Parenting is all about the little moments. Those are the things that add up. Your answers to their tiny questions, your little traditions, the music you play them on the way to school. These are the things that they’ll remember. So why do we stress the big stuff, like holidays, birthdays, and family trips? Why …
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Family members expect stay-at-home parent to watch their newborn without asking them first: ‘You want me to give up my free time, but you won’t?’
The holiday season uproots something in all of us; What is uprooted is dependent on a mixture of your nature and external stimuli that prompt you to unravel. Only family can manage to break us down in the way that they do, so it’s only right that we at least let them know they are …
Seguir leyendo Family members expect stay-at-home parent to watch their newborn without asking them first: ‘You want me to give up my free time, but you won’t?’
Child on airplane demands to use stranger’s $1300 gaming device, his mother insists he play with it: ‘The kid starts screaming and wakes up everyone’
Just because they’re your child doesn’t mean they’re entitled to everything. Some parents think their child can do no wrong, and in the end, that type of thinking actually does them a disservice. Children need to learn to respect other people’s boundaries, even when it’s inconvenient for them. If you just give in to a …
Seguir leyendo Child on airplane demands to use stranger’s $1300 gaming device, his mother insists he play with it: ‘The kid starts screaming and wakes up everyone’
Introverted wife kicks out husband and 2 kids every day for an hour so she can have ‘me time,’ husband thinks it’s unreasonable: ‘I just want to relax and watch TV without being sent out of my own house’
Parenting is an uphill battle, and no one should have to go it alone. Everyone knows that being a parent isn’t easy. It’s a 24-7 job, and you don’t get a break from it, even when you want one. Your kids will always be your kids, and they will always have needs. And when you’re …
Seguir leyendo Introverted wife kicks out husband and 2 kids every day for an hour so she can have ‘me time,’ husband thinks it’s unreasonable: ‘I just want to relax and watch TV without being sent out of my own house’
Husband on work trip in Boston demands wife wake up 3-year-old toddler at 11 PM so he can talk to her, wife refuses: ‘No one wants to talk to my 3 year old at 11pm’
Toddlers have specific bedtimes. If you’re not a parent yourself, you definitely remember this from when you were a kid. I raged against my bedtime almost every night. But it’s important that children have a routine. It’s one of the most fundamental parts of raising a child. They need a structure to hold them to …
Seguir leyendo Husband on work trip in Boston demands wife wake up 3-year-old toddler at 11 PM so he can talk to her, wife refuses: ‘No one wants to talk to my 3 year old at 11pm’
18-year-old drops hyphenated last name belonging to his stepfather, his mother tells him she’s deeply ashamed of his decision: ‘It was forced on me’
When you lose a parent, it feels like a piece of you was stolen, never to be found again. The void that a parent’s passing leaves in your life is something immeasurable and, quite frankly, unbearable. It feels criminal when the sun is shining, when you smile in a world they no longer exist in. …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old drops hyphenated last name belonging to his stepfather, his mother tells him she’s deeply ashamed of his decision: ‘It was forced on me’
‘My dad said it would be «just for two weeks». That was 4 months ago’: Parents and older brother move their extra stuff into 29-year-old daughter’s small house, call her ‘selfish’ for wanting it gone
When it comes to family, it can be hard to set boundaries around your generosity. Your family members have likely done a lot for you. Maybe they raised you, fed you, and sent you to school. Maybe they supported you as you got older and started to have different dreams. Maybe you’ve leaned on them …
Seguir leyendo ‘My dad said it would be «just for two weeks». That was 4 months ago’: Parents and older brother move their extra stuff into 29-year-old daughter’s small house, call her ‘selfish’ for wanting it gone
Mom opens up a credit card in 20-year-old daughter’s name ‘as a birthday gift,’ gets defensive when daughter calls her out: ‘You didn’t ruin a surprise gift, you outed that she’s stolen your credit’
Credit can be a delicate thing. You work your whole life to build it, and you hope that one wrong move doesn’t send it down the tubes. Because after all, credit is important. Especially if you’re a young person trying to become independent, credit is the thing that says to the world that you’re financially …
Seguir leyendo Mom opens up a credit card in 20-year-old daughter’s name ‘as a birthday gift,’ gets defensive when daughter calls her out: ‘You didn’t ruin a surprise gift, you outed that she’s stolen your credit’
‘I feel like I can’t relax in my own home’: Entitled sister-in-law uses emergency key to rearrange woman’s furniture while she’s at work, woman calls out her strange behavior
When a family member takes advantage of your trust, you start to wonder if your trust was given to an undeserving individual. It makes you feel gullible, uninhibited, and downright awful. Sure, we have all had our fair share of miscalculations when it comes to trusting people. Even still, the idea of a loved one …
Seguir leyendo ‘I feel like I can’t relax in my own home’: Entitled sister-in-law uses emergency key to rearrange woman’s furniture while she’s at work, woman calls out her strange behavior
Stepmother pesters 15-year-old stepson to ‘go out more,’ father wants her to mind her business regarding his son’s life: ‘But she won’t drop the topic, because she thinks it’s not «healthy» for him’
It’s always nice to have multiple sources of input in a child’s life. As parents, you’re surely the biggest influence, but you shouldn’t be the only. That’s how you end up with sheltered children. So you should invite all kinds of presences in the lives of your children– teachers, friends, other members of your family. …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother pesters 15-year-old stepson to ‘go out more,’ father wants her to mind her business regarding his son’s life: ‘But she won’t drop the topic, because she thinks it’s not «healthy» for him’