Kids TV shows showing well behaved children?

My neice copies everything she sees, including that awful "bad babies" YouTube channel. Are there shows with kids behaving well that she could copy instead? Seems like an untapped market... via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2M3fikA

Thank you to non judgmental parents out there.

My 2.5 year old son tripped and face planted into the stairs at the playground on his way to a slide, he was wearing sunglasses and they cut his face by his eyebrows. I was going to the other end of the slide to meet him when he came down and didn’t see what happened but ran around to get him when I heard him cry, not knowing the extent of his injuries. I grabbed him and saw blood, lots of it. In his eyes, filling up in his mouth, all down his face. I panicked.I picked him up and ran with him back to our group (we were at a bday party), screaming for my husband. My husband grabbed him and instantly went into action addressing his injuries, many others at the party sprang into action as well bringing first aid kits, cleaning his face, calming him down. My good friend came to me and held me and calmed me down, I was shaking and crying. I was instantly ashamed and embarrassed at my lack of being able to take care of my own son because I was too upset myself. I worried what the other parents would think of me, but totally felt I deserved any negative judgement from them.After about 10 seconds of this I went over to my son and he was ok, just had two cuts in his brow line. I learned that area of the face is vascular and bleeds A LOT. My son was calm, although a little upset, and I was thanking everyone up and down for taking such great care of him.No one had even a shitty look my way, they were comforting and caring for me and my husband too! All these parents I’ve never met before the party. It made me feel so much better (although I’m still ashamed of not being able to get my shit together when my son needed me).Thank you to all of you folks who are understanding and kind, who take action when others can’t and don’t judge or shame. You are so important and appreciated!Kiddo is ok, he was a trooper at urgent care! He was a fine example of remaining calm under scary and stressful situations. A great balance to worrier mom. :) via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2NURyj7

Wife slapping the child

Before our son was born I told my wife that I do not want any type of physical panishment for our children. We both agreed that we would never raise our hands on our children. Our son is 5 now and more than once now he came running to me in tears, saying that mommy slapped him on the face and on his back for misbehaving. I had a serious talk with my wife again last night and asked her yet again to stop physical punishment once and for all. The problem is my wife is completely unapologetic, in fact now she is angry at me for bringing this up. It turns out my wifes mother used to slap her, so she is punishing our child the way she was punished herself. Is slapping own children even normal? Am I blowing things out of proportion? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2AmhjqC

GOAT Parent

Well, I just wanted to toot my own horn about a parenting moment. We were watching the movie Rampage (me and my 9- and 6-year old -- I always pre-screen movies and skipped some of the real violence, language, etc.) starring Dwayne Johnson and a CGI gorilla. In the movie, the gorilla knows sign language and does occasional inappropriate signs -- like giving the finger (I know, well, IMO its better than fart jokes, which are so overplayed in kids' movies). Anyway, at the end of the movie when everything is over Dwayne Johnson's character meets the gorilla again, but this time with a new lady friend. The gorilla signs/asks him who she is to which the Rock replies "a friend." The gorilla then makes a sex sign putting his index finder in the hole of his hand and moving it in and out. Anyway my 6-year old is like 'what does that mean'? I said, well, er, that they are boyfriend and girlfriend. He persists and is like 'yeah but why that'? In a spontaneous parenting moment I say 'well that means he is going to put a wedding ring on her finger.' Thank you ladies and gentlemen, for reading. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2mSrGJe

INFANT OPTICS VIDEO MONITOR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

We just wanted to warn our fellow parents about our experience with the Infant Optics Baby Monitor. One morning I woke up to the monitor over heated, melting and it caught on fire. I burned myself removing the charging cable and was in complete shock. We keep the monitor right next to our bed and if I hadn't woken up when I did our whole house could have gone up in flames, including our baby daughter in the room right next door. Amazon, where it was purchased, are not allowing us to post a review to warn others about the device. Please be careful and check your device. I don't want anyone getting hurt or even killed from this device being a fire hazard. It is truly scary and I hope this doesn't happen to anyone else. Thanks for reading and be safe. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2uZmXK5

Son(6) confused his step mother with his mother, should i be concerned?

So my son(6m) confused his step mother with his real mother, and im not sure if i should just shrug it off to prevent further confusion, find it as a positive and endearing, or be direct with himFull disclosure, my sons mother is terrible. In 2018 so far, shes cancelled around 15 visits, only having him over for one weekend in Janruary and a few hours for mothers day. His birthday was this past weekend, which his mother skipped this one and the last one. She currently claims she cant have him in her life until her place is 'bigger', which wont happen till the end of summer(???) Otherwise her place is too 'messy' to have him over.Honestly im taking the stance that if she doesnt want him over its more dangerous to try and force itHis step mother moved in last October.Anyways, my son and i were talking about how hes being rewarded for good behavior while driving home the other day, and i was paying more attention to the road than him, and i caught the ending of the sentence “and Vikki(step mother) kept my in her belly and i came out of her belly and i was a good boy.”When i asked him what he meant, he was a little flustered and said nevermind, and i dropped the subjectShould i confront him about it? If he makes the same mistake, should i correct him? Or is it better to not rip open that wound? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Os2KEX

Painted my son's nails, my parents made a big fuss

I'm a SAHM and my husband drives truck and is gone two weeks at a time. My son, who's almost 3, very much acts like a boy pretty much from the get go. He's always liked "boy" toys (trucks, cars, trains, balls, etc), he's rough and tumble, even when cuddling to my dismay, loves metal music (rock on little man), already likes watching sports, and is rocking a mohawk currently.He's also rocking some dark green nail polish. I paint my nails pretty regularly and it never fails if I do it around him he'll ask for his too and I generally oblige using boyish colors like blue and dark greens.Yesterday we had family dinner with my parents and they threw a hissy fit. "That's NOT what boys do!" We're Christian and my mom even had the audacity to start talking about the bible saying there's supposed to be differences between men and women, as she was wearing PANTS. We're not normally what considered orthodox, we're non denominational so a statement like that kinda threw meI ignored them and will continue to paint his nails when he asks. But am I crazy for thinking in 2018 it's fine for boys to paint their nails? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2LATErK