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Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by thethinker

Thanks for your post, I saw myself in some of your words

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Family & Parenting

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by fishline79

"I brought my father with me":... My father was a Republican all his life and he passed away in 1980 before he was as old as I am now. I was never a Republican and he would consider himself a Conservative, and I was, of course a Liberal and as such ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Mcflewster

Some Characteristics of the Child Mind [My apologies for not knowing the reference for this. Perhaps another member has come across it, and can identify the author. I have found it fascinating, especially number 8 in the upper list ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by hankster

🤣🤣😏 extended family can be one of the scariest things ever, even when they're nice.

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Family & Parenting

Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

Will our children be using 'blood' computers this fall ?

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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 20, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Hcodder

“A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is.” -RR

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Family & Parenting

Aug 19, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by bklynite53

I hope she has her claws ready- even at 54 she is a very attractive and petite lady--they will eat her up in prison

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Aug 8, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Fred_Snerd

We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

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Family & Parenting

Aug 5, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by nogod420

POLLIs it weird to watch my mom sleep?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 4, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by PandaCat

I hate having to make these parenting decisions on my own without a coparent. Send the kids to school or have them learn from home? Both kids want to learn at school bc they say they can’t learn certain things online. Both schoolers.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 30, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Allamanda

A new treatment for insommnia that works -

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Family & Parenting

Jul 27, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Gyanez

I call it, The Santa Claus Paradox My kid believes in Santa, Elf on the Shelf, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. To some extent, he believes in god. His relationship with each is pretty interesting. To be honest, I am pretty sure I screwed ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 26, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by PixieStyx

So first post. Woo. So much pressure um. Well first off. Hey? They say in supposed to put a question so i guess for those of you coming out of religious families (like me) any advice on how to deal with suddenly being cut off from family/friends? Im ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 25, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by PondartIncbendog

Dragotta's Systems Engineering & Automation Corp. Oh look, my little spoiled brat cousin made it big. Now he's a Trumpee. I got in trouble numerous times for kicking his butt.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by TimothySkaggs

My mom and dad back in 2015

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Family & Parenting

Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by TimothySkaggs

I think my dad was an atheist before he died, because he would laugh in church when i was little and years later he saw a jesus sticker on a windshield and he stuck his middle finger at it 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by TimothySkaggs

Ever since my dad died my mom developed this fear of dying in her sleep, and i was like, mom chill! Your not like dad you like to take long walks here and there and dad didn't, and she said the nicest thing, she said i always make her feel better. ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 20, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

Family Celebration on Lake Ontario We celebrated Lia's 11th birthday on the hottest day of the year, 96 degrees. Even sitting under a tree near the water did not help with the heat. daughters, grandchildren, and the newest great-grandchild were ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 19, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by TimothySkaggs

Goddamn i live a miserable life, i live in a shit hole double wide, i have a 300 pound sister that doesn't bathe and talks to her English boyfriend on the playstation live, i have a 70 year old mother that gets into a depressed fit every time im too ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by TimothySkaggs

I can't believe my fucking father died at that rest home. i feel so hollow inside, and guilty as fuck because someone hacked his ATM and he wanted $350 dollars that i didn't have and i was avoiding his phone calls because of it. and plus i have ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 15, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKHonest About His Scam

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Family & Parenting

Jul 12, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Dana1199

should Parents be punished for the misdeeds of their children.if parents are responsible for the upbringing of their children, Does every misdoing mean parents are at fault in raising their children?Does being underage make a person less guilty, even...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 11, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Triphid

In loving memory of my daughter, Lorrae Kathleen, ( aka 'Wild Thing/Sasquatch,' You'd be 36 years old today if cancer hadn't taken you from me, Sasquatch. I still remember having the great Honour and Privilege of giving you your FIRST ever bath on ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 10, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Allamanda

Give yourself some credit - a lot of us aren't right now -

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Family & Parenting

Jul 10, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Dana1199

Can divorce harm children? Should marriage be preserved for the sake of children? Is it better to secure the kids against seeing unhappy parents?

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Family & Parenting

Jul 8, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by skado

Parental Standards?

