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Family & Parenting

Jul 1, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Katsarecool

How to get two over 6 ft tall teenagers to do chores around the house? Help! The oldest is almost 17, 6 ft 2 in tall walks like a sloth, comes out of his room to go to the bathroom, comes out when my daughter (his servant) puts the meals o the ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 2, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by bleurowz

My mother is going downhill - asking for kind thoughts or feedback

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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

Dec 3, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Chooseluv

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

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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

Apr 1, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by MarvelAnn

Tuesday is World Autism Day. Please take a few minutes to watch a video or read a story about a family or individual who deals with the effects of Autism every day. If you feel inclined to make a donation, please do so. However, I urge you to NOT ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 17, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by vertrauen

Anti-Mormon Inoculation Request for community input: My elder son, 22yo, newly graduated, just moved to the Upper Midwest 2 months ago for a new job. His overbearing mother had always wanted him to become a Christian, but the skepticism he picked ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 5, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Harris1218

How to raise children with a religious spouse?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 28, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by jjbelle

Any parents here whose children have come out as transgender? I fully support my recently-out trans-daughter, but a discussion about the unique experiences we parents have in this situation would be helpful to me. Maybe others would benefit as well. ...

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Family & Parenting

Feb 28, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by GreenAtheist

The gibberish sound gawd gott gods allah ARE NOT WORDS because delusional people claim otherwise.....when believers capitalize those sounds AND won't capitalize us Atheists who do exist:that habit is the great crime of literature and theocracy ....I ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 11, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Ms_McSteven

I just found out that my oldest son's wife left him. Took the girls, moved out. I assume it was another of his extramarital affairs, or perhaps his lack of anger management. I haven't seen or spoken to any of them in four years. Still, I'm ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 4, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Donotbelieve

Delicate Procedure; Un-Brainwash

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Family & Parenting

Oct 24, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by palex

Circumcision?

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Family & Parenting

May 13, 2018May 2018

Posted by rickyalamo

I am a full time care giver for my husband who has Parkinson's and some other health issues. I was wondering if there would be an interest in offering suggestions to others regarding care giving tips to people who are care givers and have questions ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 23, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Jama765

Happy Friday! My last three days of vacation and I'm talking my daughter camping. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Family & Parenting

Oct 26, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

I saw a post on Facebook asking why vaccinated children would be in danger from unvaccinated children. I had to answer and felt I should put this here as well. Unvaccinated children are a danger to infants and young children who haven't had their ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 6, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by DavidDeLa89

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

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Family & Parenting

Jan 31, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Spinliesel

Schools are closed due to weather. I get to babysit Lia, the 9 year old GD. Maybe she can help me recover my Apple log-in so I can update the apps on my i-phone.

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Family & Parenting

Dec 15, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by pepperjones

There is no greater feeling of fear and hopelessness than your first born child, 16 years old, missing curfew and not answering his phone. (He's never broken curfew before. He's one of those "good kids" you hear about.) For the last hour and a ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 1, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by gigihein

Yesterday was my son's 26th birthday. 8/31 on a blue moon. My fav pic is him with our cat Mellow, because Roark is mellow. I used to call him a monk, as he was wise beyond his years. Time shows passes quickly.

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Family & Parenting

Jun 19, 2017Jun 2017

Posted by Admin

Would you raise your children religious just to fit in?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 24, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flettie

England v Panama in the World Cup (that's soccer to you colonials) ideal time for me to go shopping while my wife shouts at the TV with her beers

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Family & Parenting

Jan 16, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lucy_Fehr

I'm so excited that I just had to make a big ass post about it. I found 3 first cousins, a second cousin on the other side and an uncle I didn't even know about. I paid for the membership to ancestry and the first person I contacted just happened ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 17, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by confidentrealm

I'm going to see my brother tomorrow. I haven't seen him in ten years, at my father's funeral. He's Christian and a trumpster. I'm not looking forward to it. I don't know how I feel about him. He brought his wife and daughter to visit my Mom. He ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 29, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Toyasexy

If you haven’t done so already, sit down with the kids in your blended family and explain the ground rules. Start by saying: “In our family now, both of us are the parents.” And then say: “And these are the expectations on every child.”...

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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

Jan 16, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by JustLuAnn

Not Your Usual Mother-Part I My mom was born in 1914. When she was born there were no airplanes. She learned to drive on a Model-T Ford. Her family were immigrants from England. The migrated across the country traveling by wagon across Virginia, ...

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Family & Parenting

Nov 2, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by KMD

Non-religious communities

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Autism and/or Asperger's Syndrome

Sep 9, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by towkneed

One thing I've noticed with my middle child (ASD level 2 but now considered "high functioning") is that his behavior is a lot better when we spend a lot of time being very active - playing outside especially at a park, etc. I've also heard other ...

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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, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by GreenAtheist

Anyone here been to a "gender reveal" event?? Pregnant people and alleged sires agree to have medical results sent to a 3rd party then the danger and stupidity begins with many onlookers and streaming videos online live.....an Iowa woman was killed ...

