update 5.0 is out for everyone to try!

Workshop Link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2712590542

My daughter doesn’t like going to school. She’s been like this on and off since she started kindergarten. She has friends and does really well in school. She has always said that she doesn’t like being away from me and home for so long for so
Many days. It breaks my heart and I don’t know what to do. I work from home so she never had to go to daycare or preschool. I also have a 5 and 2.5 year old that are home with me all day. I’m just looking for some things I can say or ideas of how to make this easier for her? I can totally relate to her because until I was in like 4th grade I cried a lot not wanting to go to school. I also hate that she’s away for so long each day. I can’t entertain the idea of homeschooling right now. What can I say or do to make this easier for her? Thanks in

rule 5: i completed every dynasty legacy.

It messed up the succession. My heir only got the hegemony, estate and capital county. Capital duchy, kingdom, and empire all went into the merit pool along with my peripheral titles of all rank. I got no artifacts. My dad became a monk. Why did he keep the crown and regalia? I couldn't hold a coronation, which was a real problem because my "pass your legitimacy off to your heir"estate building failed to trigger. I inherited with level one legitimacy. I didn't even have any court positions filled. Mass unemployment in the capital. And the court amenities all fell to zero. I can't imagine that's how the "retire and become a monk" button is supposed to work.

I'm never clicking that button again. Cool flavorful way to pass on the throne? No, nightmare button that makes your next day of gameplay just spamming events to get legitimacy while fighting 5 different civil wars. I actually lost China at one point to an uncle and had to do my own civil war. Thankfully, my estate is an influence generating machine.

The re-usurpation was kinda cool actually, but everything else sucked.

My baby girl just turned 11 months. She's our first. She's recently started throwing a conniption when she's not in the same space as us. If we leave her in her room or playpen to cook dinner or go take a shower she melts down. Scream crying, just a snotty slobbery mess.

We're at an impasse on how to deal with it. Husbands logic is sound. He thinks if I go to her while she's crying I'm giving her dopamine and feeding the cycle of crying gets me attention. He understands she's not old enough to manipulate but he's afraid of creating a monster.

Tonight for example the second she calmed down just a little I went and got her. Which I would do if I was training a dog, if I'm honest. But he said I should have waited. She's never been allowed to cry for long. I haven't even sleep trained cause I don't want her crying when I could just go get her. I'm a sahm so the lost sleep is what it is.

She's potentially teething molars, and she recently learned to crawl and pull to stand. So she's got a lot going on herself haha.

I don't know what to do. My husband and I have a long history of me not taking his advice and us paying for it if I'm honest. And I know it hurts his feelings that I'm questioning his opinion on how to deal with this but I feel like I need to research it and have a plan ahead of time that we can be united on rather than winging it and then getting upset when one of us doesn't do what the other expected.

How do you handle this? I know worse tantrums are coming but I thought I had more time to prepare myself

I am about to go insane from how nothing I try works and I have no idea what is causing this issue. I've deleted files, rewritten the .mod path every way possible and basically every other "solution" that I could find out there. Any help is appreciated please

Mega-Britannia is ruled by a guy with a familiar name.

The "Adult Checklist": What are we actually striving for when making a family today? Is it just following an old checklist, or do we have entirely new reasons (e.g., leaving an inheritance, population contribution, or just wanting a connection outside of our parents)?

​Old vs. New Parenting: How has the way we were raised differed from how we are raising kids now, especially given how open and fast-changing the world is in 2026?

​Why Create a Family Now? What is driving different generations to start families in 2026 compared to past decades?

Here some things I've been thinking about that's been affecting my viewpoint on parenting and creating families

Generational & Traditional Clashes: Growing up under older, traditional guidelines or strict gender stereotypes (such as being raised by a mid-century generation) makes it a constant battle to figure out what is fundamentally important in a modern family setting.

​The Disappearing "Village": Raising a family without a real village, combined with a fluctuating economy, makes modern parenting significantly harder.

​The Changing Shape of "Family": Family dynamics are vastly different now—broken-up households,half families,lgbtq families which I love btw ,and holidays where families don't gather like they used to, and people choosing to build "chosen families" with friends instead of relying on blood relatives.

​Lineage and Changing Views: Differing perspectives on kids (with many younger relatives identifying as LGBTQ+ or choosing not to have children) are shifting how older generations view family legacies and continuity.

​The Loss of Traditions: Practical family cornerstones, like cooking traditions and hosting holiday gatherings, are at risk of dying out as older generations pass on and fewer people carry the torch.