‘I’m not rearranging my entire life because she spent recklessly’: Daughter refuses to be her mother’s fallback retirement plan after the 58-year-old mom blows her savings on «treating herself»

Retirement sounds like a dream. However, most of us probably dream of our elder years being spent sipping mai tais on the beach in Hawaii, dipping into an endless pit of cash, while healthily living each day like a tourist, but that’s not a common reality. There are few who have the idyllic retirement plan …
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Dad excludes 20-year-old son from wedding photo with his 2nd wife, her children, and his 18 and 16-year-old children: ‘Let’s just do the core family first’

Treating one child better or worse than another is unjustifiable in 99% of cases. I’m not talking about garden-variety variations, where parents are slightly closer to one child because of common interests, but don’t give that child unearned privileges just because they like baseball. I’m talking about purposefully excluding a child out of spite and …
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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!’: Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (October 4, 2025)

Happy October, moms and dads! Are you starting to work on that very niche and random Halloween costume your kids want? You don’t know where they got the idea to be the cat bus from Totoro, but now you have to make a cat bus costume that fits three… You got this! That’s what the …
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‘Ok, it’s bedtime’: 30+ Toddler memes for good parents surviving the ‘Terrible Twos’

In a minute, sweetie. Mommy needs her meme time.  Moms and dads are truly put to the test when their angelic, sweet baby becomes a toddler. Suddenly more mischievous than a kitten and faster than a rocket, toddlers wreak havoc on the entire household, often terrorizing everyone, including the family dog. Unable to control the …
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School teacher tells 10-year-old male student girls are allowed to be physically confrontational with male classmates, student’s parent steps in: ‘My son feels like the school is telling him he matters less’

When teachers are teaching unethical things, you have to call them out. Telling a child that certain people are allowed to cross their boundaries is malpractice and conditions them to believe their needs do not matter as much as others’ needs do. The teacher in this next story told their 10-year-old male student that girls …
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‘Witch Hunts in the year 2025’: Parents accuse 19-year-old private school employee of practicing witchcraft, force him to cover his Harry Potter tattoos

As a young professional, it’s essential to exercise caution when posting on social media. It doesn’t matter that everyone you know seems to post crazy things on their Instagram story all the time. It doesn’t matter that everyone seems to have a negative digital footprint now. If you want to post whatever you want, you …
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‘He’s mom’s plus one and that’s it’: 29-year-old older bride threatens to kick her younger sister out of the wedding after she tries to force her to walk down the aisle with her estranged stepdad

Little sisters are annoying, but none are as infuriating as the entitled 22-year-old in this next story. Convinced that she could force her sister into walking down the aisle with her estranged stepdad, she was willing to threaten her entire relationship with her sister over a «who’s your daddy» battle. Perhaps the younger sister was …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (October 2, 2025)

Parents have to make tough decisions all day. They not only have to face the world as all adults do, but they also have to face the world while thinking about their kids. And this brings a whole new layer to the table. You have to digest the world first so your kids have an …
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19-year-old girl tricks her parents tracking her location, they call the cops within 3 hours: ‘Two officers showed up at the door looking for me’

Privacy is important at any age, but especially as an adult. As you get older, you gain the right to more privacy. You get to lock your door, go places by yourself, and have your whereabouts be unknown to everyone around you. Of course, this isn’t always how it goes down. Sometimes parents get a …
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Daughter scolds 69-year-old mom for spending over her Visa limit after she housed her and paid for all her expenses for 6 years: ‘I told her I couldn’t help her anymore and that she’d have to figure it out on her own’

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. If someone has been irresponsible their entire life, no amount of help from their family is going to make them get their act together suddenly. It’s not true that people never change, but once you observe a specific pattern of behavior over the course of years, you …
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