Toddler's first joke - had to share!

My 3yo told me his first joke yesterday. He held up a fry with a giant grin on his face and said, "Mama, is it FRY-day?" Then he laughed and laughed. What a cut-up! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2irLzUf

Sociopathic sibling has a baby son and shows very limited affection or consideration towards their child, I'm not sure of what should be done or what can be done?

My brother was diagnosed as a sociopath when he was 18, though I never found him sadist or abusive he is impulse and thrill seeks/risk takes. He has never hugged or shown affection to anything as a child and now he's 21. The mother had the baby, gave my brother full custody then basically vanished out of our lives and is near impossible to contact. I think she certainly wasn't interested in the child because he was purely the result of a one night stand.The main concern I have for my nephew is my brother only was interested out of curiosity not because he's the father, everyone told him child raising is a hard responsibility. My brother has taken 0 responsibility in his entire life and even said 'well I have nothing else to do' however he's been raising his son for 4 months. What I've noticed is he never hugs or shows affection to his child my brother feeds and cares for him occasionally playing with him but it's more like he's playing with a toy rather than a baby.Though there's no signs of physical neglect or abuse I'm not sure if it's healthy that this baby will probably not get many hugs or much sympathy growing up, once my nephew was rolling across the floor then looked at my brother and started smiling yet my brother hardly reacted back. We have lots of women in our family and plenty of friends/family who interact with my nephew hugging, kissing, and holding him close, etc. I don't have children but I'm not sure if in the long run having no parent affection and a mother who ran away is going to cause him a lot of problems in the future. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2ivRcDk

My son was too worried to wear his new white sneakers.

I bought my son a nice white pair of reeboks for xmas, and I was encouraging him to wear them, he has seemed less than impressed with them and I was dissappointed. It turns out he was afraid that someone would ruin them by "christening" them, and he didn't want to wreck them. I gently reminded him that is 21, 6ft tall and built like a brick shithouse, and that if anyone tried to "christen" his shoes, they would probably be trying to either fight him or fuck him. He is such a sweet kid, he has not mentally grown into the titan-like body genetics gifted him with. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2hGLkrv

Bi-Monthly Surveys and studies - January 2017

This is a thread for researchers to publish their surveys, polls or studies that they'd like parent's to participate.Moderators from /r/parenting are not verifying the sources of these surveys, so answer at your own will and don't hesitate to ask for more information from the original poster.If you want to publish a survey that isn't relevant to a parenting subreddit, please try /r/SampleSize. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2hYEZnd

Huge road trip and camping with toddler

Are we completely crazy for thinking this could work?-Baby will be 16 months old -Total trip is about 3000 miles/ 4500kms -Drive time 45-50 hours, not including stops and overnights -During the summer in a hatchbackAnyone successfully done it? Tips, suggestions? Essential gear for the car and while camping?We'd like to minimize the time spent traveling, and normally would drive 12-13 hour days, but obviously that's not going to happen with a baby with us. How often will we need to stop realistically?Also, what's worth stopping to see en route from Washington state to Colorado? Thinking of detouring up to Yellowstone and maybe down to Arches, but maybe there's something better?Thanks for any help!(Cross posting on r/camping) via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2hGlrrF

How do you cope with constant worry and anxiety of the child's development?

Hi Guys, I'm a guy from UK and recently been thinking about whether I want kids or not (I'm 30 and single). At the moment leaning towards the CF stance but there are parts of parenting that appeal to me and I wouldn't be surprised if my stance changes.However, one thing which puts me off parenting is the constant worry about your child. For example, in education (which the child spends the first 20 years in). Is the kid performing to his ability? If not, why not? Is it him/her or the school? Is he being bullied? Is he making friends? Is he behaving well?This isn't even an exhaustive list of worries. Grades, as they have implications, are a big one.How do you cope with this constant concern? It literally sounds draining. I appreciate that you want the best for your child, but this literally sounds like it can suck life out of you. I've seen what this is like with my parents and my brother who never really applied himself to education. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2iTpz7K

[Discussion] What was your best parenting experience of 2016?

I'll start: My teen daughter came out to me this summer as being gender queer/non-binary. After we had talked for about an hour, she said to me, "You should give other parents lessons on how to do this right." I melted.What was your moment? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2hYnlQA