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Oct 8, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by ChurchLess

Children Raised Without Religion Are Kinder And More Empathetic

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Family & Parenting

Oct 5, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by vjohnson51

And the award for one of the most creepiest, weirdest, cruel parents goes to Gwen and her husband. I watched one of her YT videos and it was the most disturbing YT video I have ever seen in my entire life. I would highly recommend never ...

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Oct 5, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by jeran0312

Visiting family that I have not seen in many years in a beautiful part of the country. It has been lovely. Only downside....very religious. Ugh! Keeping my mouth closed.

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Family & Parenting

Oct 3, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Spinliesel

At this rate, i could be a great-great grandmother when i finally die. My 22 year old, married granddaughter had an adorable child last year. Now the marriage is kaputt, but she took up with another loser and now is pregnant. I am stunned. Is this ...

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Oct 3, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by AJimboShep82

Is a raw food diet for Cats better than dry

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Oct 3, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Tomfoolery33

The makings of a feminist. I was reading an interview with Ann Patchett in Time Magazine, about her new book, and ran across this: “Danny was a very easy character to write because, oddly enough, I have known many men who are ...

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Oct 2, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by MichaelF

I'm at my mother's death bed, and I'm politely having to keep my mouth shut. My parents' rabbi comes in and sings prayers and leaves a printout of them. My new age wife wants to do some sort of "ritual" that will make it easier for the spirit to ...

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Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Nakedterror

So, this happened yesterday: I blew up at my wife when our 5-year old daughter said that God made her sister Autistic. It's true that her sister is Autistic, but I was furious that she would allow our daughter to think that. After I calmed down, I ...

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Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Rob48

Any other fans of the late, great psychoanalyst Alice Miller? For those who aren't familiar with her work, she was a very vocal opponent of using corporal punishment in child rearing. As a devotee of Dr. Miller's, I, too, believe that hitting a child...

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Family & Parenting

Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by vjohnson51

Pros and Cons of being a Dad's girl. Cons: 1) I don't know if I'll ever be able to find a man who I love as much as my Father. I have never experienced romantic love. 2) Men get intimidated because I know how I'm supposed to be treated and I have ...

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Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by IAJO163

Who remembers having to discuss "Current Events" in school? Do they still do that? It connected me to the world I lived in. It was and still is powerful. Do you engage your children in conversation about it?

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Sep 29, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Spinliesel

Dream is channeling Wilma Rudolph My 15 months old great-granddaughter discovered the new track by the highschool. She did 3 laps! I think, I'll start a track shoes and clothes fund for her!

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Family & Parenting

Sep 27, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Metaqueen70

King and Queen

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Family & Parenting

Sep 26, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by livesz

I wanna New friends

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Sep 26, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by MarkiusMahamius

LINKGeneration Gap? or just a new part of our society?

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Sep 26, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by LadyAlyxandrea

Today is my maternal biological grandpas birthday, and I was thinking about him a lot. In loving memory I looked at his facebook and behold his first and last statuses, the only two he made lol. Pretty much sums him up as a person. He was a ...

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Sep 24, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by bigpawbullets

I'll have to ask @cutiebeauty if this is how it really works: 🤔

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Sep 21, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by HippieChick58

I have a new facet to my parenting today. Y'all may know I'm mom and grammy. My 31 year old daughter recently broke up with her long term boyfriend. Last night she met her sisters and I for dinner and told us she is coming out of the closet. And we ...

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Sep 19, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by bigpawbullets

The parenting experience appears to be universal. 🙄

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Sep 19, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Nakedterror

My daughter was scared of this doll (i think shes seen a preview of the new Maleficent movie) and had me remove it from her doll collection. After I took it out of the room, we had a conversation about it. I told her Maleficent says shes sorry for ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 17, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Marcie1974

I have kind of avoided researching much on toxic parenting and narcissism but I came across this article and it really resonates with me regarding my mom. Most articles tend to show the extreme end of toxic parenting, this one is closer to what I ...

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Sep 16, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by twill

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Sep 15, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by SravanKumar

Yesterday I came up with an argument about dress code with an women who is around 50 and some men around 30-50. They say that the dressing sence of a woman shows her character. Women wearing shorts or not covering their bodies fully are characterless...

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Sep 14, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Nakedterror

My 10 yr old son: Dad, who's our leader? Me: uh...well, what do you mean? Him: who leads us? We need a good leader. Me: yes, we do. Well, our country has presidents to lead us, but right now we don't have a very good one. Him: so who's leading us? ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 12, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Rob48

I was viciously hit by my father when I was a child. Instead of making me a better person, my early abusive treatment created an anxiety ridden, fearful, rage-filled man. As a result of my childhood experiences, I came to believe that not only is ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 5, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by FatherOfNyx

They get it from their.. ..grandma?

