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“I’m a military dad and I’m going to smack my daughter when she’s being bad.” Help me

My husband hasn’t even been home for three full days (he was gone for five months) and yesterday he smacked our not even two year old on the arm during lunch time. I made my baby lunch and put her in her highchair and she threw some of the food on the floor. He instantly became upset yelled no and then smacked her arm really hard. I was frozen. I’ve been alone with her for five months and I haven’t hit her once. He hasn’t been home for three days and he lost it. He’s not even the main caretaker and he lost it. I feel so incredibly sad. We had a discussion about it and it was mostly him telling me he can smack and hit his daughter when he wants to teach her a lesson about not being bad. To make her respect her elders and because he’s a military dad he has an obligation to teach her right from wrong. Wtf do I do. If he smacks her again I’m going to intervene.

The message of unconditional positive regard is, “I care about you. You have value. You don’t have to do anything to prove it to me, and nothing’s going to change my mind.”@AlexSVenet @NimahGobir https://t.co/gVjcABjNeR

What are the things no one thought to tell you to bring to hospital?

I’m currently pregnant but figured I’d come to you lovely ladies to help me pack my hospital bag for baby! I’ve been watching videos and going through lists and there’s a lot of overlap for the items that are pretty common sense but what are the things that would’ve made your stay so much better and wish you would’ve added?

"My attitude has always been: Wait, Wait, Wait." - Magda Gerber -Magda Gerber #parenting #kids

So your son or daughter wants more privacy. And that’s perfectly normal for our growing tweens & teens. But how much privacy is too much? #parentingtips https://t.co/r4VULWCPRP

This is amazing.

I will most likely come back looking for advice in the future, but for now I just wanted to share what many of you have already experienced. My wife gave birth this past weekend and this is the greatest feeling. It's only been a few days but I'm loving being a father and I am enormously grateful for what why wife went through to for me to have this opportunity. It never really hit me until our son was out and on my wife's chest, I had tears of happiness and have been smiling like a maniac ever since he was born. I look forward to being a father for the rest of my life as well as all the mistakes and lessons I will have along the way.

Here's how play promotes literacy from a young age! #playmatters #earlyliteracy https://t.co/T4Tajd82tm

What’s your LOs favorite pacifier?!

Tell me your baby’s favorite pacifier! Especially if your baby is picky (like mine!). Love, a mother who’s baby is colicy and can no longer comfort nurse because his latch is bad and gives his mama mastitis 😬

2 year old obsessed with toy cars.

My son is 2 and is obsessed with toy cars. It’s the main thing he plays with and would do it all day long if he could. He lines them up as well. I’m curious if others have any experience with something similar and if I should be worried?

I’ve had a pterodactyl for a daughter the last week and I’m craving silence.

The past week all my daughter (6mo) has done is screech most of the day from the time she wakes up to the time she goes to sleep. Can’t be on her own for even a couple minutes by herself. Rolls to her belly and immediately starts whining because she doesn’t want to be there. Constantly needs to be held so she won’t screech but God forbid I sit or stand still for too long. My patience is close to 0 and I just feel like I can’t do anything right. I would type more but you get the gist and I honesty don’t have the energy to relay anything else.

Family Walk Brings Out Hard Questions about Life's Hard Climb https://t.co/nhwoHbAnOq by @whithonea of @LADadsGroup #DadLife #CityDads #Parenting

French philosopher David Émile Durkeim believed that games are a cornerstone of human bonding, while their power to absorb and distract helps ease our thoughts from the troubles at hand. @PaulDarvasi https://t.co/kaM8b5Myov

Playmate

Our neighbor’s daughter who is 4 is the same age as our son. She always looks happy when she plays at our house and does not want to leave. Half of the time she will cry when it’s time to go home. However, it is very very difficult for us to arrange them to play together over the weekend. When texting them, they either intentionally respond very late or have all the excuses. I say that because I still help them get groceries sometimes and they always respond immediately. I’m really frustrated to figure out what’s going on because I feel bad for my son because he cannot play with what he thinks is his best friend at home. Any suggestions or did I miss something? Thanks!

Just a Monday afternoon happy post

Mamas. It’s a holiday Monday. It’s sunny and warm without being unpleasantly hot. We inflated the kiddie pool. The 2 year old is playing with her brothers (8, 11) and the neighbor boys (6,9), and I’m hanging on the patio under our new umbrella, drinking a white claw and reading while keeping an eye on all the kids. This is the LIFE y’all. Post yer brags here, too. I’m in a good mood and wanna hear your happy stuff too.

We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction. -Montessori #ParentingTips #unschool