• Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Just break up already. Creating a tiny extra human is not going to magically fix all of your issues.

    … of course that would create a paradox in which I was never born, hence not able to give her that advice … but seriously, the only reason I exist is because my mother didn’t want my dad to leave her, which is simply a shitty reason to become pregnant.

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    6 months ago

    If you want your children to engage in a certain behavior, you have to actively model that behavior. A kid isn’t going to do the thing if they never see you doing the thing, no matter how much you call them out on not doing the thing.

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    6 months ago

    Validate your child’s feelings. Let them know that you understand that they are scared and that it is ok to be scared.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    Lay off the legal and illegal drugs, seriously. No, hiding them in a drawer isn’t baby proofing.

    Children’s medications aren’t scams, they have different doses for a reason (the reason is usually risk of overdose).

    Yelling and beating a child isn’t discipline and the southern Baptist church is a terrible place to take kids.

    I worked through a lot of this in therapy, but it still annoys me that I had better risk management in my teens than my parents did in their 30s.

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    6 months ago

    How about instead of cheating on my mom, teach me how to talk to girls… and don’t cheat on my mom lol

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      6 months ago

      Yep, know the pain… dad didn’t cheat on mom, but he still didn’t teach me anything… about anything really… and now, I’m paying for it in a shitty marriage.

      Well, at least I know I won’t make the same mistake with my son.

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    6 months ago

    Jumping on the “get a fucking divorce” train and adding “stop buying prepackaged overprocessed food, feed me some damn vegetables, and stop giving me so much goddamn sugar”

  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If you guys ever have kids, and one of them, when he’s eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug… go easy on him.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    I could write a novel here honestly but I’ll keep it a bit brief:

    Don’t ask your toddler which parent they’ll go with if you 2 get a divorce. If you don’t love your partner you should get a divorce. Joint custody is a thing.

    Don’t “stay together for the kids” you will only cause them more mental harm in the long run.

    Don’t make your young children have to be the most mature person in the room. They should be allowed to be a kid.

    Be at least somewhat involved in your kids lives, if you’re not don’t be surprised when they don’t choose to involve you in their lives as they get older.