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Family & Parenting

Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by jeran0312

I have told my parents that I do not believe in a god anymore. They took it well. But I am worried about an aunt I am very close to. She is the most religious family member I have other than my Nana who has dementia. I am almost postive that my aunt...

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Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by GeorgeTodd

I had an eureka moment while reading about children attending Sunday school. I suddenly realised. The reason, as children, we were sent to Sunday school was to allow our parents so free time to indulge in marital pursuits. Bless them hahahaha

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Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by bobwjr

LINKFor The First Time, Physicists Have Observed a Giant Magnetic 'Bridge' Between Galaxies

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Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Biblebeltskeptic

My loving and caring parents are actively trying to pass down Christianity to my little, impressionable toddlers. Part of me asks what harm would it do, and part of me asks if I really want my kids to be deeply indoctrinated. I'm approaching ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 3, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by zesty

Isn't it immoral for a woman not to have an abortion after becoming pregnant resulting from a rape? I presume that a baby from a rapist father won't receive the same love and care than otherwise. Also, why to propagate the genes of a rapist?

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Family & Parenting

Sep 3, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by vjohnson51

My mother is having a family cookout on Friday. She is inviting my half uncle who I have avoided and not seen for a year. He used to sell my sister(who is a recovering addict)drugs. Aside from that, he is also a right wing, Flat Earth conspiracy ...

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Family & Parenting

Sep 1, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by gigihein

Yesterday was my son's 26th birthday. 8/31 on a blue moon. My fav pic is him with our cat Mellow, because Roark is mellow. I used to call him a monk, as he was wise beyond his years. Time shows passes quickly.

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Aug 23, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Jama765

Happy Friday! My last three days of vacation and I'm talking my daughter camping. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Aug 22, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Petter

Man is omnivorous! Whilst a predominantly vegan lifestyle is acceptable for adults, don't force it upon babies and todlers!

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Aug 20, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by zesty

Proposed NIH medical research. An innovative method and implementation to induce pregnamcy in pro-life men using aborted embryos. Hope it happens soon!

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Family & Parenting

Aug 20, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Purna

Hello All, Here is a question which I didn't find good answers in YouTube. Why do people want to have kids? Why do people prefer to loose lot of their time, energy and money on raising kids? Does every couple makes a conscious decision before ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 19, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Wurlitzer

Doggo update/pic dump: Leon Redbone is getting so big! I went to see my parents dogs the other day and didn’t recognize one of them because of how much bigger mine has grown. He’s only 6 months old, and he’s able to pull open my cracked front ...

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Aug 17, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by PontifexMarximus

I am not sure whether I haven't already posted this … but One day my daughter came up to me and said: "Daddy, do you know that I am not your daughter?" "Oh, did your mother tell you something she forgot to tell me?" "Daddy … that's not what I ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 17, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by vertrauen

Anti-Mormon Inoculation Request for community input: My elder son, 22yo, newly graduated, just moved to the Upper Midwest 2 months ago for a new job. His overbearing mother had always wanted him to become a Christian, but the skepticism he picked ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 15, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by SendouQ

So my mom and I told my 11 year old sister that I was an atheist. My sister didn't understand why I didn't believe in a god so I told her why. She did ask questions that I couldn't answer but I wasn't mad. I was more surprised about my mom ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 13, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by GuitarDoctor

I badly cooked 1 cup of lentils tonight. I followed the recipe and everything, but they were hard as little pebbles. Where did I go wrong?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 13, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Wisewoman3

Does anyone have children that attend public school, in states that have made laws about posting In God We Trust or the Ten Commandments in the schools? If so, do you plan to have them attend the school, or do you tell them to ignore it and learn ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 11, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Carin

I bought my boys bulletproof backpacks...they are nervous about school shootings, and school starts the 15th. The packs were over $100 each--I'm hoping they won't fall apart as quickly as the non-bulletproof kind do. How do other parents cope with ...

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Family & Parenting

Aug 10, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by EmeraldJewel

Is it normal to dislike other people’s children? Not necessarily hate them, just dislike and get annoyed by them?

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Aug 8, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Spinliesel

Just saying Good Morning. There will be two girls to babysit today, so no internet. Rain, wind and thunderstorms are predicted. Have a great day!

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Family & Parenting

Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by DZhukovin

Spoiler alert: The parents are clearly lying, and the abuse gets catalyzed by the mother, because of clear principles about the mother-son dynamic. It's very close to the male-female social bonding dynamic, where conflicting ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 31, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Metaqueen70

When you tell a story to a group of friends and relatives do you exaggerate the story or embellish it and why?

