Parenting is a team sport, not an individual one. Even if you are a single parent, odds are you need some outside input. Whether it’s a family member, a neighbor, teachers, coaches, or babysitters… you’re never doing it 100% alone. That would be impossible. So it’s even better when you can share the load with …
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‘The level of beef she has with this 6-year-old is genuinely concerning’: 47-year-old grandmother insists on crashing waterpark outing with 6 and 12-year-olds despite causing drama with them
Being a peacemaker in your family is not a fun job. Maybe you’re the middle child and you’re used to running an interference between two sides of your family. You’re the one who is friends with everyone so you’re the only one who can resolve conflicts. Or maybe you’re the only one who’s willing to. …
Seguir leyendo ‘The level of beef she has with this 6-year-old is genuinely concerning’: 47-year-old grandmother insists on crashing waterpark outing with 6 and 12-year-olds despite causing drama with them
‘Consider it a hard lesson learned’: 18-year-old girlfriend laughs when she backs over boyfriend’s parents’ $150 chicken statue, parents bar her from staying over at their house
When you’re a teenager, everything feels like a huge deal. Because it is. You feel your emotions strongly and don’t quite have the power of perspective to put it into place. This isn’t a bad thing. We’re all allowed to have big reactions and feel big stuff. Just because we’re young doesn’t mean our sides …
Seguir leyendo ‘Consider it a hard lesson learned’: 18-year-old girlfriend laughs when she backs over boyfriend’s parents’ $150 chicken statue, parents bar her from staying over at their house
Parents let 3-year-old daughter upstage 1-year-old niece’s birthday, want her to blow out the candles instead: ‘My niece started screaming and wouldn’t let anyone sing happy birthday’
It’s hard to sit by and watch somebody else’s bad parenting. Everyone is entitled to their own parenting styles, but that doesn’t mean you have to like it. But it can be incredibly difficult to just be passive while someone else is wrecking their child’s future. It’s even harder when your own child is mixed …
Seguir leyendo Parents let 3-year-old daughter upstage 1-year-old niece’s birthday, want her to blow out the candles instead: ‘My niece started screaming and wouldn’t let anyone sing happy birthday’
33-year-old mom forces her 14-year-old insomniac sister to watch her 3-month-old baby at home alone while she works all day: ‘Both my parents work, so I’m left alone with the baby for hours almost every day.’
Many families cannot afford to take care of their young children without working, nor can they afford to pay someone to do it for them. They need to work, and they need someone else to watch their baby all day for free, otherwise they won’t have enough money to live. Kids don’t spend their childhoods …
Seguir leyendo 33-year-old mom forces her 14-year-old insomniac sister to watch her 3-month-old baby at home alone while she works all day: ‘Both my parents work, so I’m left alone with the baby for hours almost every day.’
Sister-in-law flips out after stay-at-home mom refuses to keep providing free babysitting for 4-year-old son 5 days a week: ‘I feel like I’m constantly having to re-parent him’
Childcare is a huge concern for every working parent, being both frequently expensive and often hard to find in the quantity and quality that they require. From this perspective, having somebody in the extended family who is both available and willing to take care of a kid as and when it is needed is nothing …
Seguir leyendo Sister-in-law flips out after stay-at-home mom refuses to keep providing free babysitting for 4-year-old son 5 days a week: ‘I feel like I’m constantly having to re-parent him’
18-year-old girl neglects to pay $100 to retrieve her towed car, her father pays if for her and her mom flips out, takes away her keys: ‘Her dad thinks I am being too harsh’
Childhood is all about learning lessons. When you’re a baby, you put everything in your mouth so you learn a lesson about what you should and shouldn’t put in your mouth. When you’re a kid, you break everything possible to learn about what breaks easily and what doesn’t. When you’re a teenager, you do all …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old girl neglects to pay $100 to retrieve her towed car, her father pays if for her and her mom flips out, takes away her keys: ‘Her dad thinks I am being too harsh’
60-year-old grandma plans vacation for herself while 12 and 10-year-old grandchildren are in school, daughter chews her out for not being available to babysit: ‘She should not be assumptive’
It takes a village indeed, and it’s nice to be able to rely on others to help you out with childcare. This is how we did things once upon a time when we lived in tribes and took care of each others’ young. We helped others so that we got help in return. This is …
Seguir leyendo 60-year-old grandma plans vacation for herself while 12 and 10-year-old grandchildren are in school, daughter chews her out for not being available to babysit: ‘She should not be assumptive’
Host mom flips out when 19-year-old nanny buys snacks, refuses to share them with her 2 kids: ‘I’m only allowed to eat the items from one cabinet and they only replenish once a month’
Pretty much anyone who has worked in childcare will realize that it can be a wildly underpaid, underappreciated, and exploitative job. A genuinely frightening number of parents look upon the effort and responsibility it takes to keep their kids safe and happy, and decide that they want this task done while parting with the least …
Seguir leyendo Host mom flips out when 19-year-old nanny buys snacks, refuses to share them with her 2 kids: ‘I’m only allowed to eat the items from one cabinet and they only replenish once a month’
‘SIL looks like she’s ready to cry «Well…I feel selfish»‘: Mom of infant asks brother-in-law to change her baby’s diaper even though she is right there, brother refuses and gets iced out
It is okay to set boundaries with your family members. In fact, you should be setting boundaries with your family members because otherwise they will get crossed and you won’t have recourse to say that they wronged you. This is especially true when it comes to children. We’re all happy to pitch in every now …
Seguir leyendo ‘SIL looks like she’s ready to cry «Well…I feel selfish»‘: Mom of infant asks brother-in-law to change her baby’s diaper even though she is right there, brother refuses and gets iced out