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I’m new to my job and worked at this daycare for one month now. Without asking me, my boss scheduled me from 9am to 6pm which is close. I got sick of it because I sometimes got out a little later than 6pm and I hated it because it was less time than I got with my 7 year old. Some other woman, who are mothers, have younger children (6 months+) but their kids are in the daycare too, so their able to see them throughout the day. But they sometimes close. But for me, I closed everyday. Some other woman who have kids around the same age as mine, barely or even never closes and gets out earlier than 6pm. Is it selfish of me to tell my boss the latest I could work is 5pm, purposely so I can go home earlier and spend a little over an hour more with my son?

My boy is very athletic and is involved in a few different sports and is very active throughout the day. He’s already super thin because he’s so active and constantly on his feet playing and running around. Plus, he takes karate and has been doing it for 3 years now. He’s got a lot of muscle from that and is very strong. Lately he’s been obsessed with wanting to exercise and work out so he can get abs and get lots of muscles and get even stronger. He lifts up his shirt and looks at himself in the mirror at his “abs” and is obsessed about his body. Is this normal? I never taught him to be obsessive over his body and I don’t obsess over my body so I don’t know where he’s getting it from.

He’s been in SP before, but he’s gotten better so they stopped having him come to therapy. For a really long time now, I noticed a few words he’s having trouble pronouncing. Instead of saying “chicken nuggets” he pronounces it like “chicken nud-its” it’s that and maybe one other word he mispronounces, but is that a normal thing I can fix at home or should I take him back to the SP?

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.