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@fallingapart I just have to chime in as a mother of one who comes from a family of seven (five kids). My childhood with just my brother (two year age gap) was fine. But I still resent my mother for choosing to have three more children when I was a preteen/teen. I ended up having to help raise...

@anon527 I love your username. 🤣

@arseniusthesilent Scar tissue massage is a literal miracle. I had such bad internal scarring from my cesarean that I couldn’t sleep on my left side even four months later. I was convinced they had left something inside me or I had internal bleeding or something, but nope. Just really bad scar...

@pringles24 My emergency C-section was about as positive as it could be. I didn’t want to see through the curtain, but we did delayed cord clamping, immediate skin-to-skin while they were sewing me up, and they let me play calming music the entire time. I still remember the song that played as I...

@thyron291 1.) Check the legal age to leave children unattended. 2.) Be sure your child can contact you AND someone else in case of an emergency. (What if you get hit by a car while running or die of a heart attack, for example). 3.) Be sure the space is safe and food/water is provided...

@magdalenab I’ve read studies that say it’s actually not beneficial to force kids to learn to read and write before kindergarten. It’s possible, but it’s more for the parents’ bragging rights than the kids. Smaller settings are better so they can build social skills in a more comfortable...

@debbiedee I considered this while I was in law school as a single mom. My plan was to give her the bedroom and use the living room like a studio apartment, with a futon, couch bed, or Murphy bed if possible. That way we would still have functional living space but also our own sleeping/personal...

@acts2031 My stepmom married my dad in her 40s. She had four kids, two still living at home. He had five kids, four still living at home. They’re happier together than they ever were before. Definitely gives me hope. Don’t give up!

@basilisk06 A parent wanting to spend every day with their child is not selfish. It’s evolutionarily beneficial to have such a deep bond. What would be selfish is to withhold that from the other parent. Admitting I was afraid to lose that time with my daughter doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have...

@katrina2017 I never said that. I was trying to explain her behavior, so I talked about mothers. I watched a documentary about this, actually. It came out in 2020 right before I gave birth. Mothers almost always form this deep attachment due to physical changes in the brain and hormones. It...

@joneshomes I think kids need good dads. Not having a dad is better than having a bad one. I didn’t think I could have kids, so obviously my pregnancy was unplanned. The father of my child didn’t even want me to keep the baby. He wasn’t involved in my pregnancy. He wouldn’t even respond to my...

@jesusismysavior Maybe instead of assuming the worst like seemingly everyone else, you could assume the best: your ex loves her child and misses her. Mothers often form an attachment that can make it difficult to be without their children. That doesn’t mean she’s trying to get more child support...