Childcare is a huge concern for every working parent, being both frequently expensive and often hard to find in the quantity and quality that they require. From this perspective, having somebody in the extended family who is both available and willing to take care of a kid as and when it is needed is nothing …
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20-year-old refuses to take in sister, her 6-year-old son, and their dog after they get evicted: ‘Where I live isn’t big enough for 3 people’
Few things test a family relationship like when a relative falls on hard times. Most of the time, people expect those who are related to them to be the first to support them and offer help when they go through something difficult. This isn’t always an unreasonable expectation, especially if they have helped them out …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old refuses to take in sister, her 6-year-old son, and their dog after they get evicted: ‘Where I live isn’t big enough for 3 people’
Mom demands sister and brother-in-law fly out to babysit her 18-month-old son while she goes on vacation, flips out when they request reimbursement for the flights: ‘We’re in saving mode right now’
One of many great things about feeling close to family is the ability to ask them for help. It is nice to know that those you are related to have your back when it comes to those situations that would be a lot more difficult to get through without a support network to rely on. …
Seguir leyendo Mom demands sister and brother-in-law fly out to babysit her 18-month-old son while she goes on vacation, flips out when they request reimbursement for the flights: ‘We’re in saving mode right now’
Childfree aunt refuses to allow 5-year-old and 7-year-old stay at her house in case they ruin her guest room, suggests her sister sleeps over and the kids don’t: ‘I like to keep the space adults-only’
Being a childfree individual doesn’t always mean leading a childfree life, even if some of the intentionally childless might prefer to have it that way. The birth rates may be dropping in many places, but there are still plenty of people who aspire to have families, and unless everyone without kids lives under a rock, …
Seguir leyendo Childfree aunt refuses to allow 5-year-old and 7-year-old stay at her house in case they ruin her guest room, suggests her sister sleeps over and the kids don’t: ‘I like to keep the space adults-only’
Aunt takes in 13-year-old nephew after his dad prioritized his 2 young stepchildren over him, dad criticizes aunt because he disagrees with what his son’s therapist is saying: ‘I reminded him he chose the therapist and I was helping him’
So many people think therapy is an easy solution to solving all of your problems. I’ve seen this point made time and time again online: if someone is going to therapy, it will make them a more moral, just, and virtuous person. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but therapy is not …
Seguir leyendo Aunt takes in 13-year-old nephew after his dad prioritized his 2 young stepchildren over him, dad criticizes aunt because he disagrees with what his son’s therapist is saying: ‘I reminded him he chose the therapist and I was helping him’
Dad insists on excluding 11-year-old daughter from ‘guys only’ trip with 13-year-old son and 12-year-old nephew, doesn’t understand when she gets upset: ‘He really wants this time without any women present’
A question that occurs to almost all parents who have both sons and daughters is how differently they need to be parented. Finding a way to acknowledge the fact that they may have different needs while also raising them as equally as possible can be a challenge. As phenomena like boy moms expose, it is …
Seguir leyendo Dad insists on excluding 11-year-old daughter from ‘guys only’ trip with 13-year-old son and 12-year-old nephew, doesn’t understand when she gets upset: ‘He really wants this time without any women present’
Freeloading uncle steals over $500 from his 4-year-old nephew’s piggy bank, his sister calls out their mom for enabling his behavior: ‘I’m done with her condoning his foolishness’
There are selfish people in this world, there’s no doubt about that. Folks hope, however, that the selfish people stay far away from them, and hopefully out of their ancestry as well. Sharing DNA with a thief is no fun, especially when that thief steals money from unsuspecting children… In this story, a mother finds …
Seguir leyendo Freeloading uncle steals over $500 from his 4-year-old nephew’s piggy bank, his sister calls out their mom for enabling his behavior: ‘I’m done with her condoning his foolishness’
‘I told [my brother] how he had failed as a father’: Uncle defends his neglected 16-year-old nephew after his spoiled 13-year-old brother broke his video game and blamed it on him
Not all pregnancies are planned. In fact, I would venture to say that in the history of human civilization, less than .01% of children were intended to be had from the jump. For a lot of people, pregnancy and kids are just something that happens to them, and they deal with it the best way …
Seguir leyendo ‘I told [my brother] how he had failed as a father’: Uncle defends his neglected 16-year-old nephew after his spoiled 13-year-old brother broke his video game and blamed it on him
Aunt forces 25-year-old nephew to sit at the kids table, allows his 21-year-old brother to eat with the adults: ‘You’ve always been the fun one, the kids love you!’
There are benefits and downsides to being in a smaller family. One of the benefits I reaped was that I was rarely, if ever, demoted to sit at a paltry kids’ table during extended family dinners or holidays. There might’ve been a kid’s side of the table, but I cannot recall being segregated from adults …
Seguir leyendo Aunt forces 25-year-old nephew to sit at the kids table, allows his 21-year-old brother to eat with the adults: ‘You’ve always been the fun one, the kids love you!’
‘I told her she’s a horrible mother’: Aunt calls out mom in the family group chat for constantly favoring her 15-year-old juvenile delinquent son over her often-forgotten 13-year-old son
Favoritism between siblings isn’t always blatant. Sometimes, a parent secretly has a favorite child but tries to hide that as much as possible to ensure all of their children get the same amount of love and support. Other times, favoritism manifests as authoritative parenting for the older sibling and permissive parenting for the much younger …
Seguir leyendo ‘I told her she’s a horrible mother’: Aunt calls out mom in the family group chat for constantly favoring her 15-year-old juvenile delinquent son over her often-forgotten 13-year-old son