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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 swf44nc

Do you refuse to attend religious ceremonies of family and/or friends? Do you go (and therefore support) christenings, baptisms, communions, bat/bar mitzvahs, Quncieras, marriages, etc.?

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Family & Parenting

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by yvilletom

What was done to all these shooters when they were young children? In their homes? Is anyone concerned?

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Family & Parenting

Jul 22, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Outsideit67

Two weeks ago I had a blow out with My oldest Son and we have haven’t spoke since . I’ve seen his pattern of running down those who love him and not dealing with his own issues. I came to aid to the aid of his younger brother who he was running ...

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Family & Parenting

May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by CaroleKay

Name something your mother always said. ????

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Family & Parenting

May 15, 2018May 2018

Posted by AmelieMatisse

LINKProsecutor: Children tortured "for sadistic purposes"

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Family & Parenting

Nov 12, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by genessa

My grandpop jack in his wwi uniform g

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Family & Parenting

Mar 17, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by MayRebel

I just realized I only have my best friend...literally 💔

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Family & Parenting

Jul 13, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by CrazyQuilter

Do you think it is dysfunctional when 50 YO kids and their parent(s) spend nearly all their free time together? My family is not close, so I cannot understand this as a positive thing. It seems to me that kids should move on and have their own ...

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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

Apr 30, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by RunsOnCoffee

Does No Kids = Bad Person?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 16, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by JustLuAnn

Not Your Usual Mother - Part III It's as if she had a rotating wheel of fortune that she spun daily to see what horrible thing she would say to torment this day. She “caught” me reading a Harlequin romance book one day. I believe she thought it...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 27, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Metaqueen70

King and Queen

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Family & Parenting

Jul 29, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by TwistyOwl

I'm 29, living in Texas where most, if not all of my peers have had children. Even when I was married, I actively prevented pregnancy. The majority of people in my life believe I never want to have children, as I speak quite hesitantly about the idea...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 20, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Petter

My wife takes a small, daily pill to control her blood pressure. (It's probably either take that pill or else get rid of me!) Anyway, she remarked on how sweet it tasted, and the list of ingredients includes a sweetener. That made me think. Surely ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 28, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by TomS299

Best way to deal with Christian Children?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 9, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by GeekLeen

Do you think abused people should expose their abusers on social media?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 10, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by ChristJohn

Do I need to confess?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 24, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by JamieGoodman

Visiting Charleston at isle of palms with my little man! What all do you guys recommend?!???

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Family & Parenting

Oct 29, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Green_Soldier71

LINKWhy everyone in Japan is talking about this dad - BBC News - YouTube

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Family & Parenting

Mar 2, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by JackPedigo

How much do you know about International Family Planning programs?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 13, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Jeanialice

As a modern, tolerant and fairly well balanced person, I find it extremely hard to have any kind of meaningful or even intelligent conversation with my family. I'm living at home, due to various reasons, mostly financial but I am constantly trying to...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 28, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Hitchens

Saw this and thought it was funny.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 9, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Virgoan

Anyone want secular daycare and pre school? I'd like to begin an open program of athiest child care. I'd like to challenge adoption and foster care programs that are also being rooted in religious affiliation. I'm currently frustrated because I'm ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 27, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by AntaresRose

A great family quote.

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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?

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Family & Parenting

Jul 22, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Incognitohippy

So today was 2 years sin and e my niece was killed by a drunk driver. She was born when I was 9 yrs old. She was my first baby. I spent the day with memories flooding my heart and mind. And crying. The anger i feel today is just as strong as the day...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 5, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by WillLucas1

When to tell children we don’t all believe in God

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Family & Parenting

Nov 29, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by alon

Thanksgiving Dinner With A Bunch Of Christians bothered me not.My grand daughter hosted 26 family members in her new home. They all attend the same church. As a Non Believer myself I don't feel one bit contaminated and in fact had a good time.

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Family & Parenting

Mar 30, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Labicicleta

Estranged family?

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Family & Parenting

Oct 3, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Tomfoolery33

The makings of a feminist. I was reading an interview with Ann Patchett in Time Magazine, about her new book, and ran across this: “Danny was a very easy character to write because, oddly enough, I have known many men who are ...

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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

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Family & Parenting

Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by santocoyote

POLLHemp cannabis, marijuana. What are your thoughts?

6 votes Love to smoke marijuana
3 votes Medical cbd topical use only
1 vote Its the devils weed
4 votes Scientifically proven to cure cancer
9 votes I love it!
4 votes All of the above

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Family & Parenting

Dec 19, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Amzungu

Do you ask or let them tell?

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Family & Parenting

May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by nezer

Are humans innately theists?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 14, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by ClintReed

I recently fell on hard times and needed to move back home. My mom is a jahovas witness and said I wasn't welcome in her home because I'm an atheist and have no morals. Anyone else have the same experience.

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Family & Parenting

Dec 15, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by kiramea

Found that my mentally challenged niece is pregnant. Her evangelical mother (my sister) says she decided to keep the baby. I sure hope this ends better than I believe it will. My sister is 62 and is in no shape to raise a child, while my niece can't ...

