One of the biggest arguments coming from the pro-homeschooling camp is that kids shouldn’t have to sit and be quiet for 7 hours a day. It is a little insane that we ask 6 and 7-year-olds to conform to a schedule that mirrors that of a full-time job. While it’s highly demanding in concept, it’s …
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‘You can’t always get what you want’: Woman refuses to give a demanding kid her donut at birthday party, leading to her being forced to leave
You know those parents who still act like children themselves, and then end up setting a terrible example to their kids? They spoil them to no end and teach them to act as petty and entitled as they do. And then, when those kids have children of their own, the cycle unfortunately continues. The mother …
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Woman Sacrifices Her Daughter’s College Fund After Her Other Kid Gave Birth to Her 4th Child, Leading to Discussion on Parenting
One woman made an enemy of her kid after she decided to liquidate her college fund in favor of her other daughter’s finances. Let’s call the children Anna and Maxine. Anna, a 24-year-old woman, gave birth to her 4th child, despite not actually being able to afford the first 4. It was well within her …
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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (April 2, 2024)
If you ever thought that your parents were bad, watch Female Trouble. I am so grateful that I don’t have juvenile delinquent turned petty criminal turned international model turned death row inmate Dawn Davenport as my mother. If it weren’t a hilarious John Waters comedy, Female Trouble would be a harrowing tale of parental abuse. …
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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (April 1, 2024)
Happy April Fools Day, parents and non-parents alike! I’ve got to say, I feel like April Fools Day is an underrated holiday that’s way more fun when you have kids. Some kids might be on high alert all day, making sure that they don’t get pranked. For others, it’s extremely easy to tell them that …
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‘It’s easier having 1 person to take care of instead of 2’: Couple divorces after lazy dad refuses to help wife at home, gets 50/50 custody and she soars while he sinks
If you’re old enough to have a kid, you shouldn’t need somebody to tell you to take the trash out. Equitable distribution of housework within families is a hot-button issue that people discuss online with much frequency but with very little nuance. So many trad individuals like to say that since husbands work, the wife …
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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 …
Seguir leyendo ‘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
‘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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Mother bans playdates after 12-year-old refuses to include her 4-year-old sister, gets called out for her lazy parenting: ‘Mom just wants big sister to babysit’
My sister and I have a pretty tiny age gap. We are solid two years and four months apart in age, and that meant we spent a lot of time playing together as kids. Often, her friends were my friends, and my friends were her friends, too. We had neighbor kid friends who were also …
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Expecting mother rejects fiancée’s idea to put his family rocking chair in the nursery, enrages him: ‘Both my parents have passed’
There is often a lot of fuss among families about what to do with sentimental objects. If it’s a decorative egg or a statue that can fit on a table, it’s usually no big deal for something like that to be displayed in the home for all to see, as long as they’re not full …
Seguir leyendo Expecting mother rejects fiancée’s idea to put his family rocking chair in the nursery, enrages him: ‘Both my parents have passed’