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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‘Eventually they stopped asking [to play]’: Mom brags about never playing pretend with her kids, claims it teaches independence

If you’ve ever babysat a kid, you know that «playing pretend» is much less fun than you remember it being when you were their age. I would devise many fanciful scenarios in my toddler mind that were so fun when I was young and carefree and illiterate. It was a whole different story when I …
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‘This is how fossils are made’: Adventurous dudes mess around in a bog, split opinion of the internet

Much as I love city living and being addicted to screens, nothing compares to switching off and getting out in nature. Taking a few gulps of fresh air and laying your eyes on some of the beautiful scenery that the Earth has grown all by herself is a truly unparalleled feeling. That being said, camping, …
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Cunning Dad Gets Petty Revenge on Bratty Kid Who Excluded His Son at the Playground

Little kids are cute and all, but they can also be some of the biggest douchebags you’ll ever meet. Some of it is because they don’t know any better, and some of it is because they’re putting into practice a terrible lesson about life that they’ve learned far too early. This is especially obvious when …
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Cold Mother ‘Would Rather Die’ Than Play With Her Children Because It’s ‘Boring Beyond Acceptability’

Playing with kids is not always the most fun activity for adults. Kids like to play out the same scenarios over and over and over again, and while it’s stimulating for them, it’s not always the most entertaining experience for the adults playing with them. Despite this, playing with your kids is incredibly important for …
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Cruel Mother «Would Rather Die» Than Play With Her Children Because It’s «Boring Beyond Acceptability»

Playing with kids is not always the most fun activity for adults. Kids like to play out the same scenarios over and over and over again, and while it’s stimulating for them, it’s not always the most entertaining experience for the adults playing with them. Despite this, playing with your kids is incredibly important for …
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Horror At “Vlogger Kit” Play Set Prompts Debate About Kids Toys and Aspirational Jobs

While many universal childhood memories change based on what generation that you belong to, one thing that has almost always stayed the same is being asked «what do you want to be when you grow up?». It’s pretty much a rite of passage that adults are aghast at the most popular answers, which when I …
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