‘I would simply command the child to be quiet’: Childless woman claims kids shouldn’t be in public if they can’t be quiet, gets roasted by parents

Kids are not always the most quiet members of society. They tend to say anything that pops into their head, especially when they’re not of school age quite yet. Little kids frequently cannot control their emotions and, as a result, have crazy meltdowns in public in front of everybody. As much as a baby crying …
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‘She said I had to use the name, her daughter deserved that’: Bereaved mother freaks out when adult son refuses to name his daughter after his late baby sister

Grief is a messy and complicated thing we all have to go through at some point. It’s rarely something that someone can get over in a matter of months or weeks. It’s a long and winding road, with low lows and the capacity for high highs.  While the maxim «there’s no wrong way to grieve» …
Seguir leyendo ‘She said I had to use the name, her daughter deserved that’: Bereaved mother freaks out when adult son refuses to name his daughter after his late baby sister

5-year-old tells mom he got his friend’s address, presents adorable drawing of a house: ‘Cannot believe you’re doxxing a child’

I don’t care what anybody says! Kids are adorable, and their antics make the world a much better place. There has been a lot of anti-child sentiment spreading around Twitter lately, and honestly, I don’t get it. I understand not wanting to take on the responsibility of raising a child, but hating all kids because …
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18-year-old mom abandons kid to pursue acting, comes crawling back years later begging her ex and 14-year-old son to take her back: ‘She said I shouldn’t rub salt in her wound’

Whenever I think about a parent abandoning their child, the iconic scene from There Will Be Blood comes to mind. The young preacher Eli Sunday forces Daniel Plainview, the greasy oil baron who left his deaf son on a train to San Fransisco, to admit in front of the congregation that he abandoned his child. …
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‘Letting the tablet raise them’: Parents share the parenting trends they disagree with

Throughout the past 100 years, many different parenting trends have gone in and out of style. One of the biggest trends that has all but dissipated is parents leaving their kids outside to play by themselves for hours at a time. Starting with panic about child abductions in the 80s, compounded with the rise of …
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Neglectful parents beg 17-year-old son to forgive them because they’re good parents to his toddler siblings: ‘They show no sign of caring about me more now’

Having a baby when you’re in your late teens or early twenties is a completely different experience than having one when you’re in your 30s. A lot of people have a kid when they’re really young and wait a long while before having any more kids because they were frankly unprepared for their first kid. …
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A Spring Break Survival Kit of 36 Memes for Moms and Dads Just Trying to Make it Through the Week

After 8+ hours of glitter and water balloons, gentle parenting goes right out the window. With frazzled hair and 30 minutes of sleep, parents are starting to wonder what happened. Welcome to spring break, babyyy! We’ve grown accustomed to a day without the kiddos, bowing at the feet of our kid’s teacher for taking them …
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‘My kids are my favorite people to hangout with. No one is as cool and funny and interesting’: Parents share their positive experiences with parenthood

Parenthood can get a bad reputation on the internet. I feel like there are two camps of «parent influencers» roaming about: The Twitter moms who make jokes and commiserate about being a parent and the Instagram Reels moms who act like parenthood is the most uncomplicated, intuitive, beautiful thing in the world. In reality, neither …
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‘My kids are my favorite people to hangout with’: Parents share their positive experiences with parenthood

Parenthood can get a bad reputation on the internet. I feel like there are two camps of «parent influencers» roaming about: The Twitter moms who make jokes and commiserate about being a parent and the Instagram Reels moms who act like parenthood is the most uncomplicated, intuitive, beautiful thing in the world. In reality, neither …
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‘And curl that wig’: 4th grader gives her mom hilarious instructions on how to dress for her class birthday party

When you’re a kid, there’s only so much you can control. One of the things you wish you could control was your parent, specifically making sure they could not embarrass you in public. Unfortunately for most kids, there’s very little you can do about your parent perpetually embarrassing you. If your mom wants to wear …
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