If you’re a parent, you know the situation: You’ve asked your child or teenager to clean their room several times. You enter their room, only to find them doing something else while their room is still a complete mess. Before you know it, you find yourself raising your voice, coming down with punishments, and arguing...
How close is too close? That’s the premise of TLC’s Mothered, a reality show that examines unique mother-daughter relationships. And by unique, we mean “too close for comfort.” Take, for instance, 55-year-old Mary and her 19-year-old daughter, Brittani. They shower together every morning, ever since Brittani was five. According to Mary, “The best way to...
In general, grandparents are usually pretty excited when they find out their kids are having children. After all, being a grandparent can be quite fun: You get to enjoy the kids without having to do much of the hard parenting stuff. Sometimes, however, young parents can take advantage of this and treat grandparents like babysitters....
Humanity has taken on new importance following the recent global events. However, even then, it seems to be surprisingly lacking among us! That is exactly what happened in North Carolina recently. A woman and her family claim that she had to give birth at a gas station, even though she had reached the hospital on...
Managing screen time for kids is a challenge that didn’t exist when many parents were young. Sure, they had may have had TVs and computers, but now it’s not uncommon for each family member to own their own personal device (or multiple). The days of having to compromise over what to watch on TV or...
When you were younger, did your parents charge you rent as long as you were working? How about when you were in school? This mom posted on the popular parenting forum Mumsnet asking if it was fair that she was charging her daughter rent and not her son. One was in a paid apprenticeship, the...
A mom from Australia has sparked an online debate about representation on TikTok. The user, @jeanchronicles, shared footage of three newborn dolls made by Miniland Dolls, one Black, one brown, and one white. This doll company states pride in creating “anatomically correct” dolls to promote inclusivity of “any race, gender or condition”. But in the...
A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost – Marion C. Garretty Cousins. The family members you cherish because they’re not just family, they’re also friends you can trust to have your back 100 percent. Having cousins can be especially welcome if your kid is an only child. They get all the...
Children’s birthday celebrations could cause more drama than expected. In this case, a dad chose to exclude a student who has been bullying his daughter. She had told him she didn’t want him at her party. However, he doubted this decision when the student’s mother confronted him in the parking lot for inviting most of...
When Cherie and Darren Forrest moved into a council house, it suited them and their three children. However, a decade later, the family has expanded and the ten members are now “living on top of each other”. As a result, they have taken drastic measures to fit. For example, they have taken the hinges off...
You are jolted awake at five in the morning by high-pitched screams from down the hall. You drag yourself out of bed to respond to the deafening “Mamma! Mamma!” exploding from the tiny lungs of your one-year-old daughter. Just as you finally get her settled and back to sleep, her two-year old older brother wakes...
Bullying. Everyone has experienced some form of it at some point. It certainly leaves a sour taste in your mouth. Being bullied can be hurtful, but it becomes especially confusing when it happens over something you have no control over. It’s like the case of 3-year-old Noah Gilbert, who has gotten more than his fair...
