When a parent passes, it feels like the entire world goes gray. You can no longer identify what makes you happy or comforted. The technicolor hues of everyday life fail to penetrate the morose forcefield you’ve created to keep yourself from breaking. When a parent passes, nothing is truly ever the same—just slightly different, with …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old daughter refuses to live with father’s new girlfriend, who he got pregnant only 7 months after her biological mother passed: ‘He’s still trying to make this all okay with me’
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Dad forbids his 14-year-old daughter from reading dystopian novel, scolds his 20-year-old niece for having it in her bedroom: ‘He said it was careless to leave something she is too young for out on the shelf’
I’ve never understood parents who heavily censor the content that their teenage children read. There’s a big difference between ensuring your 4th grader isn’t reading Danielle Steel novels and telling a kid who is Carrie’s age that «Carrie» by Stephen King isn’t appropriate for them. There are many worse things kids could be doing than …
Seguir leyendo Dad forbids his 14-year-old daughter from reading dystopian novel, scolds his 20-year-old niece for having it in her bedroom: ‘He said it was careless to leave something she is too young for out on the shelf’
Entitled sister-in-law tells woman to stop eating her nightly scoop of ice cream so her daughter won’t be tempted to eat some, woman refuses: ‘I deserve my little treats’
Certain parenting styles might clash with the outside world’s reality. The two extremes of parenting vary from heavy helicoptering to careless ignorance. It’s important to find a balance of the two to help your child exercise what it means to have everything in moderation. One way a parent can practice this balance is through food—a …
Seguir leyendo Entitled sister-in-law tells woman to stop eating her nightly scoop of ice cream so her daughter won’t be tempted to eat some, woman refuses: ‘I deserve my little treats’
Woman bars stepdad from going by a name that means ‘father’ with her newborn son: ‘[We] are uncomfortable with our son calling him this’
Children can become easily confused very young. By children, I mean infants through ten years old; children grow up thinking something is normal when it in fact isn’t. Though we as humans create our own versions of normalcy within each family dynamic we create, it’s important to remember that a child might go out into …
Seguir leyendo Woman bars stepdad from going by a name that means ‘father’ with her newborn son: ‘[We] are uncomfortable with our son calling him this’
17-year-old son repeatedly reminds new stepmother, formerly his late mother’s best friend, of her part in his father’s infidelity: ‘She was supposed to be mom’s best friend and she was a backstabber who cheated with my dad instead’
If you’ve ever lost a loved one, especially a parent or guardian—it takes a lot of time to heal that wound. You feel like a part of you is missing from itself; the sky being blue feels like a slight at you, and each bird chirping makes you wonder if the universe has set up …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old son repeatedly reminds new stepmother, formerly his late mother’s best friend, of her part in his father’s infidelity: ‘She was supposed to be mom’s best friend and she was a backstabber who cheated with my dad instead’
28-year-old mother of 5 accuses her 19-year-old sister of copying her because she chose the same college major that she did before she dropped out: ‘She asked if I thought I was better than her because I’m taking her spot’
A lot of people go to college in search of an education, and come out with something else. Whether that be a couple of thousand dollars in debt, an MRS degree, or a friend named Eduardo who will co-found The Facebook with you, there’s a lot more to attending university than simply acquiring a degree. …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old mother of 5 accuses her 19-year-old sister of copying her because she chose the same college major that she did before she dropped out: ‘She asked if I thought I was better than her because I’m taking her spot’
‘I wasn’t living with him and his kids’: 17-year-old kid moves in with grandparents after neglectful mother allows her boyfriend and his 2 children to ‘trash’ their room repeatedly without consequence
If you’re part of the large fraction of folks who grew up with a stepparent, you’ll understand where the 17-year-old in this next story is coming from. It’s difficult to adjust to a new parental figure in such a formative period in your life, but it’s doubly difficult when they refuse to give you the …
Seguir leyendo ‘I wasn’t living with him and his kids’: 17-year-old kid moves in with grandparents after neglectful mother allows her boyfriend and his 2 children to ‘trash’ their room repeatedly without consequence
Single mom expects her 26-year-old sister to leave work 15 minutes into her shift so she can help watch her two children, sister refuses and sets strict boundaries: ‘I was yelled at and then hung up on’
When our family members are in need of our help, we provide it out of the kindness in our hearts. At the end of the day, we don’t want to see our loved ones struggle through a difficult point in their lives—if a little help allows them to make it through their hardship, that’s no …
Seguir leyendo Single mom expects her 26-year-old sister to leave work 15 minutes into her shift so she can help watch her two children, sister refuses and sets strict boundaries: ‘I was yelled at and then hung up on’
Greedy 37-year-old son secretly dips into mother’s $700k inheritance after she gave him a house, mother cuts him out of the inheritance entirely as a result: ‘He kept using his children as an excuse’
When you’re on the path to getting over $50k in inheritance money along with a home, would you be begging for more? I guess your answer depends heavily on what your siblings, if any, receive as well. That’s the funny thing about wills and inheritances—they tend to single people out. At the end of the …
Seguir leyendo Greedy 37-year-old son secretly dips into mother’s $700k inheritance after she gave him a house, mother cuts him out of the inheritance entirely as a result: ‘He kept using his children as an excuse’
35-year-old woman leaves family dinner after her sister, who has a history of ‘horrible food hygiene’, uses a knife that touched raw chicken on other dinner materials: ‘This could make someone sick’
Food safety is a must if you want to host dinner parties for your loved ones—it’s easy to think you’ve got the whole hosting thing figured out, but your guests shouldn’t catch you cutting up bread with the same, unwashed knife that you used to dice some chicken thighs. When you decide to host folks …
Seguir leyendo 35-year-old woman leaves family dinner after her sister, who has a history of ‘horrible food hygiene’, uses a knife that touched raw chicken on other dinner materials: ‘This could make someone sick’