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Family & Parenting

Jul 28, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Cecilia2018

How did you deal with the empty nest syndrome? I have mixed feelings. I'm happy to see my gronw up children's success and beginning a new life as independent adults. But at the same time as a single mother I'm feeling the grief of the empty nest.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Sandster

Government giving way to a religion? Note - this just my take, the relevant parties have their own stance. A school in the Midlands (England, UK) has suspended its teaching about LGBT relationships because of 'frantic phone calls' from the ...

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Jul 25, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Bigwavedave

Craft cocktail in Akureyri, Norther Iceland. Created by a local bartender. Mulled blueberries, american bourban, orange peel, and burnt cinamon stick. Would you try it?

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Jul 24, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Bigwavedave

Off roading in northern iceland . Driving ffom hofn to akureyri. Amazing.

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Jul 23, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

POLLWhere do others stand on Oregan passing a law that allows students to take mental heath days off. As a parent and past educator, I approve. I think it sends a good message and allows the kids and parents to not have to lie.

13 votes Great idea
2 votes Dumb idea
6 votes Unneeded law
2 votes I had to go no matter what - everyone must

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Jul 22, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Incognitohippy

So today was 2 years sin and e my niece was killed by a drunk driver. She was born when I was 9 yrs old. She was my first baby. I spent the day with memories flooding my heart and mind. And crying. The anger i feel today is just as strong as the day...

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Jul 22, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Outsideit67

Two weeks ago I had a blow out with My oldest Son and we have haven’t spoke since . I’ve seen his pattern of running down those who love him and not dealing with his own issues. I came to aid to the aid of his younger brother who he was running ...

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Jul 17, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by bobwjr

Again the comparison is chilling

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Jul 16, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by SaucyCheryl

See if you can find the vacuum...

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Jul 16, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Tomfoolery33

LINKElementary-School Curriculum Is All Wrong - The Atlantic

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Family & Parenting

Jul 16, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Mike1947

An observation; Over the past generations, child-rearing has become a competitive sport, our kid's performance a measure of our own worth, an approach that requires more intensive parental supervision than ever before. “Snowplow parents,” the ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 16, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by WonderWilla

Happy to see that many of my sons 15 year old friends are coming out of the fog!!!! They admit they go to church/temple etc to make their parents happy but they know it’s nonsense, they don’t believe and once they hit 18 they won’t be going ...

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Jul 14, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by KGDarling

My sister died yesterday after being sick for 2-3 years. They asked me to do a reading at the mass. Told my niece I wasn’t a fan of God lately and that I would feel like a hypocrite. No thanks.

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Jul 13, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by CrazyQuilter

Do you think it is dysfunctional when 50 YO kids and their parent(s) spend nearly all their free time together? My family is not close, so I cannot understand this as a positive thing. It seems to me that kids should move on and have their own ...

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Jul 13, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Kafirah

If you teach a boy that women are inferior in front of a girl, you are teaching them both them same lesson.

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Jul 12, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by TonyCarl1

Do you think its necessary for children to have a cell phone, and if so what age should they be.What are the pros and cons.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 12, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Allamanda

Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong in the US. We know this, but we don't see why. It's knowledge, not techniques we need to impart.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 11, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by TomMcGiverin

POLLI've been wondering for a while if most of us on Agnostic are mostly estranged from our families of origin or instead fairly close and involved with our immediate families. So I am interested in asking the ? With a poll, using what I suspect are the ...

3 votes I am estranged from my family because they are religious and I am not.
6 votes I am estranged from my family because they are conformist/mainstream and I am not.
14 votes I am estranged from my family because they are dysfunctional and/or toxic.
24 votes I am close to most or all of my family and/or very involved with all or most of them.
9 votes I am estranged from my family because I and they have simply become very different people from who we were when I was a child .

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Family & Parenting

Jul 9, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Buxx

Here's a beautiful talk between three smart women. I just watched it and needed to share it.

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Family & Parenting

Jul 8, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Ms_McSteven

I'm anxious. I think it's starting to spiral into depression. I need to stop the process, so I'm just going to vent here, and it will be long. I can't vent on FB, because what's giving me anxiety is my family. I'm being pressured by my brother ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 8, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by ownworstenemy

The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree is more than a saying. There's science behind it now. Trauma has a genetic component that is passed to offspring.

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Jul 4, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by birdingnut

A family of four stuck with a Virgin Atlantic flight they'd booked that became a drag queen Pride Flight in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The flight featured Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Tituss Burgess and RuPaul’s Drag ...

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Jul 1, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by CallMeDave

Do you road trip?

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Jul 1, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Katsarecool

How to get two over 6 ft tall teenagers to do chores around the house? Help! The oldest is almost 17, 6 ft 2 in tall walks like a sloth, comes out of his room to go to the bathroom, comes out when my daughter (his servant) puts the meals o the ...

