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Jun 19, 2017Jun 2017

Posted by Admin

Would you raise your children religious just to fit in?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 29, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Kassandra

So after reading some comments on an FB post, I became very curious. I hope to keep this post relatively mature as it is of a personal nature. I have a few different questions/comments to present... 1) As someone who plans to adopt and potentially ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 25, 2017Sep 2017

Posted by Vikay

How do you respond when people say they will pray for you?

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Family & Parenting

Sep 13, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by DaphneDarling

Boy Scouts?

72 comments

Family & Parenting

Mar 11, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by JenniferRoberts

How would you explain Easter without referreing it to as the ressurection of Christ?

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Family & Parenting

May 5, 2019May 2019

Posted by GregM

I am with my family for the weekend, for my younger brother's graduation. Today they planed to go out to eat to celebrate after church. I'm the only atheist in my family, and when I asked them what time church was over so I could meet them at the ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 19, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Biblebeltskeptic

So, tonight my husband got called an apostate whose after-death destination will be hell. Let me start from the beginning, we share a house be with my parents. We get the downstairs and they have the upstairs, but we share the kitchen. My husband had...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 7, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Rhetoric

What do you call your mother-in-law?

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Family & Parenting

Oct 30, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by AmmaRE007

POLLOk so let's hear how everyone thinks on this issue. Do you take off your shoes when you enter your home? Do you require others to take off their shoes.. and how do you deal with it? do you provide slippers?

36 votes yes I take my shoes off and I ask others to also when entering my home
63 votes I do take off my shoes, but I do not ask my guests to take off their shoes
0 votes I ask my guests to remove their shoes in my home

64 comments

Family & Parenting

May 19, 2018May 2018

Posted by AlasBabylon

How do people feel about people who are childless?

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Family & Parenting

Sep 17, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Shelton

How do you respond when a loved one asks you to pray for them? This is an actual group text from my sister to me and my siblings asking us to pray for her husband.

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Family & Parenting

Mar 9, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by MayRebel

If you knew that if you came out as an atheist that you would lose everyone you called family would you?

56 comments

Family & Parenting

Jul 29, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by TwistyOwl

For those who have no children, would you date a partner with a child?

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Family & Parenting

May 7, 2018May 2018

Posted by EmeraldJewel

Telling children Santa Claus is real? Are you against it or for it?

56 comments

Family & Parenting

Apr 14, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by delilah

Is a married human being happier than unmarried one?

55 comments

Family & Parenting

May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by CaroleKay

Name something your mother always said. ????

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Family & Parenting

Oct 1, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Ravenwolfcasey

POLLWhat's worse?

29 votes Physical Abuse
73 votes Emotional Abuse
1 vote Verbal Abuse

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Family & Parenting

Jun 19, 2017Jun 2017

Posted by Admin

At what age should children be exposed to religious instruction?

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Family & Parenting

Feb 28, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by AustinSkepticus

Are you the only nonreligious person in your family? Or are some or all of them nonreligious?

53 comments

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Jan 31, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by silvereyes

How many places have you lived?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 8, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by msar0414

Do you raise your kids atheist?

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Family & Parenting

Feb 19, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by DancesWithWorms

POLLTo the happily childfree: What were your reasons?

26 votes I have never really enjoyed being around children
13 votes I think I could be happy with children, but I think I would be happier without them
17 votes I do not think I would be a good parent
2 votes I have health issues that would make the pregnancy very risky
11 votes There are hereditary diseases that run in my family
34 votes Other (specify in comments)

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Family & Parenting

Feb 12, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by silvereyes

Do you think your birth order has impacted your personality?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 30, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by RunsOnCoffee

Does No Kids = Bad Person?

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Family & Parenting

Feb 20, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by silvereyes

Who is the most eccentric person in your family?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by jlf32119

Hey guys. What are some specific and realistic strategies that parents can use to increase critical thinking skills in our young kids? Many of us on this website acknowledge the need to use critical thinking skills regarding religion, beliefs, etc....

