He has no right to dictate what everyone else in the house eats. If you grew up in a family where your parents were frequently going on diets, you know what it’s like to have the contents of the pantry radically change overnight, only for it to go back to normal after a few months. …
Seguir leyendo 14-year-old yells at his 15-year-old brother for throwing away all the food in the house that has sugar in it because he’s going on a diet: ‘I need orange juice in the morning for my iron supplements.’
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Boss demands 15-year-old daughter shadow employee for school project, gets upset when told she’s a liability: ‘The girl has zero boundaries’
All work experience has to start somewhere. One of the many frustrating parts of the modern working world is that it seems like even the entry-level jobs magically expect applicants to have the knowledge and training to slip seamlessly into the role with no effort on the part of the employer. As we all know, …
Seguir leyendo Boss demands 15-year-old daughter shadow employee for school project, gets upset when told she’s a liability: ‘The girl has zero boundaries’
17-year-old takes grieving mom for birthday dinner, leaves restaurant when she berates the server: ‘The waitress was crying’
Some people handle grief in the most unexpected of ways. Losing somebody close to us is one of the ultimate experiences where we cannot truly understand what it feels like until it happens, and even then. sometimes, the grieving struggle to identify their feelings. While it is an inevitable part of life, that doesn’t make …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old takes grieving mom for birthday dinner, leaves restaurant when she berates the server: ‘The waitress was crying’
Manager schedules 17-year-old worker for 3-9 PM shifts Monday through Friday, despite her getting out of school at 2:30 PM: ‘I work 10:30 AM-7:00 PM on weekends.’
She’s way too overscheduled for a high school kid. If there’s one group that is easy to take advantage of in the workplace, it’s teenagers. Sure, there might be pesky child labor laws keeping bosses from treating them like late-19th-century factory workers, but the ethos of that era still often rings true. I remember the first …
Seguir leyendo Manager schedules 17-year-old worker for 3-9 PM shifts Monday through Friday, despite her getting out of school at 2:30 PM: ‘I work 10:30 AM-7:00 PM on weekends.’
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.’
17-year-old declines to go on family camping trip, protests when they stay 4 days longer than expected and he runs out of food: ‘They weren’t there the next morning, or the day after’
Independence is a skill that has to be taught. Almost nobody is born with the innate knowledge of how to manage living on their own and attending to all of their basic needs. Once upon a time, every single one of us was pretty clueless on the matter. Some people also have the misfortune of …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old declines to go on family camping trip, protests when they stay 4 days longer than expected and he runs out of food: ‘They weren’t there the next morning, or the day after’
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.»‘
Aunt unfollows 13-year-old niece on TikTok, mom scolds her for hurting her teenage daughter’s self-esteem: ‘I unfollowed you because I don’t want a 13-year-old dancing on my page’
Her delivery left little to be desired. Children are incredibly sensitive, especially during middle school. I’ve lived 13 more years since I was 13, and I still remember some of the things that hurt my feelings back then. I was in a play called The Secret Life of Girls that best resembled an after-school special …
Seguir leyendo Aunt unfollows 13-year-old niece on TikTok, mom scolds her for hurting her teenage daughter’s self-esteem: ‘I unfollowed you because I don’t want a 13-year-old dancing on my page’
Mom forces 16-year-old daughter to get a job to support the family after her husband lost his job: ‘Why can your daughter get a job but not your husband?’
Mom and Dad should consider taking on multiple jobs before placing the responsibility of supporting the household on their teenage daughter. Some teenagers feel like they’re ready for adult responsibilities, even when they’re really not. They think that because they have a part-time job and can pay for their own gas and fast food, they’re …
Seguir leyendo Mom forces 16-year-old daughter to get a job to support the family after her husband lost his job: ‘Why can your daughter get a job but not your husband?’
16-year-old scolds her friend for not finishing hamburger and fries at the mall food court because she’s against food waste: ‘She said I’m a selfish and bad person for not finishing my food or saving it for later’
She didn’t pay for her hamburger, so why should she tell her what to do with it? Food waste can be a sensitive issue for many people. If you grew up food-insecure, you might be one of those people who save everything and never let a single scrap of food go to waste. Someone with …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old scolds her friend for not finishing hamburger and fries at the mall food court because she’s against food waste: ‘She said I’m a selfish and bad person for not finishing my food or saving it for later’