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Family & Parenting

Jul 7, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Triphid

A little something in memory of my son, Joel Adam, still-born at 24 weeks on this day in 1980. Hey, little Mate, you never got to feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair or the sand between your toes but my love for you has never faded and ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 7, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Ravenwolfcasey

My Grandmother just turned 93... She is on no medications She drinks regular ( not diet) pepsi She still drives and walks her dog She had melanoma skin Cancer 7 times Refused Chemo and Radiation And is still alive and moving around quicker than some ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 5, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Fred_Snerd

Girl's BFFs Are Two Pigs — Who Act Just Like Dogs

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Family & Parenting

Jul 3, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by dermot235

What do your Kids think of Trump?

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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

Jun 26, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by lobsteraki

no hope.....

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Family & Parenting

Jun 25, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by TimothySkaggs

I ordered my mom a premature realistic baby doll from ebay it cost 55 plus shipping. some reason it came a day early.👍👍👍

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Family & Parenting

Jun 24, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by lobsteraki

Arrogance the first sign that the person opposite of you is actually deep inside nothing more than an ash-ole.

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Family & Parenting

Jun 23, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by tinkercreek

One of these is not like the others. And so it began.

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Family & Parenting

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

Alright, many people are talking about their Dads. My Dad never came and saw me play or shit or whatever. He did visit me in the military and do vacation shit. Taught me a little about cars (my brother more). He was terrified, like all of us, of ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Paddypereira

As it's Father's Day, that usually I don't celebrate, think or even care about, today I'm breaking the mold and do something different. Here's a photo of him, taken at my older brother's first wedding. As you easily guessed, my father is the one on ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by JackPedigo

Since we are talking about dads it makes me remember mine (ours). He was an easy going, mostly calm guy. His brother converted him to Catholicism and, despite having lots of kids and struggling workwise, he sent the first 4 of us to Catholic school. ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by tinkercreek

My Daddy and I, likely about 1961. I only wish I had actual memories of closeness with him, but I do of fishing and hunting, construction work, practice at the shooting range, laughing over 60's TV comedy shows. He was the son of immigrants who rose ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Observer-Effect

Fathers Day question: From the moment I first saw one of my children's faces, I really knew true and selfless love for the first time. And through the rollercoaster of their mom and I separating, health, travels and all the regular challenges of ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 21, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

Fathers'Day My father as a young man. He had the ambition to study mathematics but there were no opportunities. WW1 had just ended and Germany went into a depression. He found work as a coal miner in Essen, 600 miles away from home. He played in a ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 18, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Allamanda

My favourite blogger on Resilience and justice, (and gardening) -

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Family & Parenting

Jun 13, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Fred_Snerd

"The parents have very high expectations of their children, and often the kids will do anything to meet these expectations." Children tend to love unconditionally while being filled with hate.

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Family & Parenting

Jun 12, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by ticklemehomo

what the hr

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Family & Parenting

Jun 7, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

The Results Are in for Remote Learning: It Didn't Work

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Family & Parenting

Jun 5, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Redfeather74

Atheism and Free Thought for All

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Family & Parenting

May 29, 2020May 2020

Posted by Allamanda

"...overall decline in birth rates is being driven by steep drops among Hispanic women and women who do not belong to religious organizations."

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Family & Parenting

May 28, 2020May 2020

Posted by m16566

there was a time in my life when I was able to have a truly bisexual relationship. we had sex together every weekend for about 2 years, it was great. I have no regrets except maybe I wish I would have cherished that time more. at the time I didn't ...

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Family & Parenting

May 25, 2020May 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

Teens up all night and sleeping half the day. Endless Netflix binges. In lockdown, kids carve out whole new schedules

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Family & Parenting

May 22, 2020May 2020

Posted by Allamanda

How do we grieve 100 000 lives? and that's just in the USA>

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Family & Parenting

May 19, 2020May 2020

Posted by Fred_Snerd

Fanatical has a deeply discounted bundle of kid's coding books, including Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects. Adventures in Coding & Programming Bundle - Fun Projects for 11-15 year olds There's no time like the present in which to ...

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Family & Parenting

May 18, 2020May 2020

Posted by Allamanda

For a while I have greatly respected George Monbiot, but never as much as here - on how we can rebuild the educational system ecologically - and he is doing it at home, himself, in the pandemic.

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Family & Parenting

May 17, 2020May 2020

Posted by Lorajay

Memorial day is coming up. I've always decorated family graves not because I think they know about it but because it brings back sweet family memories.When my grandfather and I went to the cemetery, he would fill the trunk of his car with fruit jars...