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Family & Parenting

Jul 1, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by m16566

What about a man's right to choose? women have the right to have an abortion terminate all responsibility for an unwanted child, what rights do men have? it should be possible for a man to terminate parental rights prior to the birth of the ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by UpsideDownAgain

How do you teach your teenagers ethics and values?

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Jun 24, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Wurlitzer

Doggo update: for anyone curious about the sweet hounddog I found, I found her owners, they came and picked her up Sunday afternoon, and brought me one of her beautiful 5 month old puppies. They suspect she was indeed an abandoned hunting dog but ...

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Jun 21, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Ange

My divorce has an address. The good news is that it is on the other side of the world in the holy land. :)

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Jun 21, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by FatherOfNyx

Child psychology..

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Jun 21, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by APaleBlueDot

I find this ad to have some interesting inconsistencies.

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Jun 20, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by IAJO163

LINKUFO sightings: Top Dem on Senate intel committee, senators briefed - CNNPolitics

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Family & Parenting

Jun 20, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by IAJO163

LINKParents brawl over a 13-year-old umpire's call at a youth baseball game - CNN

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Family & Parenting

Jun 18, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by DaveBA5150

After over a decade of mostly ignoring, shutting down, or being more than a little combative in the conversation(s) about god from my very fanatical baptist father, I recently decided to actually start a back and forth email discussion with him. This...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 18, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by SaucyCheryl

Oh the relevance...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 17, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by gigihein

I tried to post this and kept hitting wrong button. Thinking of my dad. I only had 10 years as had not seen him since I was 8 At 28 we reunited because I feltnit was selfish and stupid to cut him off like my family had. I treasure that time. He died ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 16, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by TimeOutForMe

To all those great dads out there. Have an awesome Father's Day.

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Jun 16, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by PatrickKerr

There should be a single parents day.

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Family & Parenting

Jun 15, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by HippieChick58

TMI but good to know up front. I'm not sure I'd even want to talk to him/her....

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Jun 12, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by MoolSomwaru

In a marriage/relationship, are traditional gender roles wrong, if you both are happy and prefer it that way? How would a feminist view that? Would they see it as not possible, or due to the patriarchy, or brainwashing? i haven't heard any good ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 11, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Ms_McSteven

I just found out that my oldest son's wife left him. Took the girls, moved out. I assume it was another of his extramarital affairs, or perhaps his lack of anger management. I haven't seen or spoken to any of them in four years. Still, I'm ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 9, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Honorabledougn

Out of town with my little girl. Not wholly a camping trip, but we are having fun. It was a 4 hour drive. Thankfully I didn't get the "are we there yet!" For too long.

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Family & Parenting

Jun 7, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by St-Sinner

This was news in February 2019. A 27-year-old Indian man plans to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. Mumbai businessman Raphael Samuel told the BBC that it's wrong to bring children into the world because they ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 5, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by St-Sinner

A real brother's keeper

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Family & Parenting

Jun 4, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Honorabledougn

I just had a great day at court. I could see that the judge was not happy with my ex case. She hadn't made her case at all. So she asked for an adjournment for a second time. So there is more than a glimmer of hope for me getting this settled ...

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Family & Parenting

Jun 4, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by AJimboShep82

I just came back from the ICU at the hospital and they give my step-sister (25) two days to live from an idiot that laced her and her bf’s joint he’s ok but she will not make it and all I can say about the whole thing is wow and not in a good way...

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Family & Parenting

May 31, 2019May 2019

Posted by St-Sinner

Givers and Takers Is it entirely true?

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Family & Parenting

May 31, 2019May 2019

Posted by St-Sinner

National Spelling Bee Competition Christian and Hindu students pray to their Gods for the championship

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Family & Parenting

May 30, 2019May 2019

Posted by St-Sinner

Is racism in our veins? Can laws change our instincts or behavior? A white campground employee is fired after pulling a gun on a black couple looking for a picnic site. It will be interesting to see how many come forward to defend this trash ...

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Family & Parenting

May 29, 2019May 2019

Posted by RobertMartin

If I ever talked to my parents this way, they'd knocked me the fuck out and rightfully so.

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Family & Parenting

May 29, 2019May 2019

Posted by Spinliesel

We are leaving on a short trip to Tennessee tomorrow to visit the grandson we have not seen since his father's funeral. His father committed suicide. My plan is not to speak of it unless asked a direct question. It was 16 years ago. Wish me luck....

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Family & Parenting

May 28, 2019May 2019

Posted by birdingnut

An Orthodox Jewish organization released a powerful video campaign about sexual abuse that should be required viewing for anyone affiliated with a faith community. In the video, a mother, father and teenage daughter are attempting to report sexual ...

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