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Family & Parenting

Aug 7, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by EmeraldJewel

Why are men and women put under so much pressure to have kids in this society?

50 comments

Family & Parenting

Feb 16, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by silvereyes

Do you have a family member (or person in your life) that you just don't want to deal with?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by UpsideDownAgain

How do you teach your teenagers ethics and values?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 3, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by silvereyes

Are you a "touchy-feely" person? How about your family?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 9, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by silvereyes

POLLThoughts on kids? Have them? Want them? No!

62 votes I already have kid(s).
11 votes I don't have kids, but one day I want to.
21 votes I don't have and never want kids.
4 votes I want to adopt a kid.
1 vote I could take them or leave them.
10 votes Other

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Family & Parenting

Apr 6, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by GlyndonD

Do you think that exposing children to fantasy movies and books conditions their mind into accepting that magic, spirits, and gods can exist in our world?

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Family & Parenting

Nov 20, 2017Nov 2017

Posted by Nova41

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the pre-meal prayer? If so, how do you respond? Coming from a VERY religious family, I tend to just ignore it and look around the room awkwardly until ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 4, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Rawreality

My mother wants to take my daughter to church every sunday. It makes her feel good and my daughter has fun in the Sunday School. But I feel like it's brainwashing child abuse. I also feel like if you are going to brainwash somebody that you would do ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 10, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by vjohnson51

Does anyone else have a homophobic family member? I have no tolerance for stupidity, ignorance or superiority. He puts the LGBTQ community into the same category as rapists, pedophiles, and other horrible groups of people in society. I have been a ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 11, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Carin

I bought my boys bulletproof backpacks...they are nervous about school shootings, and school starts the 15th. The packs were over $100 each--I'm hoping they won't fall apart as quickly as the non-bulletproof kind do. How do other parents cope with ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 2, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by SleeplessInTexas

How young is too young for a tattoo?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 11, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Chooseluv

POLLDo you still believe in marriage? (If you don't like my options, pick one and comment your suggestions)

42 votes Yes, still possible for two people to commit in this way.
31 votes No, it's archaic and dumb.
39 votes Maybe, with the right person.

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Family & Parenting

Oct 11, 2017Oct 2017

Posted by Rideauxb

Are you the only atheist/agnostic in your household?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 19, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by AMGT

You and Mom

44 comments

Family & Parenting

May 27, 2018May 2018

Posted by Tony765

At what age did you move out? I only moved out of my parent’s place this past December, at age 21. I always feel like I should have done so earlier, but I wasn’t able to afford it.

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Family & Parenting

Sep 25, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by HereticSin

As a child, were you forced to hug/kiss relatives or friends when you didn't want to? If you are a parent, do you force your children to hug or kiss when they don't want to, either you or other relatives or friends?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 10, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by egiggy18

Do you fear people at your kid's school, neighbors, coworkers will find out that you don't believe in god? I am relatively new to Phx and want to make friends and playdates, but I've been burned/ghosted by potential friends after they found this out...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 10, 2017Sep 2017

Posted by Admin

Any suggestions on how to inoculate children from religion?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 27, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by David1955

Question to atheists: Do you attend religious family events or decline on principle? I don't usually discuss personal issues but your views are appreciated. My niece's daughter is having a Catholic christening soon. I have been invited. There is a ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 3, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Jainasolo

POLLMy daughters grandparents gave her a wooden cross blessed by a bishop. She's 6. They did not ask me if she could have it. I didn't make a big deal about it when she first showed me. She hung it on the corner of her bookcase and hasn't paid much mind ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 5, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Lincster45

POLLTeen Age Sex, the worst outcome!

24 votes You teach your 14 yr old daughter how to have safe sex?
0 votes You forbid your daughter from having sex until she's 18?
1 vote You do nothing and hope for the best?
67 votes Long before 14 you tell all, suggest waiting, but promise support if she doesn't.

