Uncle Calls His Brother’s 16-Year-Old Stepdaughter ‘Not Gorgeous’ After Calling His Niece ‘Gorgeous’

When you’re a kid, you notice every little nuance about how adults speak to you. If your parents, teachers, or relatives treat you differently from your siblings or your peers in any way, you will pick up on it and stew about it for a while. If your parents call you smart but they call …
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20+ Hearty Grandma’s Cooking Memes For Growing Boys and Girls

Many of us are fortunate enough to owe a lot to our grandparents. Maybe they were the soft touch while our parents tried to be strict, or they took care of us when nobody else would. Ask many people about their resounding memories of their grandparents when they were growing up, and many will say …
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‘Millennials are itching to treat Gen Alpha the way Boomers treated them’: Mean mom mocks daughter for not knowing how to boil eggs, gets dragged by the internet

I would never claim to be an expert on this topic, but I feel like one of the most important parts of being a mom or dad is teaching your kid the life skills they will need to survive as an adult. It’s inevitable that every parent will leave a couple of gaps — they’re …
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Protective Father Freaks Out After Mom Lets Their 16-Year-Old Daughter Drink Wine

There comes a point in every parent’s life where they must ask themselves a very important question: am I a regular mom or a cool mom? The answer to said query determines a lot about their parenting style, but it most certainly answers the time-honored question, «Can my teenager drink in my house while supervised?» …
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Dad and Daughter Horrify Twitter by Taunting Mom With Their Relationship

A lot gets said on the internet about the weirdness of Boy Moms: those female parents who give obsessive preferential treatment to their male children. What doesn’t always enter the conversation is their swapped gender equivalent. Weird parent-child relationships can happen all across the spectrum, and dads can’t always be let off easy. There’s just …
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Judgmental Dad Splits Opinion After Telling Daughter She’s a Disappointment For Becoming a Mom at 18

There are many terrifying expects to being a parent, and one of these is managing expectations. Most moms and dads have certain hopes and dreams for their kids from even before they’re born, but a lot of the time they aren’t going to live up to every single one. It’s true, adaptability and flexibility are …
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Daughter Comes Clean to Her Dad About Crashing His Car 10 Years Ago, Sparking a Giggle-Fit That Only a Parent Would Understand

Teenagers misbehave every now and then. Back when we were teens ourselves, whenever we got away with something particularly bad-to-the-bone, we certainly didn’t make a fuss about it to our parents. But have you ever gotten away with something you felt guilty about? Perhaps your parents never found out that you were swapping their back-shelf …
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The Cringiest Parenting Texts of the Week (August 22, 2023)

Happy Tuesday, people with parents! This week, we’ve collected the absolute peak of unhinged parental texts for you. It’s not quite fun or funny, but for anyone with awful parents, this collection is a little too relatable. Not to dump on any individual reading this article, but I’m not in contact with either of my …
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Mom With Cancer Forces Her Teenage Daughter To Shave Her Head Against Her Will

There are a lot of different ways to support people with cancer. Usually, the most important ways are acts of service; signing up to cook meals for their family is a great step. Even just being an ear to listen and not to lecture can help enormously. While some people enjoy symbolic means of support, …
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Delusional Father Tells His University-Student 15-Year-Old Daughter Studying Physics And Computer Science That She’s «Not Gifted»

As a kid, I had no delusions about being «gifted and talented.» I was not put in the gifted program as an Elementary schooler, and I’m so glad because I’ve grown up to be a well-adjusted adult who doesn’t need academic validation to feel accomplished. Unfortunately, many kids get put into gifted programs only to …
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