'tis the season

We all have enough drama these days, and family drama can be the cherry on top of the already stressful demands of work or school. But when it involves a mother-brother duo getting in your hair and disapproving of everything you do, it can be both the cherry and the (cheez)cake. The original poster’s (OP) story sounds like a real pickle, and this quite toxic cocktail of nosiness and boundary-crossing has led OP, a 21-year-old woman to share her story on Reddit for advice. OP’s mother, who seems…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. School bullies are a serious matter. A child’s life can be paradise or an inferno if they’re being bullied. It’s humiliating and destroys one’s confidence. Bullying can get so bad that the child may have to transfer schools, which is even more of a stab in the back. It’s impossible to enjoy school life, friends, or anything when there’s a bully following your every move, waiting to attack you. In this Reddit thread, it follows a father, daughte…

Sincerely Signed, Your Teenage Drama Queen

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. It’s not easy growing up in a blended household. Step-parents and step-siblings may feel like foreign bodies to a child forced to live under one roof with them, as if they were aliens, or weird roommates just living in your home. Even seeing your parent with another partner besides your bio parent can be damaging, but there’s not much one can do in situations like these. Therapy could help, but when you’re young it can be worthless, and sometim…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Some of us are blessed to have incredible, kind, caring, selfless, loving parents. Parents who are always there for their children, who want to provide for them, not just out of obligation, but out of love. Parents who always want their children to be in healthy environments, to not use weaponizing or manipulation tactics on them. But unfortunately, not every parent is like that. If one has parents they can’t trust, rely on, or turn to, then th…

Parenting is no walk in the park . From sleepless nights, screaming children, and cleaning after youngsters, to the actual logistics of parenting, and making sure you’re raising a stand-up kid, the job can make someone go crazy if they’re not careful. It’s hard enough to parent your own child, but things get even more complicated to navigate when you’re a step-parent. Not every child will be inviting and warm up to a mother or father they’re not biologically related to. This brings us to the Re…

You got this, moms.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Growing up without certain members of your family is an emotionally arduous process, one that takes immense regulation, understanding, grieving, and support from others. Being a child without a parent is a tragic scenario, one that no child should have to go through. This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this Reddit thread, the original poster (OP) is a 16-year-old boy who’s lost his mother. His father has been dating a woman, Kate, for a lon…

That's just cruel...

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…

Welcome back scary, creepy, crawling, ghoulish maidens and monsters for this year’s Halloween. Halloween is a special holiday ; growing up, it always seemed like the ‘cool’ holiday, being that it wasn’t family-oriented, and specifically intended as a safe space for rebellion, parties, role playing, and distorted realities. No other holiday offers such a diverse and otherworldly place to express oneself. Throwing a Halloween party as an adult will probably mean it’s for adults only …this ain’t y…

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Regardless of our age or life experience, we all want our privacy. For some people, this wasn’t an opinion growing up. With many siblings and not enough rooms in the home, it could happen that people had to share bedrooms. I’ve had to, but only for a year in college. It’s definitely uncomfortable, and can cause emotional disturbances that you weren’t prepared to deal with. Everyone needs their privacy. This brings us to the Reddit thread. The original poster (OP) is a teenager whose parents are…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. We live in an era where children see far too many things at far too young of an age. From Instagram, to TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook, there’s no telling what someone will see online at an age where they should be outside and playing with their friends. The digital world will change us forever, but in what ways? It feels like 12-years old is the new 18, and by 22-years old people are looking and seeming 40. But enough about the modern age. This…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Weddings should be an exciting and thrilling day full of love. Usually people want to be surrounded by their loved ones, and everyone who means something to them. Even people who choose to have smaller weddings usually want their immediate family by their side. It would be a huge blow if you were the only one in your family not invited to the wedding of someone you’re close with, which is exactly what happens in this Reddit thread. This 17-year…