If you want to have many children, but counting on the older ones to help out with the younger ones, maybe don’t have many children. Older kids are not there to bear the responsibility over their younger siblings. The fact that they are the oldest shouldn’t affect their own childhood, and they shouldn’t be expected …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old daughter refuses to babysit three half-siblings after dad asks her to help his wife, dad gets the rest of the family involved: ‘He’s trying to dump his problems on me’
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22-year-old college student interviews sister-in-law about giving baby up for adoption at 20, gets angry when she says she doesn’t regret it: ‘This was the only good decision for him’
Deciding to give a baby up for adoption isn’t often a choice that an expecting mom makes easily. Even if she doesn’t want a child or does not feel like she is in the right position to be a mom, it is still a hugely difficult process to go through an entire pregnancy and birth …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old college student interviews sister-in-law about giving baby up for adoption at 20, gets angry when she says she doesn’t regret it: ‘This was the only good decision for him’
Parents refuse to name their baby ‘Henry’ after his paternal grandfather, grandmother berates them for not following family tradition of naming male heirs ‘James’ or ‘Henry’: ‘She said I was breaking a tradition that went back hundreds of years’
I’ve never understood naming the men in your family the same thing, generation after generation. It’s confusing, and IMHO, it dilutes the significance of the name. If everyone is John, then the original John is just one of many. I like passing down family names through middle names. My mom’s middle name is «Wainwright,» after …
Seguir leyendo Parents refuse to name their baby ‘Henry’ after his paternal grandfather, grandmother berates them for not following family tradition of naming male heirs ‘James’ or ‘Henry’: ‘She said I was breaking a tradition that went back hundreds of years’
‘She says I am denying her «her baby»‘: 21-year-old pregnant woman tells mother-in-law who insists on being in the delivery room that she can’t see the baby for at least 3 weeks after she is born, adding a week every time she asks about the babies name
I never understood why some paternal grandparents insist on being in the delivery room with their daughters-in-law. If you have a close relationship and she has explicitly stated that she wants your support, by all means, hold her hand and help her through it. But if it’s clear that she is either ambivalent to or …
Seguir leyendo ‘She says I am denying her «her baby»‘: 21-year-old pregnant woman tells mother-in-law who insists on being in the delivery room that she can’t see the baby for at least 3 weeks after she is born, adding a week every time she asks about the babies name
Neglectful babysitters refuse to change babies diaper, goes on rampage when their sister-in-law reports it to the mother of the baby: ‘[She] has trashed me to every family member she can think of’
The scariest thing about babies is that they can’t talk. Some might say the most frightening thing about them is the sensitivity of their soft spots or SIDS, but I would take a soft-headed baby who could speak like Stewie Griffin over a football-helmet-headed baby who only cries any day. I’m not saying that every …
Seguir leyendo Neglectful babysitters refuse to change babies diaper, goes on rampage when their sister-in-law reports it to the mother of the baby: ‘[She] has trashed me to every family member she can think of’
New mom wants pregnant sister-in-law to change her baby’s middle name in case she wants to use it for a second child: ‘The in laws googled our names and found the registry’
Names are curious things. They carry a lot of weight to them, even when we don’t want them to. We might hate our names and spend our whole lives shaking them off. But our parents had a different idea. They probably spent a lot of time and energy picking out our names, making them meaningful, …
Seguir leyendo New mom wants pregnant sister-in-law to change her baby’s middle name in case she wants to use it for a second child: ‘The in laws googled our names and found the registry’
‘They resent them for being born’: Teen daughters refuse to accept young half-siblings as family after mom reveals she only divorced their dad so she could have more kids
Having a big family has advantages and disadvantages, and that comes to no one’s surprise. On one hand, when you grow up with a lot of siblings, you always have someone to lean on. You’re never alone, always have friends, and you take care of each other, make sure no one gets left behind. In …
Seguir leyendo ‘They resent them for being born’: Teen daughters refuse to accept young half-siblings as family after mom reveals she only divorced their dad so she could have more kids
Woman gets pregnant, demands 23-year-old cousin give up her name so her daughter can have it and fulfil ‘family prophecy’: ‘I need you to release the name to her’
Pretty much every family has their traditions, and some take them more seriously than others. Some are pretty standard, fun things, like having a specific game that is played during the holidays. Others are a lot more idiosyncratic, and not everybody is going to subscribe to them to the same degree. It’s a matter of …
Seguir leyendo Woman gets pregnant, demands 23-year-old cousin give up her name so her daughter can have it and fulfil ‘family prophecy’: ‘I need you to release the name to her’
Pregnant woman refuses to let mother-in-law pick her own grandma name, claims it’s ‘inappropriate and strange’: ‘She is no longer speaking to us’
As the women in my family get older, a big topic of conversation among them is what they want their grandma name to be. Most of them feel like they’re too young for the traditional monikers of «grandma» or «nanny» or even worse, «granny.» They want to get inventive with their names, coming up with …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant woman refuses to let mother-in-law pick her own grandma name, claims it’s ‘inappropriate and strange’: ‘She is no longer speaking to us’
Mom demands daycare teacher holds her 13-month-old during naptime every day, balks when teacher says that’s not possible: ‘This was the 7th place she toured and that no daycare around here can provide adequate care for her son’
When you enroll your children in daycare, there are certain expectations you ought to have. While you can choose a center that has small classroom sizes if you can afford/find it, your child isn’t going to get the one-on-one attention that they would get with a babysitter or nanny. Daycares also must adhere to specific …
Seguir leyendo Mom demands daycare teacher holds her 13-month-old during naptime every day, balks when teacher says that’s not possible: ‘This was the 7th place she toured and that no daycare around here can provide adequate care for her son’