He sounds like the father of the year. You don’t have to be a deadbeat parent to be a bad parent. Living in the same house as your children, without technically abandoning them, does not make you a good parent. In fact, some would argue that an absent parent should be physically absent. If you’re …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to play with his son because he read somewhere that spending time with his child will lower his testosterone: ‘Let him figure out whether child support lowers his testosterone.’
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College graduate sends her dad $1000 a month so he can pay his bills, gets angry when he goes on an expensive honeymoon with his wife: ‘I paid for their wedding rings.’
Her dad needs to start supporting himself instead of relying on his adult daughter. It is extremely emotionally difficult to be the child of a financially unstable adult who is trying to do better for themselves than they were able to. You go to college, you work hard to get a high-paying job, and you …
Seguir leyendo College graduate sends her dad $1000 a month so he can pay his bills, gets angry when he goes on an expensive honeymoon with his wife: ‘I paid for their wedding rings.’
Woman cancels family reunion reservation after discovering her sister secretly invited her estranged dad to force a reconciliation
Families love a good ambush reunion. And this family’s plan involves letting Dad show up and hoping everything magically gets forgiven when his daughter, the one who booked the reunion, the one who Dad doesn’t speak to for four years, sees him. Great plan A truly masterful plan until the daughter who did the booking …
Seguir leyendo Woman cancels family reunion reservation after discovering her sister secretly invited her estranged dad to force a reconciliation
Blue-collar dad asks his daughter’s 23-year-old boyfriend to loan him $8K to repair his bathroom, daughter discourages him from giving her dad money: ‘Frank still owes her 20-year-old brother $2K from a truck repair.’
Why should a 23-year-old kid have to support his girlfriend’s father? It’s never a good idea to loan money to your family. If you really want to give money to your parents, grandparents, siblings, or kids, it should be a gift, not a loan. Giving a generous cash gift does not irrevocably change your relationship …
Seguir leyendo Blue-collar dad asks his daughter’s 23-year-old boyfriend to loan him $8K to repair his bathroom, daughter discourages him from giving her dad money: ‘Frank still owes her 20-year-old brother $2K from a truck repair.’
Mom takes away 13-year-old son’s video games because he keeps accidentally wetting himself while playing: ‘This should be resulting in a trip to the doctor.’
Why is she taking his video games away instead of addressing the underlying problem? Many parents think their kids should be directing their own lives. They think their 3-year-old will let them know when they’re ready to be potty trained, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Kids need their parents to plan their …
Seguir leyendo Mom takes away 13-year-old son’s video games because he keeps accidentally wetting himself while playing: ‘This should be resulting in a trip to the doctor.’
Dad refuses to make the school lunches his 3, 5, 7, and 10-year-old kids requested while their mom was out of town on vacation: ‘I am not making 4 separate gourmet lunches.’
Is the mom being too accommodating to her kids, or is the dad being lazy and uninvolved? When I was a kid, I got the same lunch basically every day. I got a sandwich, baby carrots, and an apple. As an adult, I continue to eat lunches that are minimalist and easy to make, not …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to make the school lunches his 3, 5, 7, and 10-year-old kids requested while their mom was out of town on vacation: ‘I am not making 4 separate gourmet lunches.’
Dad didn’t feed his 5-month-old baby while Mom was out for hours, claiming it was because she didn’t leave instructions: ‘Had I not come home, baby wouldn’t have eaten for 5 hours or more.’
He knew she would be gone for that long, and she had left instructions! One of the most important decisions you can make in your life is who you get married to. If you get married to the wrong person, and you will know if you do, you need to make sure you don’t have …
Seguir leyendo Dad didn’t feed his 5-month-old baby while Mom was out for hours, claiming it was because she didn’t leave instructions: ‘Had I not come home, baby wouldn’t have eaten for 5 hours or more.’
Employee gets his wages garnished because someone with a similar name to him owes child support: ‘How can they just start taking money from me without any verification as to whether the child is mine?’
How does a mistake like this happen? A cocky person who has never faced any consequences for their poor decisions might think they’re above man-made systems and processes, such as the court system. A deadbeat parent might expect that if they’ve evaded paying child support for their kid’s entire childhood, they won’t have to pay …
Seguir leyendo Employee gets his wages garnished because someone with a similar name to him owes child support: ‘How can they just start taking money from me without any verification as to whether the child is mine?’
Dad bans 14-year-old daughter from going to the movie theater with her friends because she got 85% on her math test and 87% on her physics test: ‘She burst into tears, but I had to stay firm in my decision.’
Is he being too harsh on his daughter? There are a lot of parents out there who do not tolerate their kids getting less-than-perfect grades. If their kid gets an 89 on a quiz, they aren’t allowed to see their friends for a month. I think most of us can agree that such punishment is …
Seguir leyendo Dad bans 14-year-old daughter from going to the movie theater with her friends because she got 85% on her math test and 87% on her physics test: ‘She burst into tears, but I had to stay firm in my decision.’
Parents forbid 15 and 21-year-old daughters from accessing their inheritance if they weigh more than 150 pounds: ‘This will not hold up in court.’
In what world is this enforceable by law? Nobody is entitled to an inheritance from their parents or grandparents. If you’ve proven time and time again to be totally irresponsible with large sums of cash in a way that’s harmful to yourself and others, I wouldn’t blame your parents for giving their life savings to …
Seguir leyendo Parents forbid 15 and 21-year-old daughters from accessing their inheritance if they weigh more than 150 pounds: ‘This will not hold up in court.’