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I Am Sick of Our Doula Getting in Between Me and My Wife. Should I Fire Her?

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I Put a $1,300 Crib on Our Baby Registry. Now My Wife Is Flipping Out.

Stop Spending Money on the Baby Nursery

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My Wife Is Pregnant and I'm Not Ready to Be a Father. How Do I Get There?

What Foods to Prepare for Your Wife While She's Breastfeeding

How to Ride the Ovulation Cycle

A Totally Laid Back Guide to Bottle Feeding Your Baby

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The Cry It Out Method Is Brutal But My Wife Sleeps Through It. What the Hell Is Wrong With Her?

11 Soothing Techniques to Calm a Fussy Baby

When Do Babies Start Sitting Up?

The Only 12-Month Milestones that Matter

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My Wife Won't Stop Breastfeeding Even Though It's Crushing Her. Help!

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I Think My Creepshow Toddler Might Kill Me in My Sleep. Am I Overreacting?

I Worry My Toddler Has Autism. No One Believes Me.

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My Toddler Lives for Attention, So I Give It to Him. Am I Going to Raise a Narcissist?

All Parents Offer Empty Promises and Hollow Threats. But Do They Do Harm?

The Only Two-Year Milestones that Matter

The Only 18-Month Milestones That Matter

How to Talk About Internet Safety With Kids

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I Want to Build My Kids a Treehouse for My Kids. My Wife Says Its Too Dangerous. This Coddling Pisses Me Off.

How to Talk to Kids About War

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I’m Following the Potty Training App. My Wife Is Not. Now My Son Is Pissing in Plants. Help!

How Not to Lose Sleep Over Daylight Savings Time

How to Play With Puppets Like Mister Rogers

I Am Introducing my Kids to Bloody, Savage Death — And It’s Great

Scared Parents Are Avoiding Playdates For "Safety Concerns." What Gives?

How to Explain Impeachment to Children

Argue About Impeachment All You Want. Just Don’t Do It In Front of Your Kid

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My Kids Are Messy As Hell. How Do I Get Them to Clean Up After Themselves?

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I Don't Like Hugging My Kids. What's Wrong With That?

The Happy Kid Experts: 12 Researchers Whose Advice Parents Can Trust

How to Create a Morning Routine for School, Starting in the Summer

How to Help a Child Make New Friends

Want to Raise An Honest Kid? Do This.

33 Things That Parents of Teenage Girls Should Do

How to Make Rules a Teenager Actually Respects

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The Only 5-Month Milestones That Matter Most parents overdo the whole milestone thing in the fifth month. Stop stressing out and focus on the three (just three) developmental moments that really matter.

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My Baby Is the Boss. Please Help Me Get My Life, and Wife, Back! A dad who has lost control asks The Goodfather for advice on how to get it — and his life — back from baby.

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The Only 2-Month Milestones That Matter Stop stressing out and focus on the milestones that really matter.

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Enough with the Fruit Juice and Gatorade. Just Give Kids Water Already It’s weird to say this, but humans need water. Same goes with kids. Parents seem to forget that the clear stuff exists.

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I Want to Stop Yelling, But It's the Only Way to Get My Kid To Do Anything A dad wishes he didn't have to yell to get his daughter to finish a task.

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How to Potty Train a Child (Really Ridiculously) Early Keeping a child close is key to learning when they need to poop or pee.

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