We all went to school with some know-it-all kids who thought they were smarter than everyone there, including the teacher. I have empathy for kids who are genuinely advanced and don’t have the opportunity to take AP classes or other challenging coursework. If a kid is actually extremely bored and unchallenged by school, it can …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old student constantly insults his 26-year-old English teacher’s intelligence: ‘I’m not sure how to write an essay that’s simple enough for you.’
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18-year-old refuses to be the guardian of his 12-year-old stepsister because he already committed to caring for his 14-year-old brother: ‘My stepdad said I’m perfectly capable of doing it for both’
Many people have to accept at a very young age that they will eventually serve as full-time caretakers for their family members. Whether it’s a parent who is aging and doesn’t have enough money for retirement, or a sibling who isn’t independent enough mentally to take care of themselves, it’s a big burden to bear. …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old refuses to be the guardian of his 12-year-old stepsister because he already committed to caring for his 14-year-old brother: ‘My stepdad said I’m perfectly capable of doing it for both’
18-year-old nursery employee leaves greenhouse without telling his boss because the temperature was 130 degrees: ‘I cannot work in conditions above 115 degrees’
There are many times when we all wish we could just walk out of the office without announcing it to a soul. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we had more free will and could just leave work and go to the art museum for 3 hours on a Thursday afternoon? In some offices, this is …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old nursery employee leaves greenhouse without telling his boss because the temperature was 130 degrees: ‘I cannot work in conditions above 115 degrees’
17-year-old girl calls out her mom for ignoring her because she wishes her daughter had been born a boy: ‘She’d talk about how she’d love to have a little boy of her own.’
A lot of parents experience disappointment when finding out the gender of their baby. Perhaps they’ve already had four girls and are now looking for one boy to complete their family. Maybe, they have bad memories of the way their brother behaved as a child, and think that boy children are more likely to be …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old girl calls out her mom for ignoring her because she wishes her daughter had been born a boy: ‘She’d talk about how she’d love to have a little boy of her own.’
Dad refuses to call his 16-year-old daughter Anastasia by the nickname ‘Ana,’ freaks out when she calls him ‘George’: ‘My dad will call me Anastasia intentionally to make me upset.’
We live in a world of nicknames. When I was a kid, I was told that I might want to go back to going by Emily instead of Emmy for professional reasons. I don’t care how juvenile Emmy might sound…I’m not going by Emily anytime soon. We live in a much more casual world than …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to call his 16-year-old daughter Anastasia by the nickname ‘Ana,’ freaks out when she calls him ‘George’: ‘My dad will call me Anastasia intentionally to make me upset.’
Entitled mom demands library patron move from the computer he’s using so that her 16-year-old daughter can use it: ‘You’re an adult. You can work anywhere. She’s a child.’
Many people no longer know how to behave in public spaces. You might assume that they never learned how to do so in the first place, but my theory is that the public’s social skills have degenerated over time. Some say that the events of the past five years have made people forget how to …
Seguir leyendo Entitled mom demands library patron move from the computer he’s using so that her 16-year-old daughter can use it: ‘You’re an adult. You can work anywhere. She’s a child.’
14-year-old constantly mocks her 16-year-old sister for being adopted, older sister discovers that they’re actually both adopted: ‘My parents said don’t tell my sister or she’ll be devastated’
It’s never good to hide that a kid is adopted. It’s one of those things that the kid will eventually discover, and it would be a tragedy if it were never found out. The later a person learns about it, the more painful a realization it will be. That’s the case with many big family …
Seguir leyendo 14-year-old constantly mocks her 16-year-old sister for being adopted, older sister discovers that they’re actually both adopted: ‘My parents said don’t tell my sister or she’ll be devastated’
16-year-old threatens to tell his dad’s coworkers about his affair with his current wife because his dad won’t budge on strict custody arrangement: ‘The whole time my parents have been broken up I wanted to live only with my mom.’
Some of your favorite couples are together because of cheating. I’m not just talking about iconic celebrity relationships like Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, but the people in your life have life-affirming, lifelong unions because one of them decided to cheat! I’m so grateful that my friend Ella’s dad cheated on his girlfriend and Ella’s …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old threatens to tell his dad’s coworkers about his affair with his current wife because his dad won’t budge on strict custody arrangement: ‘The whole time my parents have been broken up I wanted to live only with my mom.’
24 and 27-year-old couple abandons their son because they weren’t ready to be parents, wants him to treat their 3 younger kids like siblings when he’s 17: ‘I wasn’t interested in them or their kids, none of them are my actual family’
When a child is abandoned by or taken out of their biological parents’ home, it usually doesn’t mean that they’re going to live with strangers for the rest of their lives. Kinship fostering and adoption are traditionally a much better alternative for kids in precarious family situations because it keeps them connected to some of …
Seguir leyendo 24 and 27-year-old couple abandons their son because they weren’t ready to be parents, wants him to treat their 3 younger kids like siblings when he’s 17: ‘I wasn’t interested in them or their kids, none of them are my actual family’
Dad withdraws 15-year-old daughter from competitive gymnastics against her mom’s wishes because she doesn’t want to be in the gym 14 hours a week and her body hurts: ‘She thinks my daughter will be become lazy and want to hang out with friends’
There’s nothing worse than not being able to quit something that you strongly dislike doing. There’s undoubtedly a chasm between quitting things the second you start to dislike them and forcing yourself to finish everything you complete, no matter how miserable it makes you. When I was in 5th grade, I wanted to quit my …
Seguir leyendo Dad withdraws 15-year-old daughter from competitive gymnastics against her mom’s wishes because she doesn’t want to be in the gym 14 hours a week and her body hurts: ‘She thinks my daughter will be become lazy and want to hang out with friends’