Recently, my 6 year old daughter had been telling egregious and elaborate lies. They've ranged from cutting her own clothes to sexual abuse. This all started recently where she was telling small lies about things and as always I would discipline as necessary. First it was about her mom (separated) wasn't celebrating Easter this year to her step brother biting the cuff of her sleeve off on her coat. The coat had a clear scissor cut across it and she refused to tell me the truth and stuck to her story as if her life depended on it. This past Friday I walked into her room to find her cousin with ..read more

I was at the park with my 5 yr old kids ,they ran into another little girl same age and there was also a little boy running around “claiming” parts of the playground. Saying things like “you can’t play with that, that’s mine!” I was just about to intervene when the other kid said “ Yes they can because their momma said they can go WHERE EVER they want and you need to shut your BIG HEAD up” and no I did not say that but I felt it lmao so thank you mini mama child ? submitted by /u/HotNumber6119 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

AITA ?? I’m 21f and I recently told a family member that I dislike being a autism mom . I went on to explain how I felt like a caretaker , grieving what I thought he would be , it’s just a lot. she then puts it in the family group chat and they all discuss how bad of a mom I am , how I don’t deserve him & nothings wrong with him . They’re right nothing is wrong with him . they also don’t see what I see . he has meltdowns tantrums, will cry for 30 minutes + my family doesn’t always see they because they’re aren’t the ones trying to enforce rules , schedule. They literally baby him . He’s 3 ..read more

My teenager (13F) broke down crying today after she asked for a $7 lamp and I said no. I (43F, single parent) told her she could do an extra chore if she’d like to earn some money for it. This led to her sharing she doesn’t understand why she always has to work for things, as her friends constantly have new clothing they get from their parents “just because.” I explained our family doesn’t have the extra income to buy $150 shoes “just because”—that we have to save and choose wisely what we spend our earnings on. She doesn’t have a lot of name brands, and it is true that I rarely buy things “j ..read more

Hello Reddit parents, I just got home from the pharmacy (Shoppers Drug Mart), and I was informed by the wonderful lady whom I’ve had a great relationship with over the years, that the pharmacist (great guy, had done me quite a few solids over the years) wants me to come in and meet with the 2 of them, as they have caught my daughter shoplifting several times/items in the last week (I was never with her).. They confronted her, and made her return some of the items. She was with an older friend whom I kinda suspected maybe a bit of a bad influence on her, but my daughter has been badly bullied ..read more

I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do going forward. My daughter had everything going for her. She regularly babysat for multiple families on a schedule that allowed for that to be her job, she could attend youth group/church, and have freedom to have a social life. She made enough money to pay for half of her car and six months worth of insurance and gas budgeted. She had a good thing going including being invited to a leadership camp this upcoming summer and starting dual high school and a cosmetology program through a trade school next semester. That's seemingly gone now. While babysittin ..read more

I'm a single father (33) my son is 9 years old. And the thought lately has been floating in my head of he's getting to the age I need to talk with him about growing up and the physical changes and emotional changes he's going to endure. But I was never talked to about these things growing up. I'm not entirely sure how to go about it. I've read some things online. About making it small talk bring humour to the table. And just overall keep it light. What are some of your guys experiences with having this discussion with your kids? How did they react? Thank you in advance! submitted by /u/Relat ..read more

It’s the school holidays, my x agreed to look after the children for one week, he usually has them 2 days a fortnight. Anyway, I woke up today to messages saying he’s taking one child with him to his house and one child and he’s left behind at his parents for not sitting straight in the car. I also received messages from his parents saying pick your child up from our house now we are going out. Luckily I was in town as I had planned to be away for work… what would you do in this situation? submitted by /u/Rora8330 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

My wife and I both work full time, but she does 10hr shifts so a lot of the household stuff and childcare ends up being my responsibility. I like to think I handle it pretty well, but I struggle from time to time and right now I'm really feeling the drain. What kinds of easy (and affordable) meals do ya'll rely on to get you through the tough times? Links to recipes would be most appreciated :) submitted by /u/rocket-boot [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

My(29F) stepson(8) is embarrassed of my wife(29F) and I. He use to love us coming to school for anything, but we transitioned him to a smaller rural area school, which was great for his learning disabilities and his academics has improved so much! but now he’s more socially aware because the school is so small everyone knows everybody. (His second grade class year only has 30 kids) Anyways today he had a field trip and told his mom that he wanted me to wait in the car :( When we went to go visit them on the field trip. His mom later asked why he wanted that and he said that he didn’t want oth ..read more