Birthday parties should be all about the birthday haver. It’s their day to do whatever they feel like doing. They get to choose what food they eat, what activities they do, and who is around them for it. It’s the one day of the year when you get to be utterly selfish. But, you’d expect, …
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‘Do you like to refuse to show empathy?’: Judgmental grandmother refuses to take care of 3-year-old and 4-year-old while her son takes 1-year-old on a trip, calls it ‘favoritism’
Favoritism is not something you want to get accused of as a parent. If you have more than one kid, you should do your best to love them and support them equally, since they’re all your kids. And it’s just a good example to set for them. But it’s also incredibly common that parenting styles …
Seguir leyendo ‘Do you like to refuse to show empathy?’: Judgmental grandmother refuses to take care of 3-year-old and 4-year-old while her son takes 1-year-old on a trip, calls it ‘favoritism’
Husband gets angry when wife says ‘What’s the story macaroni’ to her 5-year-old and 4-year-olds, tells her it’s ‘childish’: ‘Tell him to lighten up’
Children are notoriously hard to calm down. They will get upset at something that doesn’t make sense to you, like not being able to have ice cream for dinner, and then nothing will make them feel better. You try reasoning with them, you try bargaining, you try bribes… you do whatever it takes to get …
Seguir leyendo Husband gets angry when wife says ‘What’s the story macaroni’ to her 5-year-old and 4-year-olds, tells her it’s ‘childish’: ‘Tell him to lighten up’
Neglectful 22-year-old mom brings 5-year-old and infant to haunted house despite friends warning, the kids have meltdowns: ‘Those poor kids’
There is such a thing as too scary. For me, that bar is pretty low, and I’m a fully grown adult. Some parts of Ghostbusters are too scary for me. But when I was a kid, it was even more so. Everything seems so big and scary and real when you’re a kid, and you …
Seguir leyendo Neglectful 22-year-old mom brings 5-year-old and infant to haunted house despite friends warning, the kids have meltdowns: ‘Those poor kids’
Choosy beggar mom asks for free childcare from stay-at-home sister, demands she make separate meals and keep a separate schedule: ‘She’s being such a diva’
There’s a classic phrase that says beggars can’t be choosers. It follows that if you’re asking for something for free, you can’t really be particular about what you get. After all, nobody truly owes you anything. If, for example, someone came over with a tray of cookies just because they were being nice, I wouldn’t …
Seguir leyendo Choosy beggar mom asks for free childcare from stay-at-home sister, demands she make separate meals and keep a separate schedule: ‘She’s being such a diva’
‘You aren’t starving your children’: Overstepping woman criticizes how brother-in-law feeds his children, calls it ‘insanity’ that they have more than 3 meals a day
Feeding oneself is one of the hardest things we have to do as adults. You’re telling me I have to wake up every day, decide what I’m going to have for breakfast, decide what I’m going to have for lunch, and then decide what I’m going to have for dinner? You have to be kidding. …
Seguir leyendo ‘You aren’t starving your children’: Overstepping woman criticizes how brother-in-law feeds his children, calls it ‘insanity’ that they have more than 3 meals a day
Stepmom refuses to spend $1000 on gifts from her baby to her 8 and 9-year-old stepdaughters, grandparents accuse her of not caring about the girls: ‘My husband said it’s just another negative for our son if we don’t’
Getting a new sibling can be a big transition for kids, but do you know what’s an even bigger transition? Getting two new siblings, one from your mom and one from your stepmom, within a few weeks of each other. A stepmother of eight and nine-year-old girls recently took to Reddit because she doesn’t know …
Seguir leyendo Stepmom refuses to spend $1000 on gifts from her baby to her 8 and 9-year-old stepdaughters, grandparents accuse her of not caring about the girls: ‘My husband said it’s just another negative for our son if we don’t’
‘I thought she was joking’: Mom of newborn asks for a new car for ‘push present,’ husband responds she’s not worthy
Social media changes our real lives in so many unexpected ways. We’re more aware of how we look on camera, which has led to a rise in cosmetic surgeries. We’re more closely locked into trend cycles, which causes styles to come and go at a rate hitherto unknown. And we’re inventing new phrases and words …
Seguir leyendo ‘I thought she was joking’: Mom of newborn asks for a new car for ‘push present,’ husband responds she’s not worthy
Parents expect 23-year-old pregnant daughter to take care of her young half-siblings, scold her when she sets boundaries: ‘They pushed you one step too far’
«Parentification» is a word that we should all come to learn, and fight against. It means what it sounds like it means– turning a child (usually an older sibling) into a parental figure, even when they’re just a kid themselves. It’s a prevalent issue and can turn families inside out. Just because you were born …
Seguir leyendo Parents expect 23-year-old pregnant daughter to take care of her young half-siblings, scold her when she sets boundaries: ‘They pushed you one step too far’
Ex-wife destroys 14-year-old daughter’s $2.7k gaming laptop, refuses to reimburse ex-husband’s wife who bought it: ‘Time for small claims court’
For a ton of people, the most expensive thing they own is their laptop. (Most people in my generation don’t own houses and maybe never will). It’s an investment that we feel we must make, and a necessary one if we’re in school, and if something happens to it it can feel disastrous. They’re fragile, …
Seguir leyendo Ex-wife destroys 14-year-old daughter’s $2.7k gaming laptop, refuses to reimburse ex-husband’s wife who bought it: ‘Time for small claims court’