Search results

  1. M

    How many every day shoes for 9y/o?

    @minh So, for anything that is not winter, I mostly get him 2 pairs of everyday shoes. Usually one sneaker type and one a bit more sturdy (like an everyday hiking shoe) that also works better on rainy days as he walks to school. But experience says he will hyperfocus on one pair and wear this...
  2. M

    How much time do new moms spend with babies?

    @davida1949 But even if the genders were reversed, I would think something's off. 1 hour is basically nothing. A dad who is home all day but shows no interest to spend time with the baby would be concerning, too.
  3. M

    How to stop a 10YO kid from reading my messages?

    @acts1038 Simple: If she's reading your messages, she can't use your phone. Set a password/pin. You should also be able to activate some kind of child control so she can only play on one app. TBH, I as a parent would not be thrilled to have my 10 yo with unsupervised access to TikTok anyways...
  4. M

    I caught my 13 year old boy calling a little girl a “b***h”

    @georgiana Yes to taking away the phone. Yes to making him apologize. And I 100% would also have yelled at him. Now, what you absolutely have to do is once everything has cooled off to sit him down and talk to him. It'll be a mix of trying to understand what went on inside of him and to make...
  5. M

    8 and half years old write ‘F’ word

    @midget Really? Because he wrote on the mirror or because of the word? I mean, obviously, he learned it at school. At 8.5 that's rather late, tbh. He will learn many more bad behaviors from his peers and you won't be able to stop it. And the bigger a deal you make out of curse words, the...
Back
Top