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Family & Parenting

May 15, 2020May 2020

Posted by Secular_Squirrel

For anyone who thinks child protective services are competent, remember: This guy still has custody of his children, including the one he let fall from a second story building!

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May 12, 2020May 2020

Posted by Fred_Snerd

Humble Bundle has 11 STEM books for $1 for 19 more days.

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Family & Parenting

May 10, 2020May 2020

Posted by HippieChick58

The coolest thing about having adult children is when they apologize for the little shits they were when they were teenagers. 32 year old daughter found her journal that she kept when she was 14/15. Has texted me her abject apologies and asked how I ...

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Family & Parenting

May 10, 2020May 2020

Posted by Wildgreens

We teach our children..

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Family & Parenting

May 8, 2020May 2020

Posted by lerlo

POLLSaddling kids with troublesome names just because their parents like it. Personally I've had to repeat and spell my name every time I say it my whole life. Now, big shot Elon Musk has saddled his kid with worse than Moon Unit or Dweezil (Zappa) but...

0 votes It's their kid, parents get to name them what they want
5 votes Parents should consider the kid's life while naming them

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Family & Parenting

May 6, 2020May 2020

Posted by Allamanda

The pandemic does not seem to be helping re the balance and value of labor by gender...

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Family & Parenting

May 6, 2020May 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

We just had a new baby in the family. Kaliah, 9 lbs 1 oz, now on her way (with mom) to Golisano Children's Hospital for blood sugar adjustment. We are from a long line of diabetics and worry that Kaliah may continue the tradition. Nobody can ...

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Family & Parenting

May 5, 2020May 2020

Posted by Blackatheist1985

Don't be afraid of cutting off your own family if they don't accept the fact that you don't believe and worship a non existent paternal God if they don't fully love or accept you for YOU just need to cut the cancer

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Family & Parenting

May 4, 2020May 2020

Posted by bigpawbullets

As a bit of amusement, I posted a meme in one of my favorite groups, about what it will be like for the neighborhood children when they return to a traditional school setting. Now, I'm not sure that's going to happen. Our little neighborhood has ...

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Family & Parenting

May 3, 2020May 2020

Posted by bigpawbullets

Should create quite a scene with the school's security officer.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 29, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

This was probably a bad choice. While Lia is on her laptop doing her classes, ( Math right now) I searched Netflix for something new to watch on TV. I found Jericho. These series should come with a warning. Lia joined me halfway through the first...

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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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Family & Parenting

Apr 28, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by soobydoody607

Religion was destroyed! By whom? The right! Why? For religious reasons! When Ronald Reagan was in the White House, he started the trickle down economic political machine! And since Reagan, every Republican in the White House has destroyed the ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 27, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by plf515

I have started a new group on learning disabilities.I am LD myself and wrote a book about it. The group is for anyone who is LD, parents of LD people, teachers who suspect they have LD people in their classes and anyone else interested. ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 26, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Apunzelle

Today my little man and I did an in-neighborhood picnic, got some sun, and played Uno, hangman, and frisbee in an area with lots of social distancing. It felt great to get out.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 25, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by UpsideDownAgain

My daughter has been having a rough time of it lately. She lives with my abusive ex who got the kids after I literally went crazy after being married to him for 10 years. Six years out, I'm doing much better and only barely able to start trying to ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 20, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Automaton73

Raising your children without religious influence

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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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Apr 19, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by OldHippieAtHeart

Need Help Finding Atheist Home School

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Family & Parenting

Apr 17, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by IAJO163

LINKU.S. state of Idaho sued over trans birth certificate and sport laws

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Family & Parenting

Apr 16, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

Tomorrow ends our first four weeks of togetherness. I have learned so much. Lia, who is 10 going on annoying teenagers will sit at my laptop presenting a complete monologue. Ever so often, I stop in the middle of whatever and say: "who are you ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 15, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by desertastronomer

'Biggest Coronavirus Stimulus of All': Richest Man in the World Jeff Bezos Now $24 Billion Richer Amid Pandemic

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Family & Parenting

Apr 14, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Lorajay

I was brought up by aunts, grandmothers and hired help because my mother worked 16 to 18 hours A-day. At a very early age I was chastised for looking in the mirror and informed that vanity was a great sin. I had no idea who decided what sin was at ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 14, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by developer

i am a test post

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Family & Parenting

Apr 13, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by XchazboX

Ok, parents, whats the right age to talk to boys about the birds and bees? I feiled some questions today about reproduction, nothing graphic or detailed. My kids are 5 and 6, but they were asking questions, and i don't want to feed them nonsense.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 13, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Megan0811

Teach your kids real strength

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Family & Parenting

Apr 12, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by ToolGuy

Anybody here sharing a home office with kids or parents?

