Mom Adventures As Told By Kids

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Did she accidentally stumble into an episode of The Handmaid's Tale?

Betrayal is a sting that even the thick-skinned and strong-willed can still get scathed by. When you marry someone, you expect to have your fair share of arguments, disagreements, and fights. You can anticipate hard times, but no one anticipates having their heart broken by the sundering of loyalty. It’s a different kind of pain, a pain that meditates in your heart and soul for longer than anyone ever wants to admit. Betrayal also wears many faces; it could be infidelity, lying, or simply hidin…

Teenage years have a glaring juxtaposition; on one hand, you’re still not seen as legal adults, and you’re taken care of financially and logistically by your parents. But on another hand, you’re under their reign, their influence, and their control. It feels like a life so far away now, but the teenage years, although frought with carefree, playful times with friends, are also burdened by the memory of being forced to do your parent’s biddings…chores, errands, carpools, it seems like a worse ve…

He claims she's making him "look like a bad dad."

"She has a fit, demands to bring him, going as far to tell my friends at my bachelorette she was just going to show up with him regardless..."

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. In parent-child relationships, there should be nothing transactional about the dynamic. When one chooses to have a child, they’re choosing to selflessly sacrifice someone’s needs before their own, or at least that’s how it should be. This isn’t always the case, and many parents have children to fulfill something else entirely. Maybe they just figured everyone else was doing it, maybe they wanted to get a similar love and support back for their…

It's a delicate balance of mania and steadfast calm

It’s never easy to watch your parents get divorced. The legal disputes and separate houses can embitter a child with resentment that lasts their entire life. Divorce should be done with tact and empathy for the child’s needs. Split families can result in splitting relationships and growing favoritism, either by the child or the parent. How would you feel if your sibling was being taken on a luxurious vacation by your mother, but you weren't invited? In this Reddit thread, the original poster (O…

Honesty and loyalty are the backbone of any good relationship. Without this critical foundation, it’s difficult to navigate through any tumultuous hardship if you can’t even trust your partner's words to be honest and sincere. Though one should always be transparent and trustworthy towards their partner, there’s a point where withholding certain information could be a protective mechanism. There’s absolutely necessary truths, and then there’s unnecessary truths. If your mother cheated on your f…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Public school systems play a major role in the education of a child, not solely formal education about equations or English literature, but it also formulates for the child ideas about the world they live in, socially and culturally. Though a parent may try frivolously to instill certain values in their child, the child will always have such a strong part of their upbringing and influence come from their school days. Interacting with other chil…

Lesson learned, you should never tell family or friends about a lottery win.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Baby names can be a touchy subject for some people. Some women attach themselves so tightly to a certain name that they feel they have essentially a legal claim on it. It can cause relationships to cloven. It’s a little selfish to assume someone else will adhere to your desires to own a baby name. The truth is that someone else out there will probably have the same name as your baby, and it’s something that every parent just has to get used to.…

Thanksgiving is many Americans' favorite holiday. A plenteous and convivial gathering, uncles and aunts in full merriment, carouse and playful banter, while the little ones run around playing hide-and-seek before dinner. Being a host for such an extravagant holiday is no walk in the park. From cleaning the home, setting up the decorations and food, and greeting the guests, to preparing each and every dish, is a nightmare for some, and an exciting challenge for others. But what happens when your…

‘Money, it’s a crime. Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie,’ are lyrics from the illustrious psychedelic band, Pink Floyd, in their ever popular hit song, Money . Money makes the world go round, it can make someone wildly ecstatic, or the lack of it can leave someone in shambles. It’s like an ether of everything necessary and everything corrupt. It’s too easy to lose one’s way with green tinted glasses. Money in relationships gets even trickier; expectations about financial payouts…