There is a fine line between a harsh punishment and an unacceptable one. I understand that teens can misbehave in a way that requires harsh punishment, but that doesn’t mean that their parents should hire strangers to kidnap them from their rooms in the middle of the night and live off the land with a …
Seguir leyendo Dad punishes 13-year-old daughter for calling her classmate «poor» by making her go to school with extremely bad hygiene for 3 days: ‘No shower, no deodorant, no brushing of teeth, and reused clothes’
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Father tells 6-year-old daughter that her grandparents are ‘stupid’ after they try to convince her that the boy who’s been bothering her at school is only doing it because he ‘likes’ her: ‘[Her grandma] thought the whole thing was “cute”’
Listen—we were all in elementary school once. Ladies were taught that the boys were only mean to them because they secretly had crushes on them, and girls were supposed to believe that without having a second thought. Why normalize this? In extreme cases, you might be setting the little gals of the world up for …
Seguir leyendo Father tells 6-year-old daughter that her grandparents are ‘stupid’ after they try to convince her that the boy who’s been bothering her at school is only doing it because he ‘likes’ her: ‘[Her grandma] thought the whole thing was “cute”’
Father can’t afford to send his kids to the same private school as his stepkids, demands their mom transfer them to a cheaper school instead: ‘I want what’s best for my children’
Nobody can predict every single one of the changes children would have to deal with when two families decide to combine into one. When two parents with kids of their own decide to marry and share the responsibility, it’s quite impossible to know in advance what struggles they will have to deal with as they …
Seguir leyendo Father can’t afford to send his kids to the same private school as his stepkids, demands their mom transfer them to a cheaper school instead: ‘I want what’s best for my children’
35 Memes for Teachers Counting Down the Lesson Plans Until Summer Break
Summer break as a kid felt like a magical, three-month-long fever dream. No alarm clocks, endless popsicles, sprinkler parks, and watching The Price Is Right at your grandma’s house while your parents were at work. And while kids are still living their best lives once June hits, let’s not forget the teachers who have been …
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‘Do not homeschool your kids. You are NOT up to it.’: Former homeschoolers share why they think parents should not homeschool their kids
Homeschooling is one of those things that everyone has a strong opinion about. As a public schooler for life, I can’t speak to the experience of kids who were never in a traditional school environment, but I know for certain that I would’ve hated it. I love being around people, and I get kind of …
Seguir leyendo ‘Do not homeschool your kids. You are NOT up to it.’: Former homeschoolers share why they think parents should not homeschool their kids
Entitled mother of 4 throws tantrum over PTA board seat, loudly protests selection of a stay-at-home mom, and insists on wild accusations: ‘This one lady who was not happy with me, no one paid her any attention’
Some people bother themselves with questions about the universe, others dedicate their lives to changing the world, and then there are those, like today’s momma drama queen, whose entire existence appears to hinge on one sacred, self-centered goal, in the case of this entitled piece of work–getting selected for the PTA board. While the rest …
Seguir leyendo Entitled mother of 4 throws tantrum over PTA board seat, loudly protests selection of a stay-at-home mom, and insists on wild accusations: ‘This one lady who was not happy with me, no one paid her any attention’
‘My mom said I’m setting [my daughter] up for failure, I told her it’s the 4th grade’: Grandma berates dad for taking his 10-year-old daughter out of school for a week to go on a family vacation to Florida
In the grand scheme of things, missing one week of school is not a big deal. I barely ever missed any extended period of schooling, and when I did, it was because I was sick as a dog. I vividly remember missing a week or two of preschool when I had the flu, and I …
Seguir leyendo ‘My mom said I’m setting [my daughter] up for failure, I told her it’s the 4th grade’: Grandma berates dad for taking his 10-year-old daughter out of school for a week to go on a family vacation to Florida
17-year-old stands up to substitute teacher who confiscated cochlear implants thinking they were headphones, principal gets involved and student gets suspended: ‘I started full on yelling at this lady’
Remember when you were a kid and coming into school with a substitute teacher was either the best day ever or the worst? There was no middle ground. On the one hand, you could score the perfect sub who’d pop in a movie and let the class zone out all day. On the other hand, …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old stands up to substitute teacher who confiscated cochlear implants thinking they were headphones, principal gets involved and student gets suspended: ‘I started full on yelling at this lady’
Dad asks ex-wife to unenroll their 10-year-old son from private school because he can’t afford to send his 8 and 10-year-old stepchildren to private school: ‘I won’t deny my kids good things because they can’t afford for her children.’
Life isn’t fair, and there’s no better time to learn that than during childhood. As much as we like to believe children are blind to the inequalities of the world when they’re young and innocent, they notice when someone else has more than they do almost instantaneously. If you cut a cupcake in half and …
Seguir leyendo Dad asks ex-wife to unenroll their 10-year-old son from private school because he can’t afford to send his 8 and 10-year-old stepchildren to private school: ‘I won’t deny my kids good things because they can’t afford for her children.’
‘My 19-year-old can’t spell or write’: Unschooling mom with illiterate 12-year-old and adult kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees
I have always been a little suspicious of alternative methods of schooling. I know that there are some parents out there who are completely competent at teaching their kids from Kindergarten to 12th grade, but I highly doubt that’s the majority of homeschoolers. Most of the time, kids who do their schooling at home would …
Seguir leyendo ‘My 19-year-old can’t spell or write’: Unschooling mom with illiterate 12-year-old and adult kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees