What r/Parenting is talking about this week

My daughter has always been into “creepy” things. She loves skeletons, spider webs, monsters, etc. but she’s also very much into pink, princess stuff, and soft things. We were at my brother in...

I'm pretty calm and totally understand that a 5yo is emotionally immature. Of course she is, she's been alive for less than half a decade. I feel like I've fostered an environment in which she...

My husband and I have decided to not attend my side of the family’s Thanksgiving as to not expose my 9 month old to third hand smoke. Several people on that side of the family chain-smoke indoors...

I have a 3 year old whose default setting seems to be yelling. On our bus ride yesterday I counted myself redirecting him to speak at a normal volume on average near twice every minute - he’s not...

The title says it all. One of my children’s friends came over last Saturday to trick or trick, and hung out until about 10pm afterwords. I normally enjoy 2-3 craft beers on Saturday evening. I...

My 8 year old daughter has been struggling with behavioral issues at school since kindergarten. She has ADHD but her dad refuses to allow medication so we're doing a lot of therapy and have a 504...

we're organizing one for the first time, kids will be age 4-6, 2 hour self-serve party at an indoor playground and we were thinking it might be better to just hand out cake and pizza at the door...

title speaks for itself. at what point in his life do we tell him, if ever? i feel like he has the right to know he was a twin, but i also don’t want him to feel the grief the way his dad & i feel...

I'm a dad of a 7 y/o old kid. I don't even know where to start, it's been such an incredible ride so far but I think I've reached peak. To preface, he is a very active boy. Currently very...

I was talking to other moms and found out I’m the only one who has not gotten my son (7, turning 8) a phone. And not just any phone, but an iPhone. Am I the only one who doesn’t plan on getting...