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Family & Parenting

Apr 11, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKToddlers - YouTube

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Family & Parenting

Apr 11, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Victoria100

If you could eliminate one thing from your daily schedule, what would it be and why? .

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Family & Parenting

Apr 10, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Colibri

I was raised as a Christian and only recently became an atheist. It's been just a few months. I agonized over telling my husband. He was initially in denial but, ultimately, there was no major fallout. Now I am concerned about how to approach ...

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Family & Parenting

Apr 9, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Cavalloscuro

KT in bluebonnets.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 4, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by GipsyOfNewSpain

I Remember when I used to tell her "This is My House, Go to Your Room and Clean Up Your Room". Now she is telling me "Go and Clean Up Your Room and How your Bathroom looking?" KARMA, Karma, karma.

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Family & Parenting

Apr 1, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by alatlas

My dear extended family.... People around this amazing planet all are in a village, our village! The village consists of all ages, sizes, mentalities and health conditions of mankind/womankind. Billionaires and the poor are all equal now in this ...

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Family & Parenting

Mar 30, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Nichole765

Working from home... Is not an option with four kids who need help with e-learning. Asked my supervisor about cutting hours to part-time. Not an option. Her suggestion: Quit. Ughhhhh. Ok. sorry. Rant over.

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Family & Parenting

Mar 30, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Nichole765

Small rant:: My parents will not stay home. I have shown them data, daily infection charts, etc. It's a daily issue. I'll check on them and they are at the store again. I'll ask what was so important? It's always non-essential crap that could have ...

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Family & Parenting

Mar 28, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Jetty

A good idea to keep little ones occupied

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Family & Parenting

Mar 26, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by PhoebeCat

My family is so stupid. I have a distant cousin who believes prayer works because a friends covid-19 test came back negative. All I can do is roll my eyes and ignore.

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Family & Parenting

Mar 24, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Spinliesel

Lia and I picked up the free bag lunch from school and drove to Sodus Point to dine al fresco. It was 25 deg and very windy, but the sun was out. A few fishermen made their way to the lighthouse but gave up and come back. It was a quick lunch but ...

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Family & Parenting

Mar 20, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by SpikeTalon

An interesting take on kids and video games... Don't worry about your kids playing too many video games while under quarantine- Seven days in a row, 19 hours each day, not counting time for meals, Snapchat, or that online math ...

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Family & Parenting

Mar 20, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Cutiebeauty

💑👦👧 How is the corona virus pandemic affecting you and your family? Do you visit less? Do you miss them? Frankie's family wants us to visit... I don't know about that..

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Family & Parenting

Mar 18, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by AmmaRE007

St, John's is offering online safety courses... since their in person classes have been canceled. Something to do while staying home for a few weeks! :)

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Family & Parenting

Mar 17, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by 1EarthLovingGal

Although I don’t have any, I know that raising a child takes patience. While your children are home from school, take some time to think about what your children are living with. If it is the first page, turn it while you still can. ♥️

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Family & Parenting

Mar 16, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by WilliamFleming

‘Gentle Parenting’ Explainer: No Rewards, No Punishments, No Misbehaving Kids I was a permissive parent with mixed results. Thoughts?

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Family & Parenting

Mar 15, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by twill

Nice day, no virus here! The next month with no school is gonna allow us to get a LOT of work done

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Family & Parenting

Mar 12, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Joanne

Kids really can handle reality. In a conversation with some of my grandkids, ages six to eleven, I was explaining to them that everything is energy in different forms. I then told them what happens to plants and animals, to include us, after ...

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Family & Parenting

Mar 8, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by WeaZ

Just need to get this off my chest. 3/7/20202 - Sat. I spent most of my day at a in person interview and trial run for a job I applied for. 3/8/20202 - Sun. I took the day off and have spent it resting. Also today, my younger sister and her family...

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