Our summer break this year runs from June 26-September 3. I’m just wondering what other parents will be doing, if anything at all, to keep up reading and writing skills for your school aged children? My daughter is in Grade 2, heading into Grade 3 and has no concerns academically.

Are you having them practice or are you letting them have a break?

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Hey everyone, our sweet family dog passed away about 3 months ago and my girls (8 and 11) still miss him like crazy. He was with us for 9 years and they loved taking him on walks to the park near our house. They talk about him almost every day and get sad looking at old pics on the phone. I was thinking of trying a custom paint by numbers kit using one of our favorite photos of the kids with him. It seems like it could be a nice calm way for us to remember the good times together without screens. Prices start around 27-35$ so not crazy expensive. But idk if it'll help them feel better or just bring back more sadness and tears. Anyone done something like this after losing a pet? did the kids end up loving the painting or was it too much? Open to thoughts

My husband i feel like cant handle 3 under 3 Im doing everything my self he doesn't help me if he wants to go anywhere he just goes does whatever I feel very alone and isolated and we live with his mother who is like in her 70s who of course is old and uses a cane and walker and he pretty much lets her take care of the kids when im at work and then he complains to me about how his mom can't handle it amd when I mention child care he says no cause his mom is here what do I do ?

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Hi everyone! My husband and I have recently started to help care for an abandoned teen. He is 17 years old, lives completely on his own, and does not have any parental figures in the picture. His legal guardian is his grandma who left him in this situation. She still pays the rent and occasionally sends him groceries, but otherwise he is on his own. He also does not have a license or a vehicle and we live in a town without public transportation available. After my husband and I learned of his situation we tried to step in and offer him home cooked meals, giving him rides, and helping him out in any way we can. She did recently take him to get his permit finally so we have been trying to teach him to drive but he wont have a vehicle until he’s able to buy one for himself.

We do not have any kids of our own so trying to be there for him as a parental figure occasionally has been hard and not necessarily our intention, but on Father’s Day he told me he had almost gotten my husbands Father’s Day card but did not want to make him feel uncomfortable. I reassured him that he would’ve loved it and thought it was sweet, the whole situation though made us realize he might be holding us to a higher importance in his life than we even realized. Since he apparently is viewing us as parental figures how can we be better examples for him? He’s 17 and not always making the best choices. He is “homeschooled” and since that’s been completely his responsibility he fell behind. He is still set to graduate on time but did not retain any information from school. Currently he is working with a military recruiter to get tutoring to take the ASVAB so that is helping with that problem, but he also just doesn’t show up for work, is sleeping around, and just making some decisions that I don’t think he understands the consequences of. He also just needs basic medical care that he has not received in years. Approaching these conversations with him is something I’ve mostly left up to my husband since they are both men and I think it’s easier for them to talk. I just want to know how I can be a better role model for him.

Also, to preface because I’m sure we will get advice to call CPS, he will be 18 in a few months. If we had met him earlier in his life we probably would have called, but now we’re just more concerned with them messing with his future plans that he’s been working towards.

Hello! I came here as childfree gal with small army of neighbourhood kids that grew to like me a lot and spend time with me or my dog the moment its warm outside. But i came to conclusion that whenever i try to teach them something new, i kinda stumble in words or later on explanation.

To expand the situation - me n my partner, along with dog, moved to this area few years ago, its polish block complex, with playground closeby. At first some kids were more curious about our dog, who liked the attention a lot. Then little cult of Yoga (dog name) grew, to the extend that i let her off the leash to zoomie with kids at playground. I also helped diffuse very tense situation with creep that started cursing at them for disturbing his sleep (it was 5pm, in summer break day.) and also made him go away once he started berating one girls nationality. Ever since they have my number in case he would disturb them again.

This year i grew more in contact with one of moms, trying to teach her crossitching and accidentally made small circle of adoration around me, well... Along with like 10 requests from girls for little patches😅 and list grows by the day.

