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How Can I Help My Child Grieve the Loss of His Beloved Great-Grandma?
Advice, Mental Health

How Can I Help My Child Grieve the Loss of His Beloved Great-Grandma?

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A mom writes in asking for advice about grief and grieving. She says her two-year-old son is grieving the loss of his beloved great-grandma. Since her death at the beginning of the year, he has stopped talking. He takes a picture of himself with his great-grandma with him everywhere and won’t let anyone touch it. He has also been sleeping with the blanket that belonged to his great-grandma when she was in the nursing home. The doctor told this mom her son may just need a grieving period, but how do you help a toddler process such powerful emotions?

Man Wonders: Was I Wrong to Leave My Fiancé for the ER Right After She Gave Birth Because She Broke My Hand During Labor?
Entertainment, Giving Birth, Humor

Man Wonders: Was I Wrong to Leave My Fiancé for the ER Right After She Gave Birth Because She Broke My Hand During Labor?

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Birth is gruesome. Almost always for the woman giving birth (and the baby, and the doctors and nurses). But occasionally — very occasionally — a woman’s partner has a rightful claim to labor and delivery trauma, and this may be one of those times. A man recently posted on Reddit asking if he was “the a***ole” for abandoning his wife in her hospital shortly after she gave birth… because she’d broken his hand during labor.

I Don't Know How to Keep My Kids Busy and Entertained During the Pandemic Without a Computer or TV: Advice?
Advice, Parenting

I Don’t Know How to Keep My Kids Busy and Entertained During the Pandemic Without a Computer or TV: Advice?

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A mom writes in asking for advice about activities she can have her kids do to keep them busy during the pandemic. This mom says her two children only want to play on the computer and/or watch TV. They have other games and activities around the house, but the kids find them boring and thus return to their technology. This mom adds that before the pandemic began, extracurricular activities kept her kids busy, but now it’s a very different world. Any ideas for this mom and her kids?

Is 11 or 12 Too Young to Leave My Child Stay Home Alone?
Advice

Is 11 or 12 Too Young to Leave My Child Stay Home Alone?

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A mom writes in asking for advice about the appropriate age at which she could consider leaving her child at home. She says that she is gearing up to go back to work, and now that her son is entering sixth grade, she no longer has the option to use her essential worker daycare, which is K-5 only. She is considering letting her son, who is 11 and will be 12 soon, stay home alone (where he will be doing remote learning) while she works, but she is nervous that he may be too young.

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