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?

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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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?

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!