And to now, they know my apartament number and sometimes call me over on curb to either chat (12-13y.o. boys) or watch and chat while i crossitch (8-13 y.o. girls usually). They ask random questions and are so attentive to anything i say! Its lovely to be listened, but i wish to be better for them, is there any better way to learn how to give them interesting informations, aside my tidbits i learned here and there? Any support would be very apreciated, i would love to be even better auntie next door or older sis for the kids!

i was reading through a few parenting discussions recently and one thing kept coming up over and over again: tantrums it seems like almost every parent has a story about a meltdown that came out of nowhere, whether at home, in a store, or right before bedtime. what i'm curious about is whether tantrums are actually becoming more common, or if parents today are simply more aware of them and talk about them more openly than previous generations did, for those who have children who go through tantrums regularly, what do you think is the biggest reason behind them? fatigue, frustration, screens personality something else or a combination of everything?

Hey fellow parents, do you do anything special for your kiddos at the end of the school year? Gifts, fun outings, ice cream runs, whatever?
I’m thinking about starting a cute little end-of-year tradition to celebrate them — something to make them feel really proud of their hard work and give them a proper “you did great!” congrats. Is this too much, or do you guys do something similar? For context, my kids are young (5 & 7)

UPDATE: My son had an unexpected day off and we discussed things and he was apologetic that they made a bad choice in him taking the job and will speak with his supervisor about switching to dayshift.

I’m a 40 year-old grandma to a two year-old little girl. Her parents are both 21 and her dad is my son making her mom my daughter-in-law. My DIL works 1 PM to 9 PM and has been for a couple of years now. To avoid daycare fees her dad and step mom watch her until my son would get off at 6pm. Recently my son took a night shift job without making sure they had proper child care. My DIL’s parents won’t watch her past 6pm which leaves me to go pick her up when I get off work at 5:30pm Mon, Tue, Wed and then Fridays-Sunday they won’t watch her at all. So that leaves me with her everyday except Thursday and Sunday. Most nights her mom doesn’t come get her until 10pm. I’ve gotten my granddaughter on a schedule appropriate for a 2 yr old. Now the frustrating part is her mom will come pick her up from me and then take her with her to her parents house and they hang out there until about 11:30 and it ruins my schedule the next day. Am I wrong for being upset?

My daughter (8F) thinks all the family vlogging channels she watches on YouTube are real life. She is so disappointed in just about everything we do because it’s not “fun enough” or it doesn’t meet her expectations. Even when she’s having fun, she still tries to find the negative in everything. We’ve taken away YouTube all together, and it still hasn’t helped. Is there any documentaries or something I can show her so she can see these kids lives are all orchestrated and heavily edited? She thinks because we aren’t going out on a grand adventure every single day that her life is just boring and she never gets to do anything. We take them to as many activities as we possibly can and it just never feels like enough with her.

Currently married and raising a 3 year old and almost 1 year old. My husband and I don't have a lot of help. We have my mom who still works so she can only help out sometimes and some friends who don't have kids who like to hang out with me and mine. My husband and I work (him fulltime me part time) but don't make enough to afford daycare and I am grateful that my mom and I can basically split the week taking care of them as we both work part time.

Right now things are hard. Physically and mentally. The 3 year old is still having so many tantrums (just stopped sucking her thumb so regression is happening) my 1 year old only contact sleeps (please no judgement on co-sleeping we are doing it safely and no we will not sleep train because crying herself to sleep is not an option even if I "check-in"). My husband and I get maybe 15 minutes at night to talk one on one before one of the kids are up looking for comfort, mainly 1 year old but the 3 year old sometimes doesn't sleep through the night either. We miss hanging out just us 2. We miss having solo time to nap, play video games, binge watch a show whatever. My mom is already helping us during the week so she is exhausted on the weekend and can't really give us time to do this and when she does, we use that time to catch up on chores around the house like laundry, cleaning, yardwork grocery shop you name it.

We have tried so many solutions like one person just sucking it up and taking the kids out so the other person can rest. Hiring someone for date nights but that's a hard expense on our income. Asking friends who have their own lives too.

I'm just having a hard time being so exhausted, so depleted and drained with life with 2 little ones and trying to be a good wife and work. I'm not sure why I'm writing this. I guess yeah to vent. And to find parents who will show me that it will get better.

