‘She must have very rich parents’: Little girl performs horrendous rendition of The National Anthem, gets compared to Fergie

We’re living in a post-America’s Funniest Home Videos world. We no longer have a clip show airing on cable designed to show us as many fails as possible in close succession. We’re also living in a post-American Idol audition fails world. I have not watched American Idol recently, but I’m pretty certain they’re not using …
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‘Why can’t you be more like your brother/sister?’: People share tasteless questions adults ask children

It’s no secret that many adults do not know how to interact with children appropriately. I might be one of them because I forget that swearing is not a socially acceptable thing to do in front of an elementary schooler more often than I’d like to admit (sorry, kids who’ve overheard my conversations on the …
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‘[You] made us look like bad parents’: Dad sends daughter to school in pajamas after she refuses to get dressed

As someone who is not a parent but has watched a lot of Supernanny, I cannot imagine how difficult it is to get a kid to do something necessary when they refuse to do it. Crying, screaming, and carrying on are the top moves in the toddler playbook, and I wouldn’t wish them upon any …
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‘I’m too busy trying to be an adult’: Mom kicks teenage son out for her boyfriend, asks son to move back in to take care of her after months of him being homeless

I’ve never understood parents who kick their children out the second they turn 18 or as soon as they graduate high school. If a kid really wants to spread their wings immediately after leaving school, then good for them, but I wouldn’t say that most teenagers, even adult teenagers, are 100% to take on the …
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A Minivan Full of 32 Mommy Memes for Spicy Moms Who Need a Good Laugh

It’s the cutest thing in the world when your baby says their first word, but experienced moms know that this adorableness is a double-edged sword. While your baby sweetly calls for ‘mommy’, they’re brewing their first clap-backs, petty demands, and counterarguments. If they’re anything like their spicy mama, they’ve got a mouth that’s bred for …
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‘He told me that [she] wanted to put him in a diaper’: Mother tries to force bedwetting son’s sleepover guest to wear a diaper, gets shut down by his mom

Sleepovers are a recipe for disaster, especially if you don’t know the parents. It’s so much easier to host things in your house where you know nobody is crazy, but when you drop your kids off somewhere else, there’s no guarantee everything will be okay. When I was a kid, I slept over at my …
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32 Honest Memes for Down-to-Earth Parents Who Admit This is Harder Than They Thought

When dad said, «It’s not like we got an instruction manual when you were born!», it seemed like a silly quip. But now, as new parents stare at that adorable, cherubic baby, they can’t help but wonder how helpful it would be to actually have a baby guide. Parenting is tough. And now we’re haunted by that …
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Snarky Millennial Couple Bans Kids From Their Wedding in the Most Obnoxious Way

Kids don’t belong everywhere, but there are some places where their presence is marginal. Kids aren’t usually allowed at a fancy restaurant, but how fancy is too fancy for someone under 13? Kids aren’t allowed in most bars, but parents can and do bring their babies to some breweries. The world isn’t built to accommodate …
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People Share ‘Old People’ Things They Hated as Children, But Love as Adults

As I’ve grown up, many things I hated as a child get put into perspective. For instance, when I was a kid, I hated when adults would fight over the bill at a restaurant. I wished that one of the families would accept the generous offer and try to cover the bill next time. Now …
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People Share Their Most-Strongly Held Parenting Opinions

Whether you have a kid or not, everybody has opinions on parenting. We’ve all been on one side of the equation, and as former kids, I think we can all share our views on what constitutes «good parenting» and what does not. I understand that some parents might not agree that everyone should have opinions …
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