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Is it time to transition my almost 2yo from crib to bed? How should I do it?

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My son tried to climb out of his crib last night, had a nightmare that woke him and would not go back down. I ended up sleeping on the floor bed that's already set up in his room with him.
I would like to move him to the floor bed as I really am worried about him being hurt in the crib. He turned two at the end of August.

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How to approach a teacher that's not very flexible and may be unhealthy for my child?

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We wanted some guidance about school and the best way to handle this. One of my daughter’s teachers is super organized, communicates in advance about deadlines or events; prefers kids to finish their work/projects in school and sends very little homework (hw is actually whatever the student could not finish in class), which is greatly appreciated.
On the other hand, from the interactions I had with her, reports from my daughter and from other moms (who hear from their kids) this teacher seems to have a very traditional approach with the kids. She doesn’t allow her students to “talk back”, meaning, when they try to explain or clarify a situation, i.e, tell their side of the story, teacher replies with, “no buts or you’ll get a conduct cut for talking back” or shames them in front of the class.

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My 2yo son insists on only wearing ONE pair of shoes.

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My toddler son is doing an excellent job of being two years old but we are at an impasse with shoes. His favorite pair he outgrew and they no longer make them. We talked about it and said bye bye to his shoes and talked about new ones. He refuses to wear anything but one pair he has; they really aren’t play shoes. When those are wet we are screwed. I have ordered three pairs for him to try and are similar to his old ones but again he refuses. What to do?

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My 4.5yo still has potty accidents. How do I help her?

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My daughter got back to school on Wednesday and had two potty accidents (#1 and #2) on day 1 and another #1 on day 2.
Yesterday we got a call from the school director asking us what we are doing at home to help prepare her for the 'big girls' school in September, when she will no longer be in a pre-school environment and they will have a smaller ratio of teachers (2 for 16 instead of currently 5 for 25). This was the second call, we had one in December.

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My son has been having tics for almost 2 years now and they have not gone away since they started. Help!

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My son has been having tics for almost 2 years now and they have not gone away since they started, he just has some days better and some days worse.
Will they eventually go away as he outgrows them or they might stay?
Do we need to be worried at some point and do more than what we are doing now to calm his nervous system? Thank you!!

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I don't agree with my child's coach and their ways of coaching. Help!

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Our son (almost eight years old) plays soccer with a team on the weekends. His coach yells at the kids. I noticed before, but I decided to keep an eye on it, but this weekend my son was not running, and he shouted: "If you don't run, you'll go to the bench." He sent him to the bench and started imitating my son. My son entered the game again, but at the end of the game, I noticed he was sad, and I tried to speak about the topic, but he avoided it until I told him: I noticed that the coach yelled at you because you were not running. How do you feel? And he said: very angry.

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My child doesn't like it when I compliment them... why?

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Today at my kids annual check up, my son was super sweet and cute holding my daughter’s hand while she was afraid of having a shot. In the car I said how proud I was and that was so nice of him. As soon as I started to compliment him he said ”don’t talk about that”. It made him uncomfortable that I was complimenting him in that way.  Why is it so uncomfortable to hear about something he did that was so sweet?

Help! Our toddler spits, hits and calls people "stupid"!

Help! Our toddler is doing all normal toddler things but it’s been hard on us. He’s been spitting and hitting (both for fun and when he’s upset). He also calls people stupid when he's angry and it drives me coconuts. His tantrums last closer to 15 min and he stays stuck in a loop. And it doesn't help that his older sister jumps in and tries to parent him.

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Is Girl Scouts the right fit for my daughter?

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This afternoon we had our 2nd Girl Scout meeting. It’s about 15 girls and moms that I don’t really know (combo of K & 1st graders). I told my daughter before the meeting that her vest may look a little different than the other girls as her yellow flag pin hadn’t arrived. When we got there and it was time for all the moms to pin a gold pin on the yellow flag my daughter had a fit and ran out of the room. I coaxed her back in but then she said “girls scouts is so stupid, it’s so boring, all we do is draw. I hate Girl Scouts.” I was mortified. Several of the moms in the room have worked so hard on the meetings, making them s