‘Perpetual teenagers. How boring’: Twitter users argue over Seth Rogen explaining why he doesn’t have kids

There are few more seismic choices in life than whether or not you choose to have children, and as a result, it’s rarely a topic that people can be balanced and normal about. There are plenty of entitled parents out there who become completely insufferable when anybody has the gall to say they don’t want …
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‘Clapping at TV shows’: Former kids share weird things their families did while raising them

Every family has those little quirky things they do differently than other families. I come from a mother and a father who were always clinically early to every event we have ever attended together. On a good day, we would get to extracurricular activities or movie theaters a good 15-30 minutes early. I know that …
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16 Oldest Child Memes for All the Responsible Siblings

People on the internet are obsessed with categorizing themselves in ways that they feel explain their present behavior. For example, some adults will complain of the burnout that apparently comes from being considered gifted & talented when growing up. Another one of these things that has become an increasingly popular talking point in recent years …
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‘Give these kids a proper childhood’: Child influencer drinks coffee and wears acrylic nails, horrifies Twitter

One inevitability of getting older is starting to ruminate over the state of kids these days and how they just don’t do the same things that we used to do. Ever since the teenager became an accepted cultural category, people have worried about children growing up too fast—but since social media has been a thing, …
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‘It takes a village, but we don’t forcibly draft the villagers’: Entitled mom accuses family of raising her baby recklessly

The phrase «it takes a village» has become a galvanizing term in the world of parenting. Once understood as a sort of folksy, aw-shucks, last episode of Gilmore Girls-esque testament to community has now become a pain point for many parents raising young children. The idea behind «the village» is having a network of childcare support …
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30 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (February 22, 2024)

Remember when you were young and you felt like everything your parents did was unfair? I remember raging against bedtime, feeling like I’d give anything to stay up for another episode of Spongebob. I didn’t understand why my parents insisted that I needed a full night’s sleep. I was a kid who had energy and …
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‘I embarrassed his child and labeled her a thief’: Parents reprimand teacher for catching their daughter trying to steal a tablet

Teaching kids how to be good humans is a collaborative effort between their parents, teachers, and all other adults in their lives. It truly does take a village, and if the adults closest to a kid aren’t on the same page regarding standards of behavior, it’s much more challenging to make them into good adults.  …
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‘Why can’t you be more like your brother/sister?’: People share tasteless questions adults ask children

It’s no secret that many adults do not know how to interact with children appropriately. I might be one of them because I forget that swearing is not a socially acceptable thing to do in front of an elementary schooler more often than I’d like to admit (sorry, kids who’ve overheard my conversations on the …
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‘I cannot bring children into a world like this’: Couple of 8 years breaks up because they never discussed whether they wanted kids

Asking the person you’re dating whether they want kids can be daunting, especially if you’re both super young. I can tell you that I was not asking my high school sweetheart whether they wished to have kids with me. I could barely plan a date beyond eating a scrumptious meal at Raising Cane’s! As you …
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‘Naptime’: Adults reflect on the things that you’ll really ‘understand when you’re older’

A phrase that almost everyone’s parents have told them at one point or another, «You’ll understand when you’re older.» It was always so frustrating to hear when I was a kid. «No, I promise I’ll understand,» I wanted to say to them. Because that’s the thing, you think you know absolutely everything at every age …
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