My parents want to gift money to child – help! My parents graciously would like to gift my newborn 10k. I suggested a 529 gift, but they essentially want it to not be tied to education as that is “more a gift to us than to her” but we’ll unpack that another time. What are the best options they have for growth of that 10k over the next 18 years? Their first thought was Ibond but I know that’s…

33 year old , about to have my first child. Hi, as said in the title im33 years old , I got married back in February, and now we are about to have our first kid in November and im over the moon excited for my daughter. That being said, I also have been very stressed, I’ve been losing sleep just worrying about money . My wife plans to be a stay at home mom, we came to that agreement when w…

Child With Saturn Transiting The First House Hi, I was curious what would be the high-level advice and guidance with regards to Saturn Transit through the 1st House for a child. My son is a 10 year old Pisces, just starting a new school and a new … Read More…

Europe or Asia first as a couple who’s planning to no longer be child-free in the next 2 years. Partner and I are planning to start a family in the next 2 years. We’ve both been personally spending the last few years trying to build our careers and didn’t spend much time traveling. Now that we’re both more stable, we’d love to travel and experience a bit more and we’re often told that many destinations, especially ones that are further are…

Purchasing a Car for a Child with your ex, Best Practices need. Situation: I have majority custody of my 3 children (16, 14, & 11 years old). My ex is an alcoholic but, because I was the main earner in the household, I receive no child support and I’ve been paying spousal support for the past 6 + years, ending in less than a year. I am remarried to a saint :-), My ex has been sober coming on 3 years and is a…

How Child Care in New York City Became Unaffordable for Nearly Everyone Even upper-middle-class New Yorkers are struggling to pay for child care. The workers who provide it are struggling too.

Canadian Musician Grimes and Elon Musk Have a Secret Third Child Name Techno Mechanicus, New Biography Reveals submitted by /u/RaccoonReady1914

LPT Request: How to stay healthy with a child in daycare? My 2.5 yo daughter just restarted daycare and 1 week in my wife and I are already reeling from terrible head colds. We try to sanitize her hands when we pick her up and we all eat healthy and nutritious meals. We are all fully up to date on vaccinations as well. Is there any recommendations other parents can make for not picking up so many virus…

Child appropriate not children songs, please! I am starting a new job tomorrow. My current job we are only allowed to play Christian, children, and classical music. My new job lets me play anything that’s child appropriate. They were actively playing country and it made me so excited! I constantly kept trying to put country into the three C’s because I can’t help it So I definitely need som…

Gadfly on the Wall: Teaching Blind Obedience is Child Abuse Gadfly on the Wall: Teaching Blind Obedience is Child Abuse My daughter is not a little soldier. She does not jump at my orders. She can be rude, crude and badly behaved. But I wouldn’t want her any other way – because the alternative is worse. The same goes for my middle school students. If you enter my classroom, you may find som…

How do I (24) set me and my child (4) up for success? I never went to college, I became a parent at 20 and a single parent at 22. I’ve been able to keep it together. Before taxes I make just under 60,000. Rent per month is $1,300. No help from my parents at all, they are so financially irresponsible and I just want to create a life that inspires me. I don’t have a car payment, but I know in the ne…

LPT: Check you child’s pulse If your child ever becomes unresponsive, one of the first questions the 911 operator will ask is if they have a pulse. Practice checking them before an emergency arises to familiarize yourself with where they are and how they feel. submitted by /u/boybritches

Best way to save money for child I just had a baby and was planning on opening a HIYSA for her but I’m sure there’s better options out there to save money for my child. I’ve heard about a 529 plan but not quite sure what it is. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could save money for my child and explain to me like I’m 5 years old what they are? submitted by /u/rosaasyke…

What to Do When Your Child Is Being Bullied In the mercurial soup of adolescent social lives, no one is totally immune to bullying. Even with social and emotional learning programs and eagle-eyed adults trained to recognize the signs, in the United States, about 20 percent of kids aged 12-18 experience bullying. Read more…

Ways to Help Your Child Manage ADHD Symptoms Naturally During the Medication Shortage If you’re a parent of one of the six million children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, chances are you’ve been very frustrated lately due to the recent shortage of Adderall. Meanwhile, Ritalin and Concerta, two alternative medications, have also been in short supply since May, creating … Read more…

LPT Request: What do you do when you see a parent and child arguing in public? A few months ago, I went bike riding with my partner using the rideshare bikes in our city. As we’re about to rent out the bikes, we noticed this father and his son arguing. The father (who was speaking Spanish) kept gesturing to his son to get on the bike. But the son (who was speaking English and maybe around 10yrs old) kept refusing because t…

Gadfly on the Wall: Efforts to Legalize Child Labor Are the Next Logical Step After Corporate Education Reform Gadfly on the Wall: Efforts to Legalize Child Labor Are the Next Logical Step After Corporate Education Reform Standardized testing.  Privatizing public schools.  Defunding poor students.   What’s next?  Republicans across the United States have an answer – legalizing child labor.  Since 1938 with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the …

How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System This School Year Back-to-school time means kids will come home with sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. While there isn’t a way to keep them healthy all the time, and no one has a cure for the flu or common cold, there are some simple and natural things you can do to boost your child’s immune system so you can keep sick days to a minimum. Read more…

Mother Pleads Guilty to Child Neglect After 6-Year-Old Shot Teacher The child’s mother, Deja Taylor, separately pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in June.

What Is War to a Grieving Child? submitted by /u/dect60