Favoritism is a common phenomenon amongst parents, and it can often cause lifelong issues for the child who is on the less appealing end of it. More often than not, these obvious and hurtful preferences between children do not disappear when they grow up, and it often leads to strained parent-child relationships. It is no …
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Dad procrastinates taking his 3, 5, and 8-year-old kids to the park, tries to get his 40-week pregnant wife to bring them to the pool with their neighbor: ‘I said no’
We live in an age of child supervision, whether you like it or not. Long gone are the days when parents tell their kids to go outside at 10 AM and they don’t come back home until the sun goes down. Something about the crime-conscious culture of the 80s and 90s made it so parents …
Seguir leyendo Dad procrastinates taking his 3, 5, and 8-year-old kids to the park, tries to get his 40-week pregnant wife to bring them to the pool with their neighbor: ‘I said no’
24 Priceless Parenthood Memes That Will Have You Cracking Up During Park-Playtime
The biggest joy of parenting is realizing that you’re not alone. There’s always a relatable meme out there that just makes you feel seen, like no one else can. Whether it’s arriving at school only to realize you left the kids’ bags by the front door or when your only form of «no» becomes that …
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‘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
Dad forces 21, 23, and 27-year-old children to call his wife «bonus mom,» refuses to let them call her anything else even though it makes them uncomfortable: ‘Our dad says it “makes her happy” and to just do it.’
There’s always a lot of discussion about the nickname a grandchild will call their grandparent. It seems like there are very few families where «grandma» and «grandpa» will suffice. You’re either Pee Paw, Gigi, Mee Maw, Gammy, Gran Gran, or who knows what. I think many of these nicknames arise because grandparents don’t want to …
Seguir leyendo Dad forces 21, 23, and 27-year-old children to call his wife «bonus mom,» refuses to let them call her anything else even though it makes them uncomfortable: ‘Our dad says it “makes her happy” and to just do it.’
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’
32-year-old dad-to-be insists on naming his baby after a D&D character, refuses to compromise with wife who likes classic names: ‘I don’t want to name our child after a fictional character’
I understand the appeal of naming a baby after your favorite fictional character. When I was a tween, I was convinced I would name my future baby after one of the non-Cartman characters in South Park. Now that my frontal lobe is fully developed, I understand that explaining to people that my son Stanley is …
Seguir leyendo 32-year-old dad-to-be insists on naming his baby after a D&D character, refuses to compromise with wife who likes classic names: ‘I don’t want to name our child after a fictional character’
‘I’m not paying $200 for people who weren’t invited’: Fiancé’s family brings along uninvited guests to a pre-wedding dinner, then expects the groom to fork up the cash to pay for their meals
Crashing a wedding is only cute in the movies. In reality, it costs the bride and groom a small fortune to accommodate any new arrivals, and for a budget-conscious couple, not just anyone is privy to take part in their expensive nuptials. Uninvited guests forget that their microwaved airplane food is costing the couple $100s …
Seguir leyendo ‘I’m not paying $200 for people who weren’t invited’: Fiancé’s family brings along uninvited guests to a pre-wedding dinner, then expects the groom to fork up the cash to pay for their meals
Triplet dad takes two 14-year-old sons on amusement park ‘boys trip’, protests when wife takes excluded daughter on day out in retaliation: ‘He said I shouldn’t get her used to special treatment’
Do boys and girls need to be parented differently? No matter what the objective answer to this is, a lot of evidence would point to most parents believing that they do. It is no secret that many moms and dads treat their kids in different ways and even play obvious favorites because of their gender, …
Seguir leyendo Triplet dad takes two 14-year-old sons on amusement park ‘boys trip’, protests when wife takes excluded daughter on day out in retaliation: ‘He said I shouldn’t get her used to special treatment’
Dad criticizes 19-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter for planning a sibling tattoo that «excludes» their 3 younger step-siblings and 2 half-siblings: ‘He said there is no difference in our family and a sibling is a sibling’
A sibling bond is like no other. My sister and I are the only people alive who know precisely what it was like to grow up with our parents in our family. We’ve spent so much time together just because of the accident of our births, and there’s nobody I’d rather have as my sibling. …
Seguir leyendo Dad criticizes 19-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter for planning a sibling tattoo that «excludes» their 3 younger step-siblings and 2 half-siblings: ‘He said there is no difference in our family and a sibling is a sibling’