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My parents are getting a divorce how do I prevent it if I am the cause? [duplicate]
So I play a sport and I am a state player
for the past four years, I have always been on and off badminton while going through thick and thin with my sisters and family . Every time I do something ...
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How do I stop my parents from getting a divorce [duplicate]
Im 11 and my parents have Been aurguing they don't spend time together as much any more I Wana know what I can do to make them not have a divorce.
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Rough and tumble play with 1.5 yo son turns to actual voilent behavior
I have the feeling that my one-and-a-half-year-old son often wants to play wildly in the evenings or even have a kind of tussle. However, this almost exclusively follows the pattern that it is ...
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What to do so my parents don't get divorced? [duplicate]
I am 14 years old and my parents are planning to divorce, the one who wants a divorce is my mother, she says that because of my father's behavior she really doesn't care anymore if something happens ...
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My 5 year is taking advantage of my wife's clinical anxiety and depression
My 5 year old acts up around his mother, especially if other people are around. She has clinical anxiety, she's taking antidepressants.
It's not his fault, he noticed that he can get what he wants if ...
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How can I handle a daughter who says she doesn't want to stay with me more than one day?
I got divorced in 2019 and have a daughter who will be 10 in 4 months. Yesterday I went to their house to pick her up for holidays and she all of a sudden said "dad, I don't want to stay with you ...
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As a father, should i allow my 5year old son to see me nude?
In July it will be 5years that I will have been a father. My son and I have a good relationship. I am a very cultured man and I really respect and appreciate the privacy of people. Sometimes whenever ...
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I am planning to ask for divorce. Should I inform my BPD wife's friends so they are prepared to support her?
My wife and I have been married over 20 years. We have two autistic young adult children, and she has borderline personality disorder.
Due to BPD, my wife has abused the children emotionally in many ...
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Etiquette for asking separated parents for a playdate?
My young daughter wants to invite a friend at school over for a playdate whose parents I haven't met. I want to email the other parents to invite them, but in the school directory they have different ...
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How to explain why ex-wife's family no longer wants to be friends with Dad
My son is 10.
The Ex-Wife cheated twice during our 14 year marriage.
Divorce ensued instantly upon this discovery, and no alimony was entitled to her (as per the local laws of the country.)
Although ...
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How to I tell a 3 year old who his real dad is?
My child's dad walked out when I was pregnant and said he wasn’t ready to be a father. Not long after, I got with my now-boyfriend and we have two kids of our own together. My first child calls my ...
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My Parents have been fighting heavily and today they said they are seriously considering divorce how can I prevent [duplicate]
I am a teenager with a younger sister today my parents said they are considering divorce. I haven’t been able to relax since. If this were to happen my world would come crashing down they said they ...
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When is the right time to tell a 6 year old his “dad” is not his real dad
My daughter got involved with a guy after having her first child. They married and she now has 2 more kids. However she found out he was having an affair and left him. My grandson is now 6. His “dad” ...
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how can i help my parants from getting a divorce [duplicate]
im a young tenager and my parents are constantly arguing.
my mum has recantly taken off her rings and was joking around about splitting up, but i think they might actually.
i dont know what to do and ...
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How should you tell a very intelligent 4 year old that her dad isn’t her dad
I’ve recently found out that the man I thought was my daughter’s father isn’t. How do I tell my baby that someone else is her dad?
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How do I be a Grandad when I'm still being (and learning to be) a Dad?
I'm 42. Had my first son when I was 22 during a short relationship. Met and married my wife and had my second son at 38. He is now 4. My first son is 19 and will become a Dad in a few months. He lives ...
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Absent Father of 6 years from birth with alcohol, drugs and gambling addictions
My child's father has been completely absent since the first week of my child's life. There has been no contact until now (6 years later). He lives around the corner and passes us everyday, he has not ...
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Selling a house post-divorce
I am 22 years old, an only child, and haven't lived with my parents (save for the summer months) since I started college in 2017. I am graduated as of 2020 and I have a stable and well paying job in a ...
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5 year-old (divorced parents) tells dad he doesn't love him
My 5-year old son lives with his mum, 20 minutes down the road from me. Our arrangement is he comes to me Fridays to Sundays. We've been living apart around 1 year. He always tells me he hates coming ...
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My dad never compliments me and constantly calls me a jerk
My father and I have an inequitable relationship. I'm not allowed to talk back to him or say anything to my mom in his presence without telling him. I have nothing against such a state of affairs; ...
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Can I bring my parents back together? [closed]
I am fairly young, not a teenager yet. This morning, my parents had a fight and my mom said she was going to stop cooking for my dad. At lunch, I spoke to my dad about apologizing and recognizing my ...
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Can my 6 years old daughter be my business partner?
TL;DR: Can I buy second-hand toys, make them better with my 6.5 years old daughter and sell them for a higher price?
Some context:
This year for Christmas, Santa brought some Lego bricks for my 6.5 ...
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i am a kid and my parents are asking who do i want to stay with... what should i answer? [closed]
I am a kid and my parents are asking who do I want to stay with... because I think they might want to divorce... what should I answer? I love both of them and do not want to live separately from any ...
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Shared custody father completely overwhelmed, doesn't accept help, what can I do?
My brother is in a very difficult situation. His wife separated from him a year ago. They have two kids, at the time 3 and 5 years old. They moved out of their common apartment, each one into their ...
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How Do I Stop My Two Kids from Fighting? [closed]
My kids are fighting with each other for no reasons. They are twins (4 year old). Sometime they get too serious. Punishment is not the way I really like. Please share some cool ideas.
