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» …
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The Wildest Parenting Posts of the Week (April 22, 2024)
I do not envy mothers who post their experiences online just to be judged for every move they make. I know I am part of this problem (don’t shoot the messenger), but I am constantly amazed at how many moms get eviscerated online for doing totally innocuous things I would never bat an eye at. …
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16-year-old graciously cooks his family’s nightly dinner, stops when his dad and siblings incessantly criticize his meals: ‘Too spicy, wanted rice instead of noodles, didn’t want soup’
There are some household duties that typically constitute a kid’s chores; cleaning your room, taking out the trash, and doing the dishes are chores kids of any age can do. Cooking dinner every night for your entire family is typically not one of them, but that was a chore assigned to a 16-year-old boy with …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old graciously cooks his family’s nightly dinner, stops when his dad and siblings incessantly criticize his meals: ‘Too spicy, wanted rice instead of noodles, didn’t want soup’
21 Best Parenting Memes of the Week for Witty Moms and Dads Laughing and Parenting the Best They Can (April 20, 2024)
What a wild ride this whole parenting thing turned out to be.
‘Good luck with that’: Parents try grounding adult son who’s been paying rent since he was 16
I have a bone to pick. Maybe this is because most of my life, I’ve been a freeloader who hasn’t had to pay my own rent (shoutout to 17 years of being a child), but I don’t understand when parents charge their children rent. If a person is under 18, there is no world where …
Seguir leyendo ‘Good luck with that’: Parents try grounding adult son who’s been paying rent since he was 16
The Best Heartwarmingly Wholesome Memes and Posts of the Week (April 18, 2024)
What does it mean for something to be wholesome? Some would suggest that the fact that this category exists at all is a measure of something being very wrong elsewhere, but others would argue that we shouldn’t think so hard and just enjoy anything that puts a guilt-free smile on our faces. The fact of …
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‘This baby is 0% my responsbility’: Harsh mom kicks out entitled pregnant 19 year old daughter after she asks for free babysitting
It’s true what they say: being a parent is a lifelong commitment. Even when your kids are long past the age where you’re helping them tie their shoelaces and blow their noses, they will still need you in other ways. Some may even argue that parenting can get harder as children enter adulthood because it …
Seguir leyendo ‘This baby is 0% my responsbility’: Harsh mom kicks out entitled pregnant 19 year old daughter after she asks for free babysitting
30 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (April 18, 2024)
Parenting is one of those things that you can’t fully understand unless you’ve done it. You can remember what it was like to be parented, or watch your friends do it and see what that’s like, but doing it is an entirely different experience. It’s like going to space. We can watch Gravity or Appollo 13 all day long …
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‘The internet really ruined like three generations of people’: Trad Gen-Z mom makes a wojak of her baby, gets roasted and praised for it
No matter how much time passes, there seem to be new wojaks that spring up every year. If you are unfamiliar with what a wojak is, this is how our friends at Know Your Meme define them: «Feels Guy, also known as Wojak, is an MS Paint illustration of a bald man with a sad …
Seguir leyendo ‘The internet really ruined like three generations of people’: Trad Gen-Z mom makes a wojak of her baby, gets roasted and praised for it
‘I will take a child over a literal animal in a food establishment any day’: Childless millennial sparks controversy praising kid free, dog friendly pub
We’ve all heard the sage advice to never work with children or animals, but what about spending our leisure time around them? Nothing riles up a significant minority of the happily petless and/or childless like having to share an environment with either against their will. This has led many hospitality establishments to make the inclusion …
Seguir leyendo ‘I will take a child over a literal animal in a food establishment any day’: Childless millennial sparks controversy praising kid free, dog friendly pub