Siblings aren’t always treated the same. It’s not always the best practice for parents to do the same thing for each kid because every child has different needs. You wouldn’t give intensive therapy to a kid who doesn’t need it just because their older sibling required treatment. On the other hand, it’s pretty stinky to …
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17-year-old refuses to meet his absent dad’s baby after his ex wife constantly harasses him begging him to have a relationship with his half-sibling: ‘She’s been calling me names and saying only a monster wouldn’t love their own sibling.’
I wouldn’t consider myself a master at persuasion. I’m always willing to share my opinion on a matter, solicited or not, but if someone is convinced that their way is the only way, there’s very little I can do to change their mind. I can’t deceive my way out of a paper bag because everything …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to meet his absent dad’s baby after his ex wife constantly harasses him begging him to have a relationship with his half-sibling: ‘She’s been calling me names and saying only a monster wouldn’t love their own sibling.’
40-year-old dad tells wife he’s traveling 10,000 miles to go to Burning Man in South Africa while she stays home with their 5-month-old baby: ‘He needs a break and parenthood’
There’s a reason there are more single moms than single dads. It is simply far easier for a dad to leave their family and never return during the first years of the baby’s life. Babies rely so much on their mothers to keep them alive, and fathers cannot provide sustenance using only their bodies. There …
Seguir leyendo 40-year-old dad tells wife he’s traveling 10,000 miles to go to Burning Man in South Africa while she stays home with their 5-month-old baby: ‘He needs a break and parenthood’
Foster parents pressure 16-year-old foster kid to change his name from Ryder to Ryan, claims his name is inappropriate: ‘They would like me to strongly consider it so I could have the chance at a professional future’
Babies aren’t put on this earth to have professional names. I understand why a parent wouldn’t want to name their kid something absurd, but if a kid is named something that society at large has decided is acceptable, who are we to make them feel wrong about that? I wouldn’t name my kid Hunter, Dallas, …
Seguir leyendo Foster parents pressure 16-year-old foster kid to change his name from Ryder to Ryan, claims his name is inappropriate: ‘They would like me to strongly consider it so I could have the chance at a professional future’
Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband’s family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: ‘Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved’
Society is stringently designed around the nuclear family. This system makes it easy to treat families as economic units that are intrinsically tied together and emotionally bonded above all other bonds. Maintaining the nuclear family is difficult to do and often not beneficial for the members of said nucleus. Any child of parents who «stayed …
Seguir leyendo Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband’s family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: ‘Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved’
17-year-old begs her widower dad to take care of her and her 15-year-old brother after he leaves home to live with his late wife’s best friend, his new girlfriend: ‘He responded with saying there’s nothing for him to do at home’
Some parents become less involved as their children grow up. It doesn’t take a genius to know that children need more direct support from their parents when they’re young than they do when they’re teenagers, but that doesn’t mean a parent can lie low and do nothing. Parents need to be involved in their children’s …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old begs her widower dad to take care of her and her 15-year-old brother after he leaves home to live with his late wife’s best friend, his new girlfriend: ‘He responded with saying there’s nothing for him to do at home’
‘He was a stranger to me’: Dad abandons 4-year-old son to be raised by his grandparents after his mom passes, wants him back when he’s 10 so his 2nd wife can be his ‘mom’
Therapists are not always the bees knees. As a member of Generation Z, I’m constantly hearing my peers talk about how going to therapy is a green flag and will make you a better person. It’s like church for Zoomers. I’m not necessarily convinced that therapy makes anyone more virtuous than anyone else. The function …
Seguir leyendo ‘He was a stranger to me’: Dad abandons 4-year-old son to be raised by his grandparents after his mom passes, wants him back when he’s 10 so his 2nd wife can be his ‘mom’
The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (March 25, 2025)
I am continually baffled by how some parents talk to their kids, particularly their daughters, about their bodies. I was lucky not to grow up in a household where my mom was constantly calling me fat, but I certainly knew some girls whose moms did exactly that. They are, what we digital natives call «almond …
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Estranged mother admits to intercepting her son’s college acceptance letters 15 years ago and lying that he did not getting into any colleges: ‘She didn’t want me to succeed at something before my brother did’
Parents can easily sabotage their children. They live with and take care of them for at least the first 18 years of their life, and in that time, they can control what they eat, where they go to school, and if they’re allowed to have any friends. We all knew one of those kids whose …
Seguir leyendo Estranged mother admits to intercepting her son’s college acceptance letters 15 years ago and lying that he did not getting into any colleges: ‘She didn’t want me to succeed at something before my brother did’
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’