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Are historical questions about parenting on-topic?
Would historical questions about parenting in times past be acceptable here? For example, suppose I want to ask about the typical weaning age in 1850's Russia, what kind of chores were typical for a ...
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Questions that sound like a medical issue
This question is prompted by a couple of answers I've given recently.
This one, which really sounds like a 5 year-old with OCD.
This one, where one possible explanation is face-blindness.
In both ...
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Is a question about "the best" 529 on topic?
I have a toddler.
We're trying to set up a college savings account (commonly a 529 in USA).
There are a lot of factors in choosing which state to go through and I don't really understand the ...
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Should questions related to school, teaching and education be considered on topic?
Should questions related to school, teaching and education be considered on topic?
Some examples:
education - Examples:
How to encourage my 5-year-old who seems to be unusually interested in ...
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Why are questions that ask for unbounded personal anecdotes allowed here?
I was very surprised to see this question not only unclosed, but with answers from two mods here:
To have or not to have a second child?
I am seeking the experiences from parents out there who have ...
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Feedback and suggestions for the editable section of the Help Center?
What useful info should we add to the Parenting Stack Exchange Help Center?
The part between the search box and "Find out more about..." is now editable by moderators. I posted a short possible ...
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How to make a question about which job will allow our son to advocate for his calling and life mission on topic?
I asked the question What full-time, well-paying job fits my son who wants to advocate physician-assisted suicide? on Parenting.SE and it was closed and then deleted. It received an answer I found ...
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How to deal with questions by siblings (when the parents still have custody)?
This is about questions in which the OP wants to parent their sibling, despite not being in a parenting relationship, e. g. because the parents still have custody.
We do allow such questions, when ...
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How to deal with questions in which a sibling assumes the role of a parent to get it reopened?
Unless they are acting in loco parentis, questions from siblings are getting closed. Since it just happened (one mod closed it, the OP edited it, another mod reopened it), to get the question reopened ...
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Can the past be cured? From theory to practice
Having not been a member for so long, I can't say it for sure, but I have the feeling that there was some shift in the expectations of what Parenting.SE would become. It seems to me that, in the early ...
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Can I ask a question here if I'm not a parent?
I'm not a parent, but I'm just curious to know some info. Is it wrong to ask a question pretending to be a parent?
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Can 'should I be a parent?' be on-topic?
I'm looking at this question, Should person with schizophrenia have children?, and wondering whether it can be modified somehow so as to make it on-topic on this site (and/or so as to give the OP the ...
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What is the normal course of action with older questions that may no longer be on topic according to the Parenting guidelines
A recent question has become a duplicate of What should I be teaching my two year old? which is now quite old and was probably OK at the point of being posted. The question as it stands now however ...
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Condoms in care packages = questions about sex?
I have a question about providing condoms in care packages that my church is doing for our outgoing seniors. It's a larger question but for this meta-Q, I'll note that it specifically is not seeking ...
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Is there a reason this site is focusing on parenting instead of family dynamics?
So this site is a bit of an interesting oddball. On the tin it says parenting, but if you open it up inside you find questions on parenting, but also questions from the perspective of cousins, ...
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I have not asked any questions, but not because I think I have all the answers!
Is it okay to ask opinion-based questions? For example, I'd love to discuss reward systems, discipline and allowances. There are other subjects that interest me as well. If I ask: How much should ...
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Follow Ups / Results
A lot of questions on this sight are very compelling to parents ( at least me ) who may be in a similar situation that another person has already completed.
I have no idea how this would work, but it ...
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Are questions that could be on topic, but asked without a parenting role, still on topic?
I think the title is quite self-explanatory, but let's explain it a bit more.
I am hesitating asking a question here. The question itself (~20-year-old with a behavior I need help handling) would be ...
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How clear do you need to be that you're not asking medical advice to not be considered asking for medical advice?
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What should I consider when getting tympanostomy tubes (grommets) for my child?
I have a close vote (and presumably a downvote) because:
This is clearly asking for medical ...
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Are questions about our relations with parents on topic?
When is it suitable to ask questions related to our relationship with our parents? Most of the questions I have noticed recently are about how to raise our kids and how to act with them, however this ...
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Is a question about babyproofing on topic here?
My toddler is into everything. I have a question about how to babyproof some of my stuff. Would it be on topic here?
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Is this on topic and does this behaviour violate our "be nice" policy?
