The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (May 27, 2024)

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
May 27, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

There is an endless pool of social media posts about parenting. Babies are born every day, and new hot takes will always be emerging about what the right way to parent is. There are parenting strategies from 50 years ago that remain relevant, and there is extremely popular advice today that will be considered totally bogus in the next two years. After all, there is no one instruction manual on how to raise a child. No matter what you do, there will be somebody who has a problem with it, and they will let you know in your Instagram comments. After all, we live in a digital age! The internet is the place where we can analyze, criticize, and broadcast parenting opinions to the entire world instead of just ranting to our friends that the neighbor doesn't have the right car seat for her kid's age group. If you love parenting posts that bring the drama, you've come to the right place. 

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    imaghostttt 1d Sunglasses cause sunburn.....
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    8:16 1d- Ok ladies what are we doing for sunscreen lay it on me Like 57 Top comments ✓ Comment 92 Send Top contributor Nothing avoid seed oils, never wear sunglasses and treat a burn with tallow/castor oil. 1d Like Reply Top contributor 162 DO can you explain the you don't wear sunglasses? 1d Like Reply Top contributor Wearing sunglasses stop your eyes from sending signals through your body saying you are out in the sun. Your body produces melanin when out in the sun and wearing sunglasses stop
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    8:161 92 1d- the first initial time and then no more. 1d Like Reply because we're just waking up to the truth.? We're not idiots. We've been programmed in every way possible: 21h Like Reply interesting. My dad was a red head and never worn sunglasses was always In the sun and never had skin cancer. 13h Like Reply Top contributor the sun does not cause skin cancer. 13h Like Reply 10 10 1 I always thought sun screen did. We used baby oil when we were young. 12h Like Reply Top contributor 100% it d
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    8:221 91 Top contributor 1d- Nothing early morning light exposure, no sunglasses, and a healthy diet is all you need as long you aren't laying out on the beach all day 1d Like Reply 17 b Top contributor same 1d Like Reply how about on beach days? We have a vacation coming up! 1d Like Reply View 2 replies... is it true that sunglasses confuse your brain into not adjusting your skin to the sun well, causing you to burn? I think I phrased that right, if not, my apologizes, but I think I read that s
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    girlboss93 2d I can't imagine my son almost dying days prior and taking the time to post something like this about it ...
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    Trigger warning I almost lost my son last Sunday. His heart stopped. EMS had to cut his bamboo top to place the defibrillator on him. When we got into PICU the nurse noticed they cut bamboo. We end up in ICU a lot they know about Tuesday drops because of us. My mom reached out to Little Sleepies and they helped her buy a new set in the same ones we had. Thank you Little Sleepies and Nannie.
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    yikesdammit 2d Mmm, what?
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    Momma's I really need some advice Recently I noticed there's someone at my husband's work just giving him eyes & doing a little too much, now I 100% trust my husband & don't have any doubts that he's ever done something, but seeing certain she does Ime off, should I confront her or just leave it? I've already talked to my husband about my feelings towards it & he's assured me that he doesn't even look at this girl, but idk if I should do or say anything to her P.S. outside of work my husband & I
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    No_Noise_3597 2d Vaping during pregnancy
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    Anonymous member 1d- Does vaping while pregnant make you a bad mom? Or does it mean you should deserve to be a parent? I vaped with my son and currently still vape as im pregnant with my second i tried to stop its just so addicting idk how. But i was told i shouldnt be a parent if i cant stop vaping being that i have kids.
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    Necessary Evidence 2d Salmonella entered the chat
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    My son's new chew toy. Raw pastured chicken bone. Like all the raw foods we have introduced so far, of course he absolutely loves it. A raw chicken bone is the best chew toy you could give a baby. It is flavorful, hard, wont splinter because it is raw. Once you see it, it'll all make sense. Bones are OBVIOUSLY meant to be gnawed on. You can pop them in the freezer for storage. You can get 4 baby safe bones per chicken from the thigh/leg. Make sure they are RAW. Throw those toxic silicone and pla
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    superlost007 2d 'I wanna make this right!' It's a bit late for that...
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    Anonymous member • 1h ⚫ If you had an affair with your ex who also happens to be your son's father and you end up pregnant with baby number 2 but he says he doesn't want anything to do with the baby and his wife can't know about it what would you do? Should I tell her? Should I stay quiet? He says that it will ruin his marriage but I think if he waits 10+ years to say something it will hurt her worse. Also she knows who I am and that we had this fling. I know it was wrong of me to sleep with a m