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Family & Parenting

May 10, 2019May 2019

Posted by tmonsta

Has anyone else had to cut ultra religious family out of their lives?

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Family & Parenting

Oct 2, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by MichaelF

I'm at my mother's death bed, and I'm politely having to keep my mouth shut. My parents' rabbi comes in and sings prayers and leaves a printout of them. My new age wife wants to do some sort of "ritual" that will make it easier for the spirit to ...

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Family & Parenting

Feb 17, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by silvereyes

Did you inherit any "good genes?"

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Family & Parenting

Jan 30, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by silvereyes

Do you take after anyone in your family?

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Family & Parenting

Feb 22, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Wallace

I have a beautiful, tender-hearted young Christian relative who is working her way through college to become a social worker. Recently her wallet with her rent money, credit cards, etc., was stolen. I heard yesterday that much earlier she had ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 27, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by ylma

Today I tried to give my mother advice, and she said that the bible says that one should not listen to wicked ones! Terrible to feel the prejudice of my blood! Whom I love the most.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 30, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Amy0825

Why is it that people who were not religious before so often "get religion" and start going to church when they get pregnant or have a child for the first time? Ugh.

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Family & Parenting

Nov 8, 2017Nov 2017

Posted by TaliaElizabeth92

My religious/gullible mother blames me for my ailments. Advice?

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Family & Parenting

Feb 15, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by EmeraldJewel

Is anybody else an outcast of their family?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 28, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Aralt

What is something your parents told you as a kid that you realized later it was an outright lie?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 12, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Presley1209

Hi, so I had a sad day. My sisters and I decided to take our mom off of all of her meds today. She was on a blood clot medicine and without that she will most likely have a stroke. It's really a bittersweet day but she is just out of control at the ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 16, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Catalaya22

I made a mistake and am now being shamed for it, I went out with a couple of friends because it was the night of my senior prom, there was drinking and a lot of other things and sometime in the night someone slipped something into my drink, I blacked...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 28, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Cecilia2018

How did you deal with the empty nest syndrome? I have mixed feelings. I'm happy to see my gronw up children's success and beginning a new life as independent adults. But at the same time as a single mother I'm feeling the grief of the empty nest.

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Family & Parenting

Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Biblebeltskeptic

My loving and caring parents are actively trying to pass down Christianity to my little, impressionable toddlers. Part of me asks what harm would it do, and part of me asks if I really want my kids to be deeply indoctrinated. I'm approaching ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 16, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by OrangeJuice

What are the best arguments you have in favor of marriage?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 3, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by LadyAlyxandrea

POLLCircumcision

9 votes Is good for health and no big deal
58 votes Is barbaric genital mutilation that should be outlawed
12 votes No opinion
10 votes Would be okay with it if done with localized anesthetic and in a more painless humane way

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Jun 6, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by DavidDeLa89

Do u think it's possible to recover from a neglected childhood????

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May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by thinkwithme

Would you get cigarettes for a family member with serious health concerns?

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Mar 19, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Sheitelhau

How would you approach the subject of masturbation with your child?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 20, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Automaton73

Raising your children without religious influence

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Aug 7, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Josephine

I am 100% against circumcision it's a form of religious child abuse no different to FGM. This needs further study, correlation is not causation but it needs to be properly examined and acted on!

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Jan 12, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by JustLuAnn

My significant other passed away. Tim was all that held me to my life in Asheville, NC. His young age of 30 and my age of 45 equaled out. I felt his illness and my age made us even. What did age matter anyways? We got along, loved the same things. ...

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Dec 27, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by SilentRage

I hear from my brother frequently about how concerned he is I'm going to hell. He means it in a nice way, but it gets old. I finally got him to stop by Saying this 1. You believe your god is all powerful : yes 2. You believe your god created ...

