You have a young (10 years old) son. He is involved in a predominantly female activity like dance. He is the only boy in his dance troupe. Despite being at roughly the same skill level as all of the girls, perhaps even slightly below some of them, he gets considerably more solos, he's the featured dancer in a disproportionate number of the dances, ( Read more... )

You just got married. You and your spouse both have children from previous relationships. You have two daughters enrolled in a private all-girls school. He has three children (two boys and a girl) enrolled in the local public school system. You and your spouse bought a new house after the wedding, but stayed in the same neighborhood. Assume that ( Read more... )

You have a very close friend or a relative who lives very far away. This person sends your child a present bought from Amazon, which comes unwrapped. When you open the box to wrap the present, you find that the present is either too advanced cognitively (a memory card game for a 9 month old) or physically (a model airplane kit for a 3 year old) for ( Read more... )

Your children grow up and decide you were a terrible parent. They're suing you for over $50,000, due to the "emotional distress ( Read more... )

Inspired by the birthday and valentines posts ( Read more... )

What is Booju’s take on school uniforms ( Read more... )

You find out your daughter was switched at birth, and Lindsay Lohan is your biological daughter. What do you do?

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You are the parent of a gifted child. Not merely smart, but gifted. You decide to start a playgroup for other gifted children and their parents. It's really refreshing because you can talk about IQs and test scores, and the kids don't have to socialize with children who are merely ordinary. One of your best friends finds out about the group and ( Read more... )

What do you think of a school banning parents from wearing pyjamas on the school run? Have you ever worn pyjamas to drop your kid off at school? Do you agree with the headteacher that it's "slovenly and rude"? How would you react if this was your kid's school?

A parent has a favorite football (or whatever) team. Raising their child to be a fan of this team is clearly normal and okay. But what about teaching their child to hate their favorite team's main rivals/the rival team's fans? (Example: a Wisconsin parent telling their child how terrible the Vikings and maybe Vikings fans are. Or vice versa with a ( Read more... )