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Wholesome parenting for mother's protecting their energy

A woman described her strained relationship with her mother who hadn't parented her properly growing up. She left home at the age of 16, hoping to make a better life for herself — and she succeeded. She married a loving man who had very supportive parents, something she wasn't used to. She began considering them as her family, because she didn't really have any. They were also wealthy, but that part wasn't important, at least, not until her mother came back into her life. See, her mom reconnect…

Stay out or move out

A nonstop career

No one wants their children parented for them

We have a finite time on earth...why not spend it with your children?

Some people just like living in delusion

At least you can always laugh at memes

The timeless narrative about stay-at-home moms

We all have (or had) parents, that is simply a fact. We all also have extremely different relationships with our parents, those of which affect other relationships we have in our lives, whether romantic or otherwise. Even for people who have a good and strong relationship with their parents, it can create quite a tense situation when another loved one joins the equation. The husband in this Reddit story has a strong relationship with his mother, which unfortunately badly affects his relationshi…

MIL and DIL strife

2024 never fails to surprise us by questioning tradition

There are heroic stepmothers out there who aren't just the stepmothers to the kiddos, but they're the mothers who stepped up.

A mother's time is precious

"This is girlhood… Sometimes our soulmates are our best friends."