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Asking & Answering
General
Rules and Quality Control vs. a Welcome to the community
Scope/On-Topic: General
Does Parenting.SE entertain frame-challenge answers? Do we argue the premise of a question?
What is our position with questions and answers that push a political viewpoint?
Are psychology and sociology based questions about parenting topics on-topic?
Is it acceptable for answers to suggest physical violence?
Scope/On-Topic: Medical
Medical questions: what is the line between on / off topic, and how should they be handled?
Are medical discussions allowed on Parenting?
Are questions about generic or fundamental medical information on-topic?
Scope/On-Topic: Pregnancy and Family Planning
Is family planning considered on-topic?
"Life before baby" doesn't fit in here; but is pretty important itself
Scope/On-Topic: Questions About Parents
Are questions regarding adult children/parent relationships on topic?
Are questions about our relations with parents on topic?
Scope/On-Topic: Product Recommendations
What is our policy on product suggestions?
Asking for product recommendations
Scope/On-Topic: Money and Finance
Is the "Daycare and Taxes" question appropriate for this site?
Is a question about "the best" 529 on topic?
Scope/On-Topic: Who Can Ask
Can children ask questions here? If not where?
What should I do when a user self-identifies as being under 13?
Should we allow questions from the child's perspective?
Are questions that could be on topic, but asked without a parenting role, still on topic?