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We went to the park tonight and all of a sudden, my son said “mommy, I have to pee” and then ran off into the woods area and peed. It’s right by the playground, so the couple with their kid saw him. He did it so he pulled down his shorts just enough for him to pee, but didn’t show himself in public. The mom saw what he was doing because she looked at me and we both laughed. I laughed because I was kind of embarrassed, but she thought it was kind of funny. Do you let your boys pee in public?

I just don’t know if they’ll feel awkward for having grandma take your kid instead of you since they know you and never met your son’s grandma.

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We never dated and met online. Ended up getting pregnant from him and he wanted nothing to do with me or the kid until he found out I was keeping it. He pays child support and is somewhat in our son’s life. He lives in a different state and has only met our son once or twice when he was just one or two years old (he’s now 7) on Mother’s Day, he text me and said “happy Mother’s Day” should I return that text and wish him a happy Father’s Day or should I not?

For starters, I don’t know WHY my boy is like this and if he’s doing this to be “funny” or if he’s actually upset about this, but if I burp (YES, you read that right) he will literally come in the room I’m in and hit me. It doesn’t matter if I’m in a different room and he hears me, he will literally come in the same room I’m in and HIT me. Even if we’re driving down the road and I burp, he will literally get MAD and tell me to hit myself if he’s unable to reach me/hit me himself. Idk why, but he gets SO mad over that. He also gets SO mad if his tablet stops working/freezes and he starts hitting it and I yell it him for hitting it. Then he comes after me and hits me for it. He is literally a kid from heLL and I literally wish I was making this up, but idk how to handle this when he does this. Yelling at him seems to make it worse to where he wants to hit me more. I know he absolutely 1000000% shouldn’t hit his own MOM, but idk how to handle it when he does because like I said, yelling at him and correcting him makes it worse.

I’m gonna make it as vague as possible. I come in the living room and my 7 year olds shorts are pulled down and his hands are busy with “something” I immediately pull up his pants and ask what he’s doing. He kind of laughs it off and doesn’t really give me an answer. This is the first time I seen him doing that kind of thing before. Is this normal?

My boy is competing in his first karate tournament on Saturday. The karate place he goes to, he’s the youngest one that is competing in sparring and weapons. The group he practices weapons and sparring with, he’s the youngest with the others he practices with are 12 and older (he’s 7). I know that all the older people love my son and I consider them “family”. We’re all meeting at the competition that’s in a different state and they are all competing for trophies in their own age division and then we’re meeting up again at a restaurant together.

The sensei that my son has been working with for years (he started karate when he was 5) said my son would be able to pick the restaurant that we all go to since this is his first competition he’s competing at in karate.

My son is like me and is a picky eater. He would choose McDonalds on any day and hates Chinese and seafood. Can you give us some kid friendly restaurants that are dine-in only but has some kid friendly food options but also food options to make the young adults/adults happy?

I’m a mom of a 7 year old boy. I still live with my parents due to personal reasons and they help me practically raise my son. My older sister has 3 kids (a newborn, a 2 year old and a 4 year old. Both the 2 and 4 year old are both mentally behind due to a genetic condition that their father passed on to them (I won’t say what it is) but they aren’t where they should be for their ages. My dad doesn’t see them a lot and he doesn’t really care to see them. The 4 year old has severe adhd and is uncontrollable. When he sees his other grand kids, I can tell he favors my kid over my sister’s kids. I’m going to sound mean by saying this, but my dad kinda “makes fun” of the 4 year old for the way he runs and talks. He only says nothing but positive things about my son but says mean things about my sister’s kids. Maybe it’s because my dad does not like my sister’s husband because he’s a jerk, but he doesn’t treat my sister’s kids the same as my kid. And maybe it’s because my son lived with my parents since he was born up until now that he’s 7, but my parents are always obsessed with him and saying nothing but good things about my kid but always bashing my sisters kids. He never really acts excited to see her kids and never really invites them over so he can see them unless my son asks to invite his cousin over, then my dad will invite them over. Maybe it’s just because the 4 year old has severe ADHD and is VERY hard to handle, but I can definitely tell my dad favors my kid over all his other grandkids

My 7 year old doesn’t know how to tie his shoes. He has to have me tie them for him. Is this normal or is he behind on that and that most kids his age SHOULD know how to?

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My son had a difficult time with his reading a few months back. He was scoring low on tests to the point where he was being pulled out of his class and put in a small group for kids that needed a little extra help. Turns out, he was rushing through his tests and his work so he can be done with it faster so he can go play. After having a talk with him about needing to slow down and focus on his work, he started doing MUCH better and his teacher told me that he’s on track to where he should be. He’s been doing very good on his reading and is able to read like he’s supposed to. I’m worried because his teacher said the transition from 1st grade to 2nd grade is harder than kindergarten to 1st grade and he was “struggling” in 1st grade so I’m worried that he’s going to get behind again in 2nd grade since 2nd grade is going to be more challenging. I know he wasn’t really struggling per se, but he was just not focusing on his schoolwork and rushing through it to get done faster. I’m worried that he’s going to get behind again because 2nd grade is going to be a little harder and he needs to actually take it seriously and not rush through it.

And by packing a snack I mean a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some other foods that we go out to the car and eat and then go back in the place

I call him mister but instead of pronouncing it miss-ter i pronounce it me-ster. That’s been his nickname for years now. Anyone else have weird nicknames for your kids?

Lactose free, no yogurt/dairy/ice cream but cheese is ok) and food preferences (red dye sensitive)

My boy said some things to another student who the principal even admitted that he didn’t know what it actually meant, but they had to take precaution to it. Not going to say what was actually said, but my boy said to a student something violet whom his teacher told his principal that led to an in school suspension. The principal gave me the option to either pick my boy up or to leave him at the school to do school work and was not allowed to do the field trip that day. His principal called me and said that she questioned him and she could tell that he didn’t actually mean what he said, but due to what he said, she had to take action about it. It’s the first that that has ever happened. I don’t know where he’s gotten that behavior and where learned to talk like that, but I was genuinely embarrassed and shocked about what had come out of my 7 year old son’s mouth. Anyone else ever experienced this?

I work at 11am and don’t get out until 5pm but I’ll be one of the last to get out of work because the workers who go in at 7 and 8 will get out first, so I’m not guaranteed to get out right at 5pm. He has a karate demonstration tonight which will be at the park for town and country days. A bunch of people are going to be down there for different events, and my son is able to do a kata he’s learned all by himself to show to everyone at the park and I definitely don’t want to miss that. I called in because like I said, I’m not guaranteed to get out right at 5pm and I don’t want to miss it. He also has a baseball game tonight shortly after, and I don’t want to miss that either. Is it a stupid reason to call in to work because I don’t want to miss my son doing those things? I have lots of PTO saved up so I’ll be able to use that and get paid for today.