My toddler is starting school but he’s too young for a phone, what’s the best way to track them from your experience. Don’t comment if you’re against it lol I want to know where my kids is at all times the world is too scary out there

Edit- I’m literally not even reading the comments that aren’t helpful so don’t even bother writing them 🤣

My son is 9 and used to like kids books but over the last year he has basically chosen Roblox, YouTube and his tablet every single time. I want him to build better reading habits and enjoy book reading again not treat it like homework. So please can you tell me what worked for your kids' reading routines?

My 9 year old really likes dagronopa and she said her favorite is toko. She told me a bit, it's a school and they have to kill and if they're caught they're executed. It doesn't surprise me she likes it, she played doki doki literature club and you guys told me it wasn't a kids game.

When should they take the Psats? I just got an email from guidance counselor about my 10th grader sitting for the exam in OCTOBER. Why so soon?

My neighbor's child was reading something off my phone the other day. The text is not complicated, any child should be able to read it. But he was mouthing a lot of the words and still couldn't really tell me what it meant after. He's 12

It got me thinking because I've noticed it with a few kids his age - a few of my son's classmates included who are around 12-13...

Is this something other parents are dealing with? What does it actually look like in your house?

Parents with young kids, do you stay up after putting kids down? Me and my wife struggle so hard to stay up. Any recommendations for finding time?

my husband only speaks english meanwhile i speak english and arabic, and its so important to me that our daughter speaks arabic. we also live in an arabic speaking country but its super multicultural heavily expat based and everyone predominantly speaks english in our community

i already know the basics like speaking to her in arabic, making sure i encourage that she speaks back to me in arabic, reading to her in arabic and making sure i stay consistent with it

what worries me is the later years because nowadays a lot of kids lose their arabic skills once they start school since they end up speaking english with classmates and friends and realistically she will hear me and her dad speaking english to each other at home too

so im wondering what helps kids stay interested in their second language and actually maintain it as they get older?

did anyone do things like reading books in their second language in exchange for money or privileges or getting a weekly private tutor or anything else that may have worked?

if youve successfully raised older children who speak your native language in a bilingual/mixed household id love to hear your tips please this is so important to me and i see so many parents around me struggling to keep the language alive even in arabic families because of how dominant english has become in our community :((

We started talking to our kids about why grocery stores throw away so much perfectly good food and they were shocked. my 7 year old asked why stores do not just give it to people who need it and honestly i did not have good answer beyond company policy which feels pretty hollow.

now when we shop they point out discount sections and want to rescue food that is close to expiry. they have stopped complaining about bruised fruit because they understand it tastes same. we have been buying marked down items more often and our grocery bill has dropped noticeably but more importantly they are learning to think about waste and value differently.

it has been interesting watching them apply this to other things too, like they are more careful about not wasting food at dinner now and my oldest has been asking questions about where our food comes from and how it gets to store. was not expecting conversation about food waste to turn into broader discussions about environment and supply chains but here we are. anyone else having these kinds of conversations with their kids? i am curious how other families are approaching this stuff because it feels important but also complicated to explain at their age.