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Family & Parenting

May 19, 2018May 2018

Posted by AlasBabylon

How do people feel about people who are childless?

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Family & Parenting

Nov 24, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by AntiTheist

What do you agnostics think about "co-parenting", two people interested in parenthood but not necessarily a relationship. You can range from 50/50 custody to one having primary custody and the other being the one "with visitation". I have made ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 1, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Larimar

Good weekend, daughter from Wyoming, Big feast, son's buddy got married. All the important people. All the feels. Hope you all had as good a one. Hugs to everyone.

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Family & Parenting

Jan 2, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Allamanda

How much further could this strategy go - and not just against school-shootings?

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Family & Parenting

Jan 16, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by skado

LINKThe Importance of Being Scared: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Fairy Tales and the Necessity of Fear – Brain Pickings

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Family & Parenting

Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by cmontes

Should I Worry?

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Family & Parenting

Dec 6, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Boltz

Do you think fairy tales affect children’s reality perception?

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Family & Parenting

Feb 10, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by LejaJ

Vegan vs non-vegan diet for babies

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Family & Parenting

Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by SkotlandSkye

LINKDown Syndrome Is Nearly Eliminated In Iceland, But Is It Ethical?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 12, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by sellinger

What do I tell my 12 year old son when he says he's interested in the girl next door, when I know the family goes to church every Sunday?!

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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

Jun 13, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by disny

Hi all i need more friends

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Family & Parenting

Jul 11, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by TomMcGiverin

POLLI've been wondering for a while if most of us on Agnostic are mostly estranged from our families of origin or instead fairly close and involved with our immediate families. So I am interested in asking the ? With a poll, using what I suspect are the ...

3 votes I am estranged from my family because they are religious and I am not.
6 votes I am estranged from my family because they are conformist/mainstream and I am not.
14 votes I am estranged from my family because they are dysfunctional and/or toxic.
24 votes I am close to most or all of my family and/or very involved with all or most of them.
9 votes I am estranged from my family because I and they have simply become very different people from who we were when I was a child .

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Family & Parenting

Oct 28, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by alanalorie

Long parenting post: I often say that not teaching a child to get ready for life as an adult can be a form of mistreatment too. From Psychology Today Melanie Greenberg Ph.D. The Mindful Self-Express Worst Mistakes Parents Make When ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 29, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Kat

This is something that's been bothering me for a couple weeks. I got a call from a family member I haven't seen in over 20 years. He's my senior by 30+ years. We hung out for a few hours one afternoon. On the drive home, he suddenly became a little ...

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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

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

Dec 11, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by UpsideDownAgain

What studies do you know of that show the affect of religion on child development?

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Family & Parenting

Jun 18, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by DaveBA5150

After over a decade of mostly ignoring, shutting down, or being more than a little combative in the conversation(s) about god from my very fanatical baptist father, I recently decided to actually start a back and forth email discussion with him. This...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 4, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by littlepaul88

Would you love to hate or hate to love ? The two are so close yet so far apart which is you ?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 26, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by alon

MY Family off Believers I am a widower living alone with a married daughter & SIL, three adult grandchildren, five great grand children all living within 15 minutes of where I live. They all attend the same church, in fact, my daughter is a full ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 25, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by madcat

ATTENTION TO ALL PARENTS WHO NEED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA 🎅 Son: "Dad, I think I'm old enough now. Is there a Santa Claus?." Dad: "Ok, I agree that your old enough. But before I tell you, I have a question for you. You see, the “truth” ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 10, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by Jenelle

Within the next year I am going to be looking into adopting from the foster care system here in Massachusetts... although I don't believe in God, many of these kids are from deeply religious families and instead of trying to persuade them to my own ...

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Family & Parenting

May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by Krish55

LINKThe Culture Behind School Shootings

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Family & Parenting

Sep 15, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by yvilletom

Have the shooters gone on vacation? Or have I been ignoring the news? I want to know who abused those boys when they were kids? America had laws protecting domestic animals in the 1870s. A century later, the city of San Jose in California bragged ...

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Family & Parenting

Jan 24, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by AMGT

Out of the mouths of babes

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Family & Parenting

Dec 23, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by confidentrealm

Does anyone else have to deal with an aging Christian relative? I have been abandoned by my daughter to care for my mother alone this year for Christmas. She's 90. And nobody but me will spend any time with her over this holiday. I don't blame her ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 28, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Zzoha

Religious fanatic-lunatic poisoning my life. What do I do?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 19, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Alvingo1

My daughter and I tried our hands at "pour painting" for the first time today. We watched some YouTube tutorials, bought the necessary art supplies, and gave it a go. It was a bit messy (I'm so glad I laid down an old shower curtain first) but a ...

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Family & Parenting

Dec 15, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Kassandra

Update: some sites for co-parenting - modamily.com and familybydesign.com Haven't posted in quite some time... I received an interesting message from someone interested in co-parenting (not specifically with me, but in general). FYI, I know my ...

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