Kids are famously unpredictable. It’s not anyone’s fault, but it can cause a ripple effect. Kids are gonna be kids, and that sometimes means that paint is going to get all over the place. It just seems like one of those laws of nature. If there is a mess to be made, a mess will …
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Parents force 21-year-old to send texts 2x per day saying ‘good morning’ and ‘goodnight’— 21-year-old protests
Should you have to do everything your parents say after a certain age? Everyone has a different relationship with their parents, and these can be valid. We each have our own level of comfort with our parents, and we expect different things of each other. Maybe you have a distant relationship with your parents, and …
Seguir leyendo Parents force 21-year-old to send texts 2x per day saying ‘good morning’ and ‘goodnight’— 21-year-old protests
Parents deny 26-year-old daughter the same advantages her younger siblings get, refuse to hear her out when she complains
If there is no communication, there is nothing that can be done. If you can’t talk about something, then how can you expect it to be resolved? Shutting down is never a helpful thing to do, especially with your family. Maybe things come up that are too difficult to talk about, but you have to …
Seguir leyendo Parents deny 26-year-old daughter the same advantages her younger siblings get, refuse to hear her out when she complains
Mom charges 16-year-old daughter $80 a month for rent while letting her 17-year-old brother live rent-free
Should you have to pay rent to live in your parents’ home? It’s a tough world out there, and sometimes you end up at your parents’ house again. This isn’t a moral failing, and it can be a beneficial arrangement if it works out for everyone. But the person in this story, shared to the …
Seguir leyendo Mom charges 16-year-old daughter $80 a month for rent while letting her 17-year-old brother live rent-free
15-year-old calls out his mom for constantly critiquing his haircuts: ‘She started crying and turned up the music in the car’
Sometimes the biggest fights happen for the smallest reasons. You know this if you’ve ever had an interpersonal relationship with anyone. You don’t usually have a blowout fight over something big. Usually, something small sets it off. Maybe you’ve been mounting resentment for years, and you’ve never said it out loud. Then suddenly the small …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old calls out his mom for constantly critiquing his haircuts: ‘She started crying and turned up the music in the car’
New mom of 2 asks brother and sister-in-law to live with her for 3 weeks after she gives birth, berates them when they don’t follow her exact rules
Does she want some family assistance or full-time live-in help? It’s not wrong to want a little help from your friends and family, especially after having a baby. After all, «it takes a village.» You want the people who love you to be able to chip in, and they probably want to as well. We …
Seguir leyendo New mom of 2 asks brother and sister-in-law to live with her for 3 weeks after she gives birth, berates them when they don’t follow her exact rules
Parents demand nanny begin no-diaper potty training with 18-month-old who spends 10 hours a day in her home: ‘They’re adamant it’ll take 3 days’
Should children’s developmental skills be the responsibility of the childcare provider and not the parent? Most of us know that the demands of having a full-time job and being a parent usually do not gel well together. When it comes to meeting expectations in both areas, something has to give. Maybe a parent does not …
Seguir leyendo Parents demand nanny begin no-diaper potty training with 18-month-old who spends 10 hours a day in her home: ‘They’re adamant it’ll take 3 days’
17-year-old tells mom she doesn’t want her AI-written letter for her high school graduation ceremony, mom calls her a bad daughter
Would you accept a heartfelt note from someone if it were written by AI? This is a very modern problem. There is no precedent for this, so we have to create our own. Maybe you have someone in your life who is a little over-reliant on large language models. They’ve stopped knowing how to craft …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old tells mom she doesn’t want her AI-written letter for her high school graduation ceremony, mom calls her a bad daughter
Mom calls out other mom for not keeping track of her 14-year-old daughter despite telling her she’d be in touch
When you’re taking care of someone else’s teen, are you responsible for keeping in touch with their parents? Every parent has a different approach to parenting. There are as many different ways to parent as there are parents in the world. And one of the hard parts about it is negotiating each other’s take on …
Seguir leyendo Mom calls out other mom for not keeping track of her 14-year-old daughter despite telling her she’d be in touch
Nanny making $45 an hour threatens to quit unless she gets another 6% raise: ‘We gave her 3 weeks pay for her bonus and $5000 for her birthday this year.’
It sounds like she’s leaving a pretty good gig behind. The scariest part about leaving a job is that there’s no way of knowing if your next job is going to be better or worse. You can measure factors you are aware of before accepting an offer, such as pay, benefits, commute time, and the …
Seguir leyendo Nanny making $45 an hour threatens to quit unless she gets another 6% raise: ‘We gave her 3 weeks pay for her bonus and $5000 for her birthday this year.’