The number one rule when it comes to parenting is to respect your child’s boundaries, within reason. What is a person without their boundaries? Children, though humans with still-developing brains until they’re in their 20s, are still deserving of respect. Forcing a child to eat something you know they don’t like every other day isn’t …
Seguir leyendo Parent refuses to force their 14-year-old son to hang out with his 9-year-old cousin, after their sister tries to guilt the teen into it: ‘That’s not ok’
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Parents forbid grandparents from giving their kids Christmas gifts after years of them giving their 4-year-old daughter more than their 3-year-old son: ‘She gets merch from the Disney Store, he gets Dollar Tree toys.’
That’s good parenting right there. Favoritism is a dark underbelly of many families, and it’s important to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand. A parent might favor one kid over the other and not even realize it until someone points it out and gives them a chance to correct their …
Seguir leyendo Parents forbid grandparents from giving their kids Christmas gifts after years of them giving their 4-year-old daughter more than their 3-year-old son: ‘She gets merch from the Disney Store, he gets Dollar Tree toys.’
Dad allows his 7-year-old daughter to stay up all night after she constantly resisted her 10 PM bedtime, cries from exhaustion during her after-school activities: ‘My wife questioned my parenting technique.’
Sleep hygiene is developed extremely early in life. My parents insisted that I go to bed by 8 PM every night until I was in 4th grade. I remember thinking it was absurd because everyone else in my class stayed up until at least 9 PM on school nights. Sometimes, I’d be going to sleep …
Seguir leyendo Dad allows his 7-year-old daughter to stay up all night after she constantly resisted her 10 PM bedtime, cries from exhaustion during her after-school activities: ‘My wife questioned my parenting technique.’
Soon-to-be stepmom pressures her fiancé’s 10-year-old son to consider her his mother, fiancé proposes they break up instead: ‘I won’t force him’
Forcing a child to love you usually influences them to do the opposite. When a child’s parent remarries, it’s often difficult for them to accept the fact that they’ll be in the presence of a new parental figure. Even in cases where the biological parent’s new partner is clearly a better guardian than the child’s …
Seguir leyendo Soon-to-be stepmom pressures her fiancé’s 10-year-old son to consider her his mother, fiancé proposes they break up instead: ‘I won’t force him’
12-year-old boy’s school librarian refuses to give him ‘The Hunger Games’ book because it’s above his reading level, so his father buys him the series box set: ‘It broke my son’s heart’
A 12-year-old boy, who is admittedly not a reader, decides he wants to start reading The Hunger Games after watching the first movie with his father. When he asks the school librarian for the novel, she refuses to give it to him because it his above his reading level. Instead of punishing his child for …
Seguir leyendo 12-year-old boy’s school librarian refuses to give him ‘The Hunger Games’ book because it’s above his reading level, so his father buys him the series box set: ‘It broke my son’s heart’
Dad took out $65K in student loans for his daughter’s college degree behind her back: ‘I graduated in 2018 and had $30K in federal loans under my name. Am I now on the hook for this 90k?’
The question of who should pay for college looms large over many families. It’s all too common for parents to be financially unable to save enough money for their kids to go to college, forcing them to either take out student loans or secure the best scholarship possible. Some parents put the responsibility of paying …
Seguir leyendo Dad took out $65K in student loans for his daughter’s college degree behind her back: ‘I graduated in 2018 and had $30K in federal loans under my name. Am I now on the hook for this 90k?’
61-year-old dad pays his son’s $68K student loan debt by selling his vintage Harley bike: ‘Don’t worry about it. Just focus on living your life’
It’s difficult to see your adult children struggling when you’re doing fine and dandy financially. You don’t want to wait until you pass away to help them financially if you’re more than set for retirement and they’re struggling with debt and housing costs. The main gift that well-off parents give their struggling kids is the …
Seguir leyendo 61-year-old dad pays his son’s $68K student loan debt by selling his vintage Harley bike: ‘Don’t worry about it. Just focus on living your life’
Stepdad refuses to buy 16-year-old stepdaughter $300 shoes and fast food 3 times a week, insists she gets a job to pay for it herself: ‘Now my wife and my stepdaughter are upset at me’
In my opinion, a child, tween, or teenager should be a little apprehensive when asking their parent to buy them something expensive. I know I didn’t ask my parents to buy me material things that cost over $100 frequently when I was a kid, even though I knew buying them wouldn’t bankrupt us. It’s one …
Seguir leyendo Stepdad refuses to buy 16-year-old stepdaughter $300 shoes and fast food 3 times a week, insists she gets a job to pay for it herself: ‘Now my wife and my stepdaughter are upset at me’
60-year-old boyfriend insists mom should charge her 15 and 17-year-old sons rent to live at home once they turn 18: ‘He believes kids should be charged $600 per month rent as long as they’re not going to school’
Parents who let their kids live with them when they’re adults have to decide whether or not they’re going to let them live rent-free. Several factors contribute to this decision, with culture being a significant one. In many cultures, it’s expected that adult children live at home until they get married. In some households, they’re …
Seguir leyendo 60-year-old boyfriend insists mom should charge her 15 and 17-year-old sons rent to live at home once they turn 18: ‘He believes kids should be charged $600 per month rent as long as they’re not going to school’
Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson’s baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: ‘She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.’
Adults are obsessed with enforcing gender roles for kids. From day 1, babies are dressed in a very specific way to ensure that no stranger could ever mistake them for being the wrong gender. There’s nothing inherently wrong with dressing your baby girl in pink and not dressing your boy in pink, but if you’re …
Seguir leyendo Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson’s baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: ‘She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.’