A while back, I asked this question about whether I should allow my child to participate in dangerous sports and when they may be able to assess risk.
Originally, this answer contained a description ...
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Would 'being parented' questions be on-topic here?
I have seen some really good advice on this site. Would it be on topic for a child to ask a life-skills question here in order to gain some 'parenting'?
(I'm not a young person myself.)
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How do we migrate questions? [duplicate]
This question
https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/20391/why-do-people-in-media-always-refer-to-babies-as-females
Is about English usage. It's not about parenting. It would possibly fit ...
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What aspects of adoption are, or are not, on topic at Parenting.SE?
There is an Adoption.SE under consideration in Area 51 at the moment. One discussion post states that it is already covered by Parenting.SE:
Adoption is certainly a very worth-while topic (speaking ...
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Should we allow questions from the child's perspective?
Here's a recent question that was off-topic as it was worded originally:
My Homeroom teacher change my seat because my ugly math teacher complain to my homeroom teacher that I was always talking ...
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Are psychology and sociology based questions about parenting topics on-topic?
My question
At what age can children start being influenced by gender stereotypes?
has received a VTC for being "off topic" because:
Other: This is not a parenting question. It's a psychology ...
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Are questions that are related to something you do as a parent, but not explicitly parenting itself, on topic?
Note: This is based on this question.
Do we consider questions about things a parent might do that is not "doing something with children", on topic?
This would be questions such as how to fix a toy, ...
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How is this not medical advice?
Encopresis, I'm at my wits end? Does anybody have suggestions?
This question is clearly seeking medical advice, and one of the answers is clearly providing medical advice.
Why is there such a ...
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Should the "dad jokes" question stay open?
Earlier, I asked people what their favourite dad joke is on the main site. It gathered some interest form the community, a few upvotes, an answer and a few comments. One of these comments asked for ...
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Should home remedy "medical questions" be allowed?
In response to the close votes on this question, the OP states that he is asking for home remedies. As an aside, that specific request is not in the question, so I am not asking about that question ...
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Are questions about generic or fundamental medical information on-topic?
It seems that general developmental questions ("at what age should a child be able to do X") are on-topic.
It's also clear that specific medical advice is off-topic ("My child has this ...
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Asking retrospective questions
Is it ok to ask retrospective questions? By his I mean a problem or issue that someone may have had as a parent some time ago, that has been resolved and if so, how should this be done; do we state ...
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Are questions about marriage on topic?
This recent question felt borderline to me, and, to date, has received 2 close votes.
The question is really about how the mother and father relate to each other, and the answers it is garnering are ...
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Can we alter the site rules to allow questions that seek reference material?
It has been suggested this question is best addressed as its own question right here in meta.
Its been an often enforced bugaboo of moderators to block questions from users seeking reference material ...
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Where do we draw the line between teaching and parenting?
Recently I became aware of this proposal for a new Homeschooling Stackexchange site. After looking at the sample questions they prepared, I felt that much of what they felt was on-topic would qualify ...
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Are questions regarding advice for parents that only indirectly relate to children on topic?
I recently asked this question and received some (justified) comments and close votes.
Note: the question has since been edited, so feel free to refer to the edit history and review the original ...
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Would we accept questions *about* parents?
The act of parenting, by definition, is purely a parent->to->child process. As expected, this site is all about questions in that direction; questions about parents handling/raising dependents in one ...
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Is family planning considered on-topic?
Pregnancy is considered on-topic almost unanimously. On the accepted answer, JBRWilkinson suggested that is is "a very good thing that people considering becoming parents proactively come to this ...
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Do weapons belong here?
I like to keep an open mind, and I admit that it's a wise parent who asks, how can I protect my child against the weapons I keep at home because that's relevant to some professions.
But some ...
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"Life before baby" doesn't fit in here; but is pretty important itself
Questions about maternity insurance, what to expect during pregnancy, how to get pregnant (yes, that is a serious question), and other worries/questions that expecting or soon-to-be expecting couples ...
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Pregnancy Questions?
The title of the site is "Parenting". Is this limited to child interaction? Are questions regarding the pregnancy period relevant (Aside from serious medical questions, of course). Example questions ...
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Do we need to avoid serious medical questions?
Many of the other SE sites seem to avoid/discourage certain topics for liability reasons. Examples that come to mind: Photography.SE follows the IANAL approach when folks ask for guidance with ...
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