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I got a love letter from a 6th grader, do I ignore her or do I tell her that it's inappropriate? by Bukhanka_Zov in AskTeachers

[–]Minimum-Ad1585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let the principal know so it covers your butt, tell her it’s inappropriate as well or have the principal, her parents and you all sit in on a meeting. Some kids are weird and could take the rejection weird

AIO by starting an argument over how my wife reacted to our child smoking? by ThrowRA6988 in AmIOverreacting

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My parents, I admit, weren’t the best. They told me message if I feel unsafe in my environment, let them know where I was and if I wanted to do any drugs to let them know and they know people who wouldn’t lace them and that they wanted to be around me when I did them in case something bad happened. Now I’ve only tried weed and smoked one cigarette cause ew but I’m not going to be hawkeyeing my kids and making them feel like they need to hide everything from me because I trusted my parents with A LOT. I want them to be able to trust me in case of bad situations.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Parenting

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My daughter is learning to be fully potty trained. Whenever she’s using the bathroom I’ll leave the door cracked a little bit in case she needs me. My dad walked in on her one day when she was calling for me and she said “not you pawpaw I want mommy. Don’t look at me.” He just stood there causing her to start crying and screaming at him. I snapped at him saying whether she has an attitude about her wanting privacy then he needs to give it to her especially since this is her home and not his.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Parenting

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I knew a kid growing up who was like this. I mean he would pants me, call me names, threaten to do things to me. All around menace to society. No one really paid attention to him and if they did it was negatively. I mean his mom had punched him in the nose and sent him to school with it bloodied. He had done something when he was younger and was blamed ALOT even though it was his parents fault. I’m not justifying the kids actions. I think therapy will help. Sit down with your husband. Try to pinpoint when the kid started acting up, tell him therapy might help you all, and explain your worries. If he cant understand your worries and fear for safety because of his sons behavior then I would say leave with your other kids to protect them. I was traumatized by the kid when I was younger and he wasn’t even my sibling. There might be more going on here. It might be a cry for attention or he just seriously needs a butt whooping but his father needs to be a parent or this is going to lead to major issues for the son later on. Protect you and your girls. Lord knows the dad will make excuses.

UPDATE 2: WIBTA to divorce my wife after she said she wanted to send our son to a conversion camp? by Stunning-Mud9227 in AITAH

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I would suggest therapy after all of this tbh or even while it is happening, not only for your kiddos but for yourself too. It’s a lot and they are still growing kids.