Everyone is allowed to do whatever they want with their diet. It’s your body, so you get to choose what you put in it and what you don’t. Sure, we all might have to make compromises when we’re eating at someone else’s house or traveling to another country, but ultimately the only person in charge …
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16-year-old photoshops a picture of her 6-year-old brother with Daniel Radcliffe, finally tells him the picture was fake after 14 years: ‘His memory of the fake meeting felt so real to him that it became one of his proudest stories’
It’s unbelievable how easy it is to have a false memory. My family and I were recently discussing two disparate memories regarding my little sister, taxi cabs, and Broadway musicals. Everyone else remembers her saying, «Where’s my taxi?» after we saw Beauty and the Beast on Broadway when she was four. I remember her telling …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old photoshops a picture of her 6-year-old brother with Daniel Radcliffe, finally tells him the picture was fake after 14 years: ‘His memory of the fake meeting felt so real to him that it became one of his proudest stories’
‘She is distraught’: Mom takes away her 13-year-old daughter’s middle school graduation trip because she didn’t clean her room, texted her ex-boyfriend, and hung out with her friend too long at a school event
In parenting, as in the justice system, the punishment should fit the crime. Unfortunately, in both of those institutions, that doesn’t always happen. It’s obviously more damaging for someone to go to jail for 25 years for stealing some orange juice than for a kid to be grounded for 2 months for not cleaning their …
Seguir leyendo ‘She is distraught’: Mom takes away her 13-year-old daughter’s middle school graduation trip because she didn’t clean her room, texted her ex-boyfriend, and hung out with her friend too long at a school event
Foster parents put strict restrictions on 15-year-old’s phone and do the same when his biodad buys him a new one, 15-year-old complains that they’re hypocritical: ‘They have no choice’
Teenagers and technology are not the best mix. Anyone who has grown up with social media knows how damaging it can be to your mental health. It can distort reality, dampen your creativity, and make you irritable. So it’s no wonder that some parents want to restrict how much access their teen has to their …
Seguir leyendo Foster parents put strict restrictions on 15-year-old’s phone and do the same when his biodad buys him a new one, 15-year-old complains that they’re hypocritical: ‘They have no choice’
Neurosurgeon mom criticizes 17-year-old daughter for entering and placing 2nd in a cooking competition, tells her to focus on school instead: ‘She said I was wasting my time on hobbies’
I will never understand parents who think their teenagers should only care about academics. It’s so counterintuitive to the way the college admissions process has worked for the past 10 years. There isn’t a highly ranked college in America that wants to admit a student with perfect grades, flawless SAT scores, and no interests outside …
Seguir leyendo Neurosurgeon mom criticizes 17-year-old daughter for entering and placing 2nd in a cooking competition, tells her to focus on school instead: ‘She said I was wasting my time on hobbies’
17-year-old refuses to spend Thanksgiving with her mom and her new boyfriend, mom calls her selfish and disrespectful: ‘Spending Thanksgiving with a man I barely know and his children is not my ideal scenario’
Nobody wants to spend holidays with people they hate. The holidays mean time off work, which means spending several days with nothing much to do with whoever you’ve chosen to spend said holiday with. If you’re a kid, you usually don’t have a choice about which dysfunctional relatives you spend Christmas and Thanksgiving Day with. …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to spend Thanksgiving with her mom and her new boyfriend, mom calls her selfish and disrespectful: ‘Spending Thanksgiving with a man I barely know and his children is not my ideal scenario’
Parents force 16-year-old son to tutor his failing twin sister and carry her down the stairs after she broke her foot, gets in trouble when he refuses: ‘I told her I am not her caregiver all the time and she needs to do stuff herself’
Teenagers should not have adult responsibilities. I’m not saying that teens should never get a part-time job, learn how to drive, or help around the house. I just believe that they should only be responsible for their own schoolwork, chores, and jobs. One of the best things about being a young childless person is that …
Seguir leyendo Parents force 16-year-old son to tutor his failing twin sister and carry her down the stairs after she broke her foot, gets in trouble when he refuses: ‘I told her I am not her caregiver all the time and she needs to do stuff herself’
‘They said mom was a lunatic and should be ashamed of herself for ruining my life’: 16-year-old calls out grandparents after they claimed her mother abandoned her because she was hospitalized for post-partum psychosis after she was born
PPP, or postpartum psychosis, is a severe condition that isn’t discussed enough. Most of us have heard of postpartum depression, where mothers (and, more rarely, fathers) feel low energy, anxious, and downright sad after the birth of their child. Much like garden variety depression, it can make it challenging to complete essential tasks and is …
Seguir leyendo ‘They said mom was a lunatic and should be ashamed of herself for ruining my life’: 16-year-old calls out grandparents after they claimed her mother abandoned her because she was hospitalized for post-partum psychosis after she was born
17-year-old confronts classmate who totaled his parked car with her truck, gets suspended for harassing her: ‘The principal told me to just let it go’
Teenagers are rarely excellent drivers. Some kids have been driving with their parents out in the country since they were ten and have years of behind-the-wheel experience before they turn 16, but that’s the exception to the rule. There’s a reason why insurance premiums are much more expensive for 16-year-old boys compared to 25-year-old men. …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old confronts classmate who totaled his parked car with her truck, gets suspended for harassing her: ‘The principal told me to just let it go’
Mom forces 6-year-old daughter to change her last name to her stepfather’s after her father’s passing, refuses to pay to change it back when she turns 18 even though she
I think it was the late great songwriter Stephen Sondheim who said it best: «Careful the things you sayChildren will listenCareful the things you doChildren will see and learnChildren may not obey, but children will listenChildren will look to you for which way to turnTo learn what to beCareful before you say,,»Listen to me»Children will …
Seguir leyendo Mom forces 6-year-old daughter to change her last name to her stepfather’s after her father’s passing, refuses to pay to change it back when she turns 18 even though she