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    herbsanddirt 3d Crunchy older mom advice
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    have I always encourage everyone I know to do core work on babies whether you think your baby needs it or not. She is fabulous at it. Eyes, upper palette, spine and cranial adjustments. Very helpful! 1y Like Reply I appreciate the thought but with my son showing good muscle reflexes for being a week old, according to his pediatrician, I think he's alright. 1y Like Reply oh I said I encourage it needed or not. core work on babies is amazing 1y Like Reply 1
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    tlcgogogo 3d Anonymous poster asks if homeschooling will raise weak men
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    Anonymous member 18m. A My youngest son says all the time that he would like to be homeschooled. He's currently in public school 4th grade. He's excelling in school and loves to learn but he's very much an introvert/homebody and he totally gets that from me. I would LOVE to have him home but here's my hang up. He is a male and will one day be the head of his household. It's our personal beliefs that the man is to provide for his family-if the female wants to help-great, but ultimately that respo
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    Comprehensive_Leg193 5d My toddler is doing a completely normal toddler thing. What does it mean?!
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    Delete if not allowed. Also no asking for medical advice. I have seen mom's posting about how their baby does this thing where they bend down and look between their legs like yoga style and say it's a sign that their child is saying mommies pregnant. Well my daughter has been doing that and my fiancé and I have had accidents where I took plan b twice twice month but before plan b my baby was acting and doing what other moms are saying since plan b I have been randomly bleeding and she has stoppe
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    munchkym 5d "Is it sexist for me not to want to leave my 6yo daughter with an adult man I've met once?" "Yes, my dad would NEVER." ...
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    Real moms of Anonymous member 14h. I don't know if this is sexist or not and it likely is but how as a mom do I make myself comfortable with my daughter going over to a play date when the dad is the one watching them my daughter and her friend want a playdate and I've met the dad he seems nice but the day we are thinking of doing it the mom isn't available but said her husband may be. I don't wanna keep her from playing over at their house for this playdate etc just because it's a man but for so
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    Top contributor My dad wouldn't hurt a fly and to automatically think this father will make a move on your daughter is honestly so depressing to me. Makes me so happy no one judged my dad and I had a normal little girl life full of sleepovers and tea partys. 14h Like Reply 11 Follow Top contributor Same. My dad rasied my sister and I and it wasn't until this post that I understood why some friends couldn't spend the night. Huge bummer. 14h Like Reply Top contributor completely!! This comment sec
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    Talk to your kids about predatory behavior and grooming. The best prevention is giving them the knowledge to know when something isn't right. 14h Love Reply 33 while this is very important ... it doesn't really matter if they know something is wrong when they are powerless to prevent it 14h Like Reply View 3 replies... te a reply... 9 If you feel uncomfortable, you don't do it. Who cares if it's sexist. 14h Like Reply 26
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    How old is your daughter? 14h Like Reply Anonymous member Author 13h Like Reply View 4 replies... Write a reply... she is 6 These comments are sad and pathetic my best friends dad was a single dad.. yall hate too much. Not everyone is out to get your child. My bf is a single dad of 3, and his daughters basically lives at her friends house on the weekend who is also a single dad. I'd almost trust dad's more due to how off the wall moms have become these days 14h Like Reply 13
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    her daughter is only 6 tho kinda young to be getting dropped off for a playdate with people you don't know well 11h Like Reply View 2 replies... 2b it's sad and pathetic to worry about protecting your child from potentially life changing trauma, all because you know a few good men? Wow. Open your mind. A few good men does not mean they are all good. People are wary for a reason. 5h Like Reply View 5 replies... 1
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    Geez these comments make me sad. I get that you have to be aware and protective but my dad and my step dad are the most trustworthy and innocent men ever and my husband and my ex husband are also the most innocent and trustworthy men ever.. I would feel so bad if someone didn't let their child come to my house because I wasn't going to be around and it was just my husband.. dang..is that really the world we're in now? 14h Like Reply 15 I'm getting so upset in these comments. If my dad didn't rai
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