Childhood friends get a free pass most of the time for acting impolite. Like family members, long-time friends feel entitled to say whatever the heck they feel like saying, even if it’s judgmental, out-of-pocket, or just downright cruel. But if you’ve lived long enough enduring your spouse’s insufferable childhood friends, there comes a time in …
Seguir leyendo ‘This is my house, my family, and my child’: Estranged childhood friend insults a 29-year-old mom’s parenting tactics with her 5-year-old, gets kicked out of the house, and blocked as a result
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5-year-old crashes into 17-year-old and his 47-year-old mom on his bike, gets chewed out by teen for riding bike in a forbidden zone: ‘His mom starts laying into me about how dare I scold her child’
What is our responsibility as citizens when kids break major social rules and are enabled by their parents to do so? One of the biggest examples of this phenomenon is kids scrolling through Instagram reels in the movie theater. I’m not even talking about teenagers, I’m talking about 5-10 year olds who have been dragged …
Seguir leyendo 5-year-old crashes into 17-year-old and his 47-year-old mom on his bike, gets chewed out by teen for riding bike in a forbidden zone: ‘His mom starts laying into me about how dare I scold her child’
Wife flips out when she receives $175 of $7,000 tax refund because of husband’s unpaid child support: ‘He told me I should be grateful’
There is no getting around the fact that if your partner already has kids before you get together, it is going to make the relationship more complicated. Anybody in this scenario has to sit down and consider if they are willing to take on the duties and struggles that come with being a stepparent, for …
Seguir leyendo Wife flips out when she receives $175 of $7,000 tax refund because of husband’s unpaid child support: ‘He told me I should be grateful’
Aunt throws away her 6-year-old nieces shoes, despite her mom wanting to give them to her 2-year-old niece, after grandma gave aunt the go-ahead: ‘This has happened multiple times with other things’
I really dislike things going to waste. If I receive a gift that I don’t particularly enjoy, I can’t wait to regift it to someone who will like it or donate it to a thrift store because the thought of it rotting in my room for years without being used drives me crazy. Even when …
Seguir leyendo Aunt throws away her 6-year-old nieces shoes, despite her mom wanting to give them to her 2-year-old niece, after grandma gave aunt the go-ahead: ‘This has happened multiple times with other things’
32-year-old man calls cops on 2 and 7-year-old children playing outside unattended, neighbor responsible for the kids screams at him for not letting them into his house: ‘The officer just let her leave with the boy and didn’t even go talk to the parents’
I hate that we live in such a surveillance culture. I understand parents wanting to protect their kids as much as they can, but forbidding kids from playing outside independently has a hugely negative impact on children. If they feel safe playing in their neighborhood without needing to ask their parents every five seconds if …
Seguir leyendo 32-year-old man calls cops on 2 and 7-year-old children playing outside unattended, neighbor responsible for the kids screams at him for not letting them into his house: ‘The officer just let her leave with the boy and didn’t even go talk to the parents’
Aunt forces 25-year-old nephew to sit at the kids table, allows his 21-year-old brother to eat with the adults: ‘You’ve always been the fun one, the kids love you!’
There are benefits and downsides to being in a smaller family. One of the benefits I reaped was that I was rarely, if ever, demoted to sit at a paltry kids’ table during extended family dinners or holidays. There might’ve been a kid’s side of the table, but I cannot recall being segregated from adults …
Seguir leyendo Aunt forces 25-year-old nephew to sit at the kids table, allows his 21-year-old brother to eat with the adults: ‘You’ve always been the fun one, the kids love you!’
Grandma-to-be flips out when mom refuses to name unborn child after brother who passed away when she was 16: ‘She told me I was being cold-hearted’
Welcoming a new baby into the family should be a time of happiness and harmony between parents and their adult kids. In many cases, though, it turns out to be anything but. There are two things that bring up old issues and grudges between relatives like no other, and they are weddings and producing a …
Seguir leyendo Grandma-to-be flips out when mom refuses to name unborn child after brother who passed away when she was 16: ‘She told me I was being cold-hearted’
3rd grader cries after his teacher gifts him a new pencil case and pencils, says he doesn’t know how to be grateful for it: ‘It’s just that I already have pencils. Is this your whole gift?’
There’s a lot of theatrics involved when receiving a gift. Most of us are genuinely incredibly grateful when somebody thinks highly enough of us to get us a present, but our reactions can get over the top. I’ve been drilled from day 1 of being alive that no matter how you feel about a gift, …
Seguir leyendo 3rd grader cries after his teacher gifts him a new pencil case and pencils, says he doesn’t know how to be grateful for it: ‘It’s just that I already have pencils. Is this your whole gift?’
Unschooling mom enrolls 7-year-old son who’s still in diapers in 1st grade, is convinced he’ll be too smart for the class: ‘She wants to email the teacher ideas because 1st grade curriculum is too simple’
It’s always kind of funny when a parent thinks that their kid is a genius. I don’t really think there’s any real harm done in thinking your kid is going to Harvard because they rolled over a month before babies typically do so. It’s something that most parents grow out of by the time their …
Seguir leyendo Unschooling mom enrolls 7-year-old son who’s still in diapers in 1st grade, is convinced he’ll be too smart for the class: ‘She wants to email the teacher ideas because 1st grade curriculum is too simple’
Father kicks out 22-year-old stepson after stepson ‘pranks’ him by wrapping all his work supplies with duct tape, mother sides with son: ‘He’s just a kid’
Until what age is it still appropriate to call someone a ‘kid’ and use it as an excuse for their bad behavior? While it might count as a cute nickname, allowing someone to act like a kid should be restricted to a certain age period, and after that, it should definitely not be considered cute …
Seguir leyendo Father kicks out 22-year-old stepson after stepson ‘pranks’ him by wrapping all his work supplies with duct tape, mother sides with son: ‘He’s just a kid’