Snobby dad refuses to let 2-year-old talk to any other kids in the playground: ‘I don’t want you associating with them’

When it comes to what kind of childhood most parents desire for their kids, having friends is usually featured on that list. You can’t expect somebody to grow up into a well-adjusted person without some serious exposure to how unbalanced everybody else is. However, it’s also true that there are plenty of parents who hope …
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Dad bakes brownies with his 2-year-old son for office potluck, coworker who hates kids complains about it to HR: ‘This co-worker said it wasn’t fair that I made a dish she wouldn’t eat’

Would you eat a meal that was, in part, prepared by a toddler? I haven’t had to answer that question myself, and for some reason, my instincts veer towards answering it, «Sure, why not?» Then again, I might not be the empress of cleanliness. I will eat at NYC restaurants with a C rating just …
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‘Every 4-year-old girl in my son’s class is named like Ingrid and Astrid and Edna’: Moms discuss the rise in little girls with old lady names

You have a generationally appropriate name if you are a millennial named Ashley, Brittany, or Lindsay. The same applies if you’re a baby boomer named Betty, Susan, or Pattie. For some reason, girl names seem to change more throughout the years, making their marks on every generation. You’d be hard-pressed to find a baby named …
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Grandpa refuses to let daughter replace the vase her 2-year-old son broke, constantly complains about it for months on end: ‘He had the right to complain that my son had damaged his property’

Mistakes happen, especially when kids are involved. One time, I was over at a neighbor’s house when one of the other neighbor boys broke the 2006 flat-screen TV, and it was a doozy. When I was a kid, I accidentally flooded the house because I left the bathroom before checking if the toilet flushed all …
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Doting parents go to grocery store solely because their 1-year-old demands peaches, face accusations of spoiling her: ‘Stop letting the child run the household’

I’m beginning to think that talking about any combination of peaches and family life is a guaranteed way of encouraging a certain portion of the internet to lose its marbles. Seasoned internet addicts may remember the Mom Life Comics debacle a while ago when Twitter relentlessly memed a comic in which a mom complained about …
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‘Get bent lady’: Choosing beggar offers $3.09/hour for babysitters to watch her toddler, gets zilch in return

Childcare is expensive. Anyone with a kiddo or who has contemplated having children knows that there’s only one cheap/free option when it comes to childcare–begging your parents to watch the little sprout. If the grandparents are happy to spend some quality time with their grand-baby, you may be in luck, but if you’re looking for …
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Indulgent mom shows off 2-year-old son’s king size bed, prompts confusion from the internet: ‘Why does he live in a hotel?’

I’ve always been under the impression that when you have a kid, you have no choice but to accept that it is one of the most un-aesthetic things that you can do. You can be the most stylish person in the world, and that tiny person you gave birth to will still go through a …
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‘This bear is cute, you’re just a hater’: Mom refuses to buy her 2-year-old daughter a $15 rainbow bear from Build a Bear, claims it doesn’t fit with her muted aesthetic

As a parent, you often must sacrifice your aesthetic wishes for at least the first couple of years of your baby’s life. That’s when you can easily control the clothes they wear, but when it comes to toys and accessories, products tend to veer into tacky territory sooner rather than later. If the aesthetic of …
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‘The darkest timeline imaginable’: Gen Alpha toddler horrifies internet by browsing 4chan on iPad

Perhaps the biggest difference between a kid born today and one born thirty years ago is the relationship that they have with screens. While there’s no denying that most adults are addicted to their phones, they have nothing on the iPad kids who seem to have been glued to a tablet since the day that …
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‘In that moment, you were super mom!’: Mom Records Heart-Stopping Moment When the Roller Coaster Her and Her 7-Year-Old Son Are Riding Becomes Unfastened

«The fear in that poor baby’s eyes. Thank god for a momma with some grit. He’s so lucky to be okay!»