She has the chance for more privacy, and she’s going to take it. If you didn’t grow up having to share a bedroom into your teens, you have no idea what that experience is actually like. Sharing a bedroom with your little sister is pretty untraumatic when you’re five, and your sister is three, but …
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16-year-old promises to give her mom 25% of her earnings if she ever became a published author, mom holds her to that promise 6 years later: ‘She threatened to sue me over it if I ever did get published.’
She’s extremely profit-hungry for a book that doesn’t even exist. Some parents make it their life’s mission to do everything they can to support their child, while also taking care of their own retirement so their child doesn’t have to take on the burden of caring for them in old age. Other parents tell their …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old promises to give her mom 25% of her earnings if she ever became a published author, mom holds her to that promise 6 years later: ‘She threatened to sue me over it if I ever did get published.’
‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!’: Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (December 6, 2025)
Parents are in hyper-speed mode right now and we are here cheering you on with the funniest parenting memes we can find! From Thanksgiving to New Years eve, moms and dads are trying to make it the most magical and whimsical time of year for their kiddos. Why? Probably because it gets so cold in …
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Dad forces his 5 sons to play sports, gets angry when his 8-year-old prefers studying gemstones over playing baseball: ‘He told me he doesn’t want to play sports and started crying.’
He’s not going to suddenly love baseball by being forced to play. Some parents have a strict rule about extracurriculars that their kids have to play a sport, no matter what. This can work well if all the kids in your family are happy and willing to participate in a sport, whether they’re good at …
Seguir leyendo Dad forces his 5 sons to play sports, gets angry when his 8-year-old prefers studying gemstones over playing baseball: ‘He told me he doesn’t want to play sports and started crying.’
Single mom resents 17-year-old daughter for going on a school trip and leaving her alone for her 60th birthday: ‘She hasn’t acknowledged the fact that I will be completely alone for my birthday.’
She needs to grow up and stop relying solely on her daughter for emotional support. Everyone eventually gets to an age where they don’t particularly care about their birthday in the way they used to. That could look like someone not wanting a birthday party after turning 30, or a former «birth month» girl settling …
Seguir leyendo Single mom resents 17-year-old daughter for going on a school trip and leaving her alone for her 60th birthday: ‘She hasn’t acknowledged the fact that I will be completely alone for my birthday.’
‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!’: Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 29, 2025)
Wow, whatta a weekend! Congrats on surviving the first half of the holidays, Thanksgiving. That one is not easy. You were so easy to taking it «easy,» but then all of a sudden you had to be a parent, a host, a chef, and entertainment for the kids table (which also included your 17-year-old niece??). …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!’: Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 29, 2025)
17-year-old refuses to babysit out-of-the-blue for her entitled aunt, mom defends her teen daughter: ‘[My Aunt doesn’t get] to decide what I do with my time.’
A teenager had to be the bigger person recently when her entitled aunt tried to guilt and scare her into babysitting for her for free. It’s no surprise that many older siblings and cousins end up babysitting for younger family members. Usually when this happens, there is some sort of condition, like perhaps you …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to babysit out-of-the-blue for her entitled aunt, mom defends her teen daughter: ‘[My Aunt doesn’t get] to decide what I do with my time.’
‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!’: Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 22, 2025)
Time to laugh, mom and dad. You have had a busy and exhausting week. Plus, you’re already starting to get ready for the holidays. That’s right, they are closer than you think and every shop is reminding you of that. So we hope you didn’t struggle too hard to parent AND put up the Christmas …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!’: Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 22, 2025)
Crazy man spits on 15-year-old on NYC subway train, mom can’t understand why she’s still affected by it 4 years later: ‘She’s sworn to never go back to New York City.’
She has clearly not healed from the trauma of this, and her mother is 100% to blame. Sometimes, people are unaffected by events that would be life-altering for others. Some plane crash survivors can get back on a plane days after their crash, and others are unable to ever get on a plane for the …
Seguir leyendo Crazy man spits on 15-year-old on NYC subway train, mom can’t understand why she’s still affected by it 4 years later: ‘She’s sworn to never go back to New York City.’
Mom forces 16-year-old daughter to take 700 mg of magnesium per day, gets angry when doctor agrees with daughter’s claim that she should only take 350 mg a day: ‘I turned to my mom and said «I told you so.»‘
Someone needed to tell her she was wrong, and she wasn’t going to listen to her daughter. No matter how much school you’ve attended and how many years you’ve practiced as a doctor, there will always be some mom with an internet connection who thinks she knows better about medicine than you. It’s not a …
Seguir leyendo Mom forces 16-year-old daughter to take 700 mg of magnesium per day, gets angry when doctor agrees with daughter’s claim that she should only take 350 mg a day: ‘I turned to my mom and said «I told you so.»‘