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Apr 13, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by SunnyCorazon

My mother died last evening of cancer. Though we were estranged to some degree I am terribly sad ?. I may not be on here much over the next few days.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 1, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by KendallHopkins

Anyone else ever been told “No you’re not” when coming out as atheist to your family? Blows my mind that they know what I am better than I do!

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Family & Parenting

Jul 3, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by CopperPenny

Recently relocated from Denver, CO to Greenville, SC. Big change for me. I live with my sister and we came out here to help our elderly father and because the cost of living is lower. I'm also happy to get out of the snow! This has been a very ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 31, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by Ligeia

About 10 years ago in Florida, I was at a barbeque at the home of a good friend, and her husband.We were talking about how we met partners, ect.. She told her side, it was kinda sweet. Nice date at a carnival, classic scenario, kiss goodnight, he ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 22, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by helionoftroy

How do you deal with Holiday family gatherings?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 18, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by ghettophilosopher

POLLMale Birth Control

37 votes Shut up and take my money!
4 votes Absolutely not!
15 votes Ehh...

34 comments

Family & Parenting

Jan 25, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by atheist

Did your parent(s) ever talk to you about 'da birds & da bees'?

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Family & Parenting

May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Greenheart

How many of you atheist are pro-life? Just curious

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Family & Parenting

Jul 3, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by ThomasLevi

Should I go for full custody of my child?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 15, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by steve148

How do you deal with the death of a son? Last thursday I lost my son (Age 32)

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Family & Parenting

Sep 3, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by vjohnson51

My mother is having a family cookout on Friday. She is inviting my half uncle who I have avoided and not seen for a year. He used to sell my sister(who is a recovering addict)drugs. Aside from that, he is also a right wing, Flat Earth conspiracy ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Sensiwoman7

What is your opinion about to get married?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 17, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by MayRebel

I deleted all my adopted family off Facebook beside my mom...they all disowned me when I came out as an atheist

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Family & Parenting

Mar 30, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Labicicleta

Estranged family?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 4, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Byrd

How would you react?

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Family & Parenting

Oct 12, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by onewithnature

Anyone have an adult child who is struggling to figure out what they believe? I have one, in her 30's who actually seems to slightly resent the fact that I raised her without telling her god was real. She feels like life is easier for her friends who...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 3, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by atheist

Do you think that population needs to be regulated?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 24, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Cutiebeauty

When raising children, is it OK to use corporal punishment (spankings)? Or should time-outs and other non-physical disciplines be utilized? Is spare the rod, spoil the child something that is true and effective? Do you know of any ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 1, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by AMGT

The Bad and the Ugly

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Family & Parenting

Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Nakedterror

So, this happened yesterday: I blew up at my wife when our 5-year old daughter said that God made her sister Autistic. It's true that her sister is Autistic, but I was furious that she would allow our daughter to think that. After I calmed down, I ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by cmontes

Should I Worry?

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Family & Parenting

May 26, 2018May 2018

Posted by Josephine

Should I let my 11 year old watch Deadpool? Is there anything genuinely subversive about anal sex in a film? Is it worse that hetro sex or are we just conditioned to see it that way?

32 comments

Family & Parenting

May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by Alimacbean

Do people become more bigoted as they age? My mom had never been the type to speak poorly of any group of people. But in recent, she has gone on tirades about Obama, Muslims, and now that Starbucks has stated they will allow anyone to sit or use the ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 5, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by MyLiege

Where is your stance on tattoos?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 24, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Count

POLLUnattended children

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Family & Parenting

Apr 13, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Lani

I'm currently parenting a teen in the age of social media and instant gratification. She seems to think that a well paying job will land in her lap at the age of 18 because she's cute and has a lot of Instagram followers. No matter how many different...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 3, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Chooseluv

POLLAre you pro "choice" or pro "life"?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 14, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Mea

What to say or what not to say?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 28, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Joshua7183

Need help reconciling my sons suicide and my ex wife's beliefs. I am atheist and have accepted that he's gone. Every part of him no part of him exists anymore. She is Christian and it's causing friction between us and our other kids.

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