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My 5 year old Autistic son is very mean to me when his mother is around
I don't understand why all day while she is at work or out there aren't any issues. We go on walks, to parks, play with toys, the day is focused on him. I understand that she is the favorite parent, ...
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Relationships between siblings in new family arrangement
Me and my now wife are living together since January. We ended our previous marriages in order to be together and we still have issues with her ex-husband to this day. She has a 12yo boy from her ...
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How to minimize covid-19 exposure child visitation with the non-custodial parent?
What practical approaches are recommended or possible to minimize covid-19 exposure during child visitation, weekend visit, with the non-custodial parent? Are there medical or legal guidelines on ...
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How to protect my children from abusive mother?
I am looking for some urgent advice with how to proceed. My wife is constantly emotionally and physically abusive to both my 3 and 5-year-old. She belittles both, plays favorites, talks about her ...
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DNA Testing on 10 year old
I have three kids. For the last 10 years, my two oldest have had a good relationship with their grandparents and father's family.
This past weekend, an ex-boyfriend and I met up for drinks to catch ...
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8 month old misses father on long trip
Me and my wife live in US with our 8 month old son.I spent my evenings bonding with him. He was a very happy baby here laughing and smiling. He went to India a month ago with his mother. We wanted him ...
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When to introduce a half-sibling?
My wife and I divorced. Ironically, our relationship now is better than before the divorce.
We have a son (5) who lives with my ex. He is not entirely aware of our situation. We split when he was ...
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parents might me getting Divorced [duplicate]
I've just found out that one of my parents want a divorce.
They don't know that I know.
I am a young teen (about15) what should I do?
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Where to turn for help when my 12-year-old granddaughter keeps hitting her 10-year-old sister?
I have two granddaughters, one turns 12 in August, the other is 10 years old and is small for her age (she was a prem baby). Her parents are divorced since the older child was 5 and the dad has a new ...
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How can I ensure that my daughter is not excessively attached to me?
I have been a single father to my two children- a sixteen year old girl and a fourteen year old boy- ever since my wife separated from me eight years ago and married another man. I have had extremely ...
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How can I fix our relationship after falsely punishing my son?
I am a bad father. I punished my son for something he did not do as it turned out that his friend broke the china plate.
Because I punished my son he did not get to go to his favorite band's final ...
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How to tell my 7-year-old about bio father who just got out of prison?
My 7-year-old daughter's bio father went to prison when she was 3 months old. My son's dad came into our lives when my daughter was like 14 months old and has been here and been dad ever since!
I ...
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Preparing and handling 1-month absence of father for 3.5 year-old
What is the best way to prepare a 3.5 year-old for a 1-month absence of his father?
The child has a very good and intimate relationship to both mother and father. The closer the departure comes the ...
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Toddler ignoring dad and change in his attitude
Our son is really a good boy listening the first time on everything and doesn’t cry, but recently he has been the opposite. I m not strict but his mom is strict and recently my wife started a part ...
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How can I help my 2-year-old son adapt to his biological father?
I found out today, that my soon to be ex husband is not my son's biological father (which is what I was hoping for, as he is mentally, emotionally and physically abusive).
The BF (biological father) ...
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As the father, when is it better for me to be home?
I am going to be a father for the first time in March.
We are living in France, so, thanks to the welfare state, my wife will not be returning to work until September.
I am willing to set a good ...
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Toddler recently pushing me away, no cuddles, not saying goodnight etc etc and I'm withdrawing a bit - is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Our daughter just turned 2 in May. My wife and I haven't really had that many issues with her, but recently she's being odd.
Every time I go to give her a hug, cuddle or kiss she either pulls away or ...
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Should I try to long-distance parent or will I do more harm than good?
My long distance ex and I have a 4 year old son and we're trying to figure out what to do post-breakup.
A little backstory, we've always been long distance (different countries) and we've been very ...
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My 1-year-old freaks out on her father
So we have a beautiful one-year-old daughter and she has always been a daddy‘s girl up until about a week ago. She started freaking out anytime her dad will go to hold her, change her, or even trying ...
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Should I be concerned about my daughter's behavior (or my wife's)? Trying to co-parent
For reference, please see my previous question.
As a newly divorced father I have worries and I am not sure if I am making too much out of them or worrying about nothing. Getting some sleep at night ...
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How to handle a child who acts out trying to reunite separated parents
I separated from my spouse few years ago. Our youngest child has begun recently to act out (eg swearing or being mildly violent). After careful and tactful inquiry, he stated that he is doing so as it ...
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My partner's pregnant with her second child (my first) and shows no emotions. How can I help bring that excitement out of her?
I'm a 32-year-old man expecting my first child in September. I imagined having my first would come with all the joys of that experience.
My partner already has a son of 2, who I've taken as my own ...
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Is it normal that father kisses his teenager son on the lips?
I just watched the new episode on Britain's Got Talent 2018, featured a singing act between a father and son. The act was really great, and I really love the special and deep bond between the father ...
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What to dow when my 13-year-old son still wants to hold my hand?
My 13-year-old son still wants to hold my hand. Holding his dad's hand has been drilled into him since he was able to walk as a safety thing and I assumed as he got older he would not want to anymore,...
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Should I feel bad about this or my mom is overreacting? [closed]
Around the time I was born, my mom and biological father broke up because of domestic violence. He helped us with money in the first year of my life but then went to work abroad. I didn't seen him for ...
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