Single dad charges 19-year-old daughter $150-200 in monthly rent and saves it for her future, dad’s girlfriend criticizes him for taking her money: ‘I would be happy if she used it for school, or a down payment on a house.’

Their arrangement made sense for them, and he wasn’t spending her money. There are several factors to consider when asking, «Is it okay for parents to charge their kids rent?» Those factors include, but are not limited to, the child’s age, the family’s financial stability, the child’s income, and the amount of time the child …
Seguir leyendo Single dad charges 19-year-old daughter $150-200 in monthly rent and saves it for her future, dad’s girlfriend criticizes him for taking her money: ‘I would be happy if she used it for school, or a down payment on a house.’

42-year-old single dad snaps at 20-year-old daughter for being uncomfortable with him dating multiple women at once: ‘After everything I gave up for you, after years of putting you and your sister first, this is what I get?’

Many parents neglect themselves and use their children as an excuse for doing so. How many moms and dads do you know who have a horrible diet, take inadequate care of themselves in general, never do anything fun, all in the name of being a good parent? Probably a couple, and chances are they aren’t …
Seguir leyendo 42-year-old single dad snaps at 20-year-old daughter for being uncomfortable with him dating multiple women at once: ‘After everything I gave up for you, after years of putting you and your sister first, this is what I get?’

20-year-old refuses to babysit his dad’s wife’s 4 young kids so they can honeymoon, wife gets offended over his lack of interest in taking care of them: ‘I’m not planning to take on the role of a brother.’

A lot of families have awkward generation gaps. I know a family that had two daughters two years apart, and had a 3rd daughter 19 years after the middle daughter was born. Talk about a big age gap! You really can’t expect your adult children to have the same kind of bond with their decades-younger …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old refuses to babysit his dad’s wife’s 4 young kids so they can honeymoon, wife gets offended over his lack of interest in taking care of them: ‘I’m not planning to take on the role of a brother.’

Single dad berates his 15-year-old son’s 17-year-old girlfriend after he finds them together after he forbade them from dating until his son’s grades improved: ‘If I ever catch you two together again, it won’t be pretty for either of you’

Not to brag, but I was an expert in hiding my high school relationships from my parents. I might not have been #1, but I was certainly in the top 25 for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I didn’t tell them a single detail about the happenings of my dating life because I was terrified they …
Seguir leyendo Single dad berates his 15-year-old son’s 17-year-old girlfriend after he finds them together after he forbade them from dating until his son’s grades improved: ‘If I ever catch you two together again, it won’t be pretty for either of you’

Ex-husband scolds the mother of his 3 children for not getting a Christmas present for the 4-year-old daughter that resulted from his affair: ‘He took out this dollar store doll and he told me that was all he could afford for his daughter’

A sad reality of the holiday season is that not every child will be visited by Santa equally. Some kids receive Dudley Dursley-esque quantities of presents, all of which have a fat price tag attached. Other kids will be lucky if they get socks and a cheap toy from the dollar store on the 25th. …
Seguir leyendo Ex-husband scolds the mother of his 3 children for not getting a Christmas present for the 4-year-old daughter that resulted from his affair: ‘He took out this dollar store doll and he told me that was all he could afford for his daughter’

Maternal grandparents ask single dad to let his 9 and 11-year-olds stay with them for Christmas so the kids can bond with their 4-year-old half-sister born to the mother that abandoned them: ‘My kids have told them they don’t care about their half sister’

When you’re an adult with blinders on, you can often forget what it’s like for kids to develop relationships with strange, unfamiliar people. No kid is going to build a deep, lifelong bond with somebody they’ve only met once or twice out of familial obligation. It’s one thing to have a large family that sees …
Seguir leyendo Maternal grandparents ask single dad to let his 9 and 11-year-olds stay with them for Christmas so the kids can bond with their 4-year-old half-sister born to the mother that abandoned them: ‘My kids have told them they don’t care about their half sister’

30 Funny Memes For Single Parents Who Still Find Humor in The Occasional Chaos

Parenthood is quite difficult as it is, but it’s even more challenging when you’re doing it on your own. The dedicated single moms and dads of the world deserve gold medals for all of the things they have to do in their lives. Plenty of single parents are busy working full-time jobs to provide for …
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Single Dad Vents About Feeling Inadequate on TikTok, Gets Interrupted by Toddler to Let Him Know He’s Doing a Great Job

«She said, ‘we’re shutting down those intrusive thoughts.’»