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Awkward Question About Buying Condoms for Teens

So my son is 15 and has a gf. I gave him some condoms a few months ago that a friend got at a college event. I think it's time I top up his supply. I don't think he's having sex, but I've always thought it's better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them. Now here's the awkward part. His dad is very well endowed, to the point that regular condoms just shred after a minute or so. Once we found large size they were much better. Do I assume my son takes after his father and buy him large ones? Or just buy the regular and let him figure out the rest? I don't keep my own supply around because I'm happily single now, but I guess the other option is just buy a few different varieties and keep them in the bathroom or something. I have also told him he can give them to his friends if they want/need some, so a variety isn't a bad idea.... maybe....

Thoughts on this?

How to handle my child’s grandparent dating

Hey parents. My mom, and the grandmother to my 6 year old son, is dating. She tends to want us all to meet the men she is dating (when they are at the point where they are consistently dating or getting more serious which happens pretty fast generally), and I feel uncomfortable with my son meeting them because I don’t know how long they’ll be around and I don’t want him to be attached and sad if he doesn’t see them anymore. He’s 6 and for context has met 4 guys in those 6 years, but probably would only remember 2 of them. My mom would like him to meet a new person that she recently started dating and at this point It’s a hard no for me, but I wonder how other parents feel and how you all handle these kinds of situations? At what point would you allow your children to meet the people a family member dates?

Am I being unreasonable.

So I have recently started working in a daycare. I’m an aid so there is one other teacher with me. Yesterday we got all the kids laid down for their nap but one. I was patting his back trying to help him sleep while rocking another baby who was having a hard time staying asleep. She said I can handle this one. So I said alright and went to sit in the rocker with the other baby. The one we were struggling to get laid down is close to a year old. He got up and started crawling away from his bed and she took him by the arms and carried him back to his bed by his wrist and laid him down and then she proceeded to lay her leg across him to keep him in his bed. I am a parent and I think it was wrong of her to do that to someone’s child and I’m thinking I might report it to our supervisor. Am I being unreasonable for feeling so uncomfortable about they way she made him lay down? Should I just let it be?

Society if toddlers knew how to blow their nose

My 12 year old daughter wants a toy for much younger kids

My 12 year old (almost 13 daughter) for some reason wants either (she said either one will do) a toy kitchen (like one of those little tikes one) or a toy supermarket (like the one for 5 year olds) Im not sure what to do, although its cute she still likes toys i think maybe its time for her to get some more mature things like clothes or legos etc. I know if i buy her said toy shell probbbaly forget about it in a day and most likely get laughed at by her friends. (not in a mean way but a more like "why do you like these things still way") What do i do? (shes an only child so maybe thats the case why she likes things for younger kids)

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I smoked weed when I was at my wits end and I don’t feel bad about it.

Stopped breast feeding, I don’t produce enough and it makes me feel horrible. I feel awful that I can’t produce enough for him but trying to stay positive. My husband returned to work and after the whole week together I was stressed with the baby. He’s amazing and the cutest baby ever and so proud of him, but holy fuck. I needed a break. I finally got him into his bassinet, my husband showered and ate his dinner, I took myself on the porch and smoked one hit of weed. I felt so much better!! I showered after and brushed my teeth just incase but wow. Went from emotionally exhausted to more relaxed. I haven’t smoked weed since last year and didn’t really miss it but this was much needed. I see why some people crave a cold beer at the end of a hard day.

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My 5 year old’s school has a chart where they rank kids according to their maths skills

It’s huge and up for all the kids to see. Does that sound normal to you? My kid came home saying she’s at the bottom of the class. How is this in any way helpful in building their confidence and self esteem if they’re already making them compare each other to their school mates? Why is the UK system so obsessed with tests and ranking? In Europe kids don’t even start learning till they’re seven.

Okay, whose MIL is this?

A friend of mine just got an invitation to a baby shower for an acquaintance who’s becoming a first-time…grandma. Grandma baby showers aren’t becoming a thing, right?

My child is utterly exhausting but I feel guilty for saying it

My child is almost 5 and she can be very difficult and I'm annoyed with her about 80% of the time. Everything is a fight. She won't eat anything but junk, even though as a baby and young toddler, she ate mostly everything. She cries if we brush her hair. She also screams when she's mad and slams doors. She hates loud noises, and is always afraid the fire alarm will go off. She is clingy and wants to insert herself into my uterus. I don't know if all this is age related or she has ADHD or a sensory processing disorder. I hate that I'm so exhausted and tired. I wish she had a more patient mother, not a burnt out troll. Ugh.

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It happened, my baby loves her nanny. And i hate it.

Fuck, i knew it was going to happen. I chose the nanny because she’s my old nanny. But damn, it hurts so fucking bad. I went to pick her up after work, and my 8mo didn’t want to look or come to me for about 15min. I was luring her woth every toy that i could find. She would look over and just go back to the nanny, like literally climbing on her to get away from me. Fuck. No big surprise that the car ride home was just a big cry-fest. Lou, my babygirl, was screaming. So fucking loud. Fuck. Well… fuck. Tomorrow is a new day?… Good luck to everyone! Sorry for all the swearing.

Magna for a 2nd grader?

Can anyone recommend any magna that isn’t too racy for a 2nd grader? My kid wanted some new books and we got a couple magna titles I’m not familiar with. I’m not really familiar with any of them, which is where I made my mistake. The one she brought in for free reading was a story of concubines making an aphrodisiac, nothing too crazy, and her teacher gave me a heads up and it doesn’t seem like it was an issue. The problem is that I’d like to not make a big deal out of it and discourage her enthusiasm for reading (so happy for this), but guide her to some other titles that aren’t about concubines or aphrodisiacs or the obvious mature subject areas. I went through the book and didn’t see anything beyond people talking about the mundane and some low level arguing- seemed pretty mundane but I was wrong, I’m trying here so no judgement please, I’d like to encourage her interest in magna though. TIA