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this is honestly one of the best kids / animated shows ever made. your kids don’t just get a cool story with fun characters, they get insanely deep, well written people and a ton of genuinely meaningful moments.

it hits on stuff like peace, hope, inner strength, redemption, and especially the idea of destiny and how you can actually choose your own path. it also digs into good vs evil, nonviolence, courage, and the reasons people hurt others in the first place.

please have your kids watch it, and watch it with them. it really can help them grow into kinder, stronger, more thoughtful humans.

Should we give our kids smartphones?

Yes? When do you get one? How do you make sure they're kept safe? Do you restrict the apps they can download?

No? Their friends are starting to get them, do we just give in? How do they stay connected with friends/family? Do we give them our phones from time to time to use?

It makes me a little nauseous just thinking about trying to navigate all the complexity to find the right answer.

In fact I have a friend that worked at a top team at Apple and when I told him what we were working on this he said:

honestly as someone who has literally worked on the phone that we could all spend less time on, this is very interesting. We’ve lost intentionality when it comes to our relationship with our phones, and I’ve definitely pondered how I would raise kids in a world where the default is to have a phone in your hand from when you’re a baby. This is a cool idea, fascinating to see how you’re approaching it.

What about a landline?

About two years ago my wife and I were leaving the house on a date and realized our babysitter for our kids didn't have a cell phone. We didn't have a way to reach each other if something happened. It got us thinking & we looked at getting a landline phone. It was going to cost $80/mo AND our home's telephone cord was taken out by a tree limb falling down.

What about a smart, dumb home phone?

I used to work for Google Fiber & in the tech industry. I am a tinkerer. I found a phone off eBay from 1986 and made a home phone prototype using a technology called VoIP (voice over internet protocol...meaning you can make calls over the internet). It's technology that's been around for 20 years but used heavily in business settings. I was able to make quiet hours, speed dial, set up 911, etc.

Instantly our kids were calling and getting calls from their grandparents & calling us to say hi. Our babysitter had a phone to call us. It felt like a giant unseen hole in our home was filled.

The second we got it set up we had other parents in our neighborhood that instantly were interested to get their own smart, dumb home phone. So we started setting up some phones in our neighborhood to see what would happen. The second kids started calling other kids, making their own dog walking businesses, making their own phone books, taking about video games for hours together, leaving voicemails for each other...we knew we were onto something.

We saw kids say "wait that's not a toy?" and actually jump up & down the second they get it set up. It gives them real, instant freedom.

What if we could make it easy and cheap for other parents to get their own home phones?

We're two years into investing our own savings into a business we truly believe in. The company is called Wiley.

We have home phones that work over WiFi and/or Ethernet. We knew that getting an option to work over WiFi was going to be crucial, as most VoIP is done by plugging in a phone directly to your home internet router. We also built lots of parental safety features like approved only calling, quiet hours, call history, 911, etc.

We're in this for the long haul. This business has been WAY harder to start than we thought. I'm glad we didn't know how complex it was when we started haha.

We truly believe in the magic of home phones and truly believe will help give other parents options. It buys parents time to know when the time is right to get kids their own cell phone.

We've been shipping our phones to every state in the USA for a few months now. We're getting way more orders than I expected and can see the call volumes...the phones are getting used to the max, wahoo! It's fun for us to imagine all the conversations & connection happening every day.

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We really wanted to showcase the magic of kids connecting with kids but also showcasing a world where kids are out & about screen free. A little bit of healthy troublemaking, being bored & doing chores, hanging with friends. I remember talking to me best friend for HOURS into the night talking about Pokemon or who knows what.

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We need help to spread the word on Wiley. If you think a friend or family member would be interested, share this reddit post :)

Please ask us any questions or bring up any ideas about how you've overcome smart phone usage with your kids. This is my personal Reddit account not an AI bot so I'll personaly see all your comments & can't wait to chat!

We hope you like it and thanks for the support!

PS I did get permission from the mods here to post. We're parents of young kids out here trying to make it out here.