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11 votes
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Bloodied Macbooks and stacks of cash: Inside the increasingly violent Discord servers where kids flaunt their crimes
8 votes -
How Indigenous kids survived forty days in Colombia's jungle after a plane crash
14 votes -
Newborn babies, baby registries, first year of life, and sustainability
So, I have my first child on the way. To say I'm unprepared or overwhelmed isn't exactly accurate, but wouldn't really be wrong either. My wife and I are reasonably intelligent, compassionate,...
So, I have my first child on the way. To say I'm unprepared or overwhelmed isn't exactly accurate, but wouldn't really be wrong either. My wife and I are reasonably intelligent, compassionate, patient people so I have a lot of confidence in our ability to figure this out as we go, but there are some things we have to prepare for before the baby comes.
The big current task is the "baby registry" so I thought I would start a discussion on the things we should actually be asking for, what's worth buying new, and what's worth finding second-hand or making ourselves.
A few things have been gifted to us already but I wanted to start an open discussion of the items that are important, helpful, or even just fun for newborn babies and raising infants and toddlers in a safe, enriching, and comfortable environment.
I thought it might be helpful to request top-level comments for discussion on various aspects of "baby life" and the things a new parent should make sure they have, government or private services and programs to be aware of, or anything else I might be forgetting. I'd like to have this topic focused on first year of life concerns.
I'd like to avoid any discussion of "how to raise your kids" because I think it's such a highly personal thing and also based heavily on what your individual child is like - so I'm really thinking in terms of goods, services, and easing the burden on us, the parents. You don't have to have kids to reply! I think outside perspectives are also very valuable because there are so many preconceived notions about this stuff. I'll post a few top level comments of the things I am personally thinking about, but please feel free to fill in anything you notice is missing, or doesn't fit well in a posted category. I'm happy to change categories as requested as well to be more inclusive or specific.
31 votes -
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law
23 votes -
'Anti-dopamine parenting' can curb a kid's craving for screens or sweets
55 votes -
Parents who have more than two children, what was the transition from two to three like?
My wife and I have two kids, 3 and 1. We’ve talked about the possibility of adding another kid into the mix, but have gone back and forth. What was your main experience going from 2-3? Pros, cons,...
My wife and I have two kids, 3 and 1. We’ve talked about the possibility of adding another kid into the mix, but have gone back and forth.
What was your main experience going from 2-3? Pros, cons, everything in between!
22 votes -
The revolt of the Christian home-schoolers
39 votes -
The best childcare in the world? Maybe so, but new parents in Iceland are holding out for better.
7 votes -
Murhaf raises $230,000 selling charity flower pins in Sweden – sales skyrocket after a viral post about the boy, and a racist backlash, only brings in more money
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Across the whole of Europe, a lot of women are pregnant or have conceived children from sperm donors through Danish sperm banks
7 votes -
Japan’s ‘evaporated’ people: Inside an industry that helps people disappear
6 votes -
Legal expert Anna Singer is investigating whether Swedish authorities were aware of falsified child origins as they approved the adoptions of thousands of South Korean children
4 votes -
Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
9 votes -
Alone and exploited, migrant children work brutal jobs across the US
11 votes -
When Leo Babler was born with a deadly genetic disorder his parents built an adventure van, and made sure their son experienced the most beautiful wild places in the country during the time they had
4 votes -
Denmark to grant asylum to all women and girls from Afghanistan
11 votes -
Longitudinal study of kindergarteners suggests spanking is harmful for children’s social competence
7 votes -
Finland defence minister to take two months' paternity leave amid NATO bid – Antti Kaikkonen says 'children are only little for a moment'
8 votes -
John Lewis - The Beginner
5 votes -
India’s ghost weddings: where dead children are married off - Pretha Kalyanam
7 votes -
Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son in Florida
10 votes -
Reward efforts, not outcomes
5 votes -
Denmark's controversial family policy sees many Danish parents fleeing to nearby countries, especially to the German border city of Flensburg
4 votes -
A culture that kills its children has no future
8 votes -
Too many kids show worrying signs of fragility from a very young age. Here’s what we can do about it | Parenting kids with anxiety
23 votes -
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. So local police are doing it for them.
6 votes -
Bullying can make children's lives a misery and cause lifelong health problems – but scientists are discovering powerful ways to fight it
17 votes -
Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and will receive a face-to-face apology from the prime minister
5 votes -
The data are clear: The boys are not all right
13 votes -
They went to prison as kids. Now they’re on death row.
9 votes -
Why boyish girls are judged less than girlish boys
26 votes -
Finnish teacher Ilona Taimela secretly taught IS children in Syrian camps by text through the Lifelong Learning Foundation
12 votes -
British politician says female ‘Doctor Who’ leads to young men committing crime
5 votes -
Six indigenous Greenlanders taken as children to Denmark in a failed social experiment in 1951 are demanding compensation from the Danish state
8 votes -
Ministry of violence: Corporal punishment, evangelical Christians, and the doctrine of obedience
8 votes -
Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys – research reveals harmful stereotypes still hindering girls, boys and their parents
9 votes -
Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge.
13 votes -
‘Can’t compete’: Why hiring for child care is a huge struggle
13 votes -
Shared parenting is usually better for children — but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers
11 votes -
Why we won’t raise our kids in suburbia
11 votes -
The tragedy of America's rural schools
9 votes -
The fight to end child marriage in North Carolina
11 votes -
Ian Manuel, survivor of excessive child punishment, tells his story
9 votes -
At 15, he shot and killed his parents, two classmates at his school, and wounded twenty-five others. He’s been used as the reason to lock kids up for life ever since.
18 votes -
A project of one's own
5 votes -
Seven-year-old boy charged with rape in New York. Is arresting him the answer?
12 votes -
Looking for a new high chair. What would you recommend?
The last time I posted on tildes, I got some really helpful suggestions on a mop for my floors. Now I'm looking for a new high chair for my daughter. She's nearly 6 months old, so we're about to...
The last time I posted on tildes, I got some really helpful suggestions on a mop for my floors. Now I'm looking for a new high chair for my daughter. She's nearly 6 months old, so we're about to start her on solid foods but gave away our older son's high chair a while back when he started sitting in a regular chair (and because it was terrible).
The main requirement is that it's easy to clean, but it also has to support a younger baby sitting in one for the first time. Our last high chair (Graco brand) almost seemed like it was designed to have as many difficult-to-reach crevices as possible where crumbs could get pulverized into.
What do you think?
6 votes -
Choosing a school in a segregated city
9 votes -
Having kids
8 votes