There’s a classic phrase that says beggars can’t be choosers. It follows that if you’re asking for something for free, you can’t really be particular about what you get. After all, nobody truly owes you anything. If, for example, someone came over with a tray of cookies just because they were being nice, I wouldn’t …
Seguir leyendo Choosy beggar mom asks for free childcare from stay-at-home sister, demands she make separate meals and keep a separate schedule: ‘She’s being such a diva’
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‘You aren’t starving your children’: Overstepping woman criticizes how brother-in-law feeds his children, calls it ‘insanity’ that they have more than 3 meals a day
Feeding oneself is one of the hardest things we have to do as adults. You’re telling me I have to wake up every day, decide what I’m going to have for breakfast, decide what I’m going to have for lunch, and then decide what I’m going to have for dinner? You have to be kidding. …
Seguir leyendo ‘You aren’t starving your children’: Overstepping woman criticizes how brother-in-law feeds his children, calls it ‘insanity’ that they have more than 3 meals a day
25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (October 3, 2024)
There’s no universal rulebook for being a parent. Sure, there is an endless deluge of books about parenting, but among them, you’ll find an equally endless deluge of contradictions. Everyone has their own method of parenting, and everyone has their own rules. For example, some parents don’t let their kids have sugar, and some parents …
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‘I thought she was joking’: Mom of newborn asks for a new car for ‘push present,’ husband responds she’s not worthy
Social media changes our real lives in so many unexpected ways. We’re more aware of how we look on camera, which has led to a rise in cosmetic surgeries. We’re more closely locked into trend cycles, which causes styles to come and go at a rate hitherto unknown. And we’re inventing new phrases and words …
Seguir leyendo ‘I thought she was joking’: Mom of newborn asks for a new car for ‘push present,’ husband responds she’s not worthy
30 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (September 26, 2024)
It’s finally fall, and the kids are coming home with algebra homework you yourself would have to buckle down to complete. There’s nothing quite like being humbled by a 5th-grade math packet. You walk around thinking you’re a smart, capable adult, and you are! But you haven’t solved for y in over 20 years and …
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‘Your husband sounds like he wants a 1950s housewife’: Wife works full-time remote job while taking care of 1-year-old, husband pressures her to do more around the house
The division of labor between members of a household can be hard to dileniate. There’s money to be made, a house to be cleaned, and children to be reared. But who can do it all? But even when you do have a partner to share the load, how do you decide who does what, especially …
Seguir leyendo ‘Your husband sounds like he wants a 1950s housewife’: Wife works full-time remote job while taking care of 1-year-old, husband pressures her to do more around the house
Parents expect 23-year-old pregnant daughter to take care of her young half-siblings, scold her when she sets boundaries: ‘They pushed you one step too far’
«Parentification» is a word that we should all come to learn, and fight against. It means what it sounds like it means– turning a child (usually an older sibling) into a parental figure, even when they’re just a kid themselves. It’s a prevalent issue and can turn families inside out. Just because you were born …
Seguir leyendo Parents expect 23-year-old pregnant daughter to take care of her young half-siblings, scold her when she sets boundaries: ‘They pushed you one step too far’
Snobby stepmom is ‘embarrassed’ by 12-year-old stepdaughter’s nonconformist habits, refuses to take her to the mall: ‘You couldn’t possibly come off as more condescending’
Everyone is allowed to have their own preferences, and that includes physical appearance. It means something different to everyone. Some people put a lot of stock into what they look like, and take immense pride in it. And for some situations and jobs, this is important. There are still plenty of pockets of society where …
Seguir leyendo Snobby stepmom is ‘embarrassed’ by 12-year-old stepdaughter’s nonconformist habits, refuses to take her to the mall: ‘You couldn’t possibly come off as more condescending’
25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (September 19, 2024)
They say that 90% of parenting is just thinking about when you can lie down again. They say that nothing prepares you for the exhaustion of new parenthood. They say that the work of parenting is never truly over. If that’s all true, which I know it is, then parents easily have the hardest job …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (September 19, 2024)
Ex-wife destroys 14-year-old daughter’s $2.7k gaming laptop, refuses to reimburse ex-husband’s wife who bought it: ‘Time for small claims court’
For a ton of people, the most expensive thing they own is their laptop. (Most people in my generation don’t own houses and maybe never will). It’s an investment that we feel we must make, and a necessary one if we’re in school, and if something happens to it it can feel disastrous. They’re fragile, …
Seguir leyendo Ex-wife destroys 14-year-old daughter’s $2.7k gaming laptop, refuses to reimburse ex-husband’s wife who bought it: ‘Time for small claims court’