parents
The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
The Wake Up Call
I didn't understand why it was happening to me. Social Services left a card on my door, and I couldn't understand why. Was it because my kids have heavy feet and the neighbors below were tired of hearing them walking until 7:30 every night? Did I correct my kids in public and someone got my information from my license plate? Was it because sometimes during the day, when I'm home, I step on to my balcony to smoke a cigarette? I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. All I knew was, someone didn't like how I was parenting.
By Ryan Cunningham5 years ago in Families
2020, The Year Known as the abolishment of Two-Income Households
My family and I reside in Westchester County, New York. One of the most expensive counties in the United States has never been easy for any middle-class family such as mine. Most households rely on both parents working full time so they can provide for their families. In recent years, more than half of American households with two parents are working full time have doubled from 1960-2000. Most families have found that there must be a balance of household chores between both parents due to both being employed full time. You won’t find many households that a wife had hot coffee and breakfast along with the mornings’ newspaper waiting for you at the kitchen table before you left for work. Then her day would consist of tending to the children and household chores. By the time her husband came home after a hard day’s work and welcomed home with a delicious home-cooked meal.
By Diana Doubrava5 years ago in Families
step parent to be
There are many things you need to consider when it comes to choosing whether you are right to date someone with a child. Being a parent is a full time job and whether that child is yours or not, when you step into that picture you are the step parent to the child even if you are not married, you picture a future with this person but it is not just them you have to picture.
By Jade Aldridge5 years ago in Families
When I Lost Him
What does it mean when the person who is suppose to love you unconditionally makes you feel worthless? I think about the times I’d crawl up the stairs to pack my bag, tears streaming down my face, because the court of law forced me to go. Three days every other week, those three days that you had to be a father was too much for you huh? But this conversation proved to be too much for the both of us because here I sit, silent, praying for my lungs to keep breathing, for my heart to keep beating because the pain I feel inside is killing me.
By Trish Of Art5 years ago in Families
For my father
All names are randomised to protect certain identities. To my biological father, It’s time to learn about your firstborn son who you abandoned into the care system for your new life. It’s time to learn what’s happened to him. It’s time to learn where he’s been and what’s what.
By Joe Foster5 years ago in Families
"Bub, you're my best friend."
"Bub, you're my best friend." .................................................................... I distinctly remember my dad telling me this while we were driving in his black Ford truck and thinking to myself, "He's my dad...how can I be his best friend AND his son?"
By Dylan Miller5 years ago in Families
A Gift
As a young girl in a moderate American family I grew up with the concept the sky was the limit. The dreams of a lifetime rolled through my mind with imaginations of all the possibilities I might achieve. I could be a lawyer doctor an inventor of some great need yet as life went on I am still only a dreamer. As life continued on my vision became dim as the possibilities began to fade. I was married in 1975 and had resolved to be content raising a family. This was the first reality check of my life. We were unable to have children. I have always been one who continued to dream beyond the barriers and it wasn't long and the opportunity came. A relative called one night asking if we would be interested in adopting a 4 month old baby boy. This was a shock moment for us and after a few days of contemplating the need the want and the cost we called them back. All of the details were expressed and we headed to Houston Texas to meet our new son. Being young and inexperienced the excitement was our guide. Once we had arrived and saw this beautiful brown eyed little boy we knew he would be ours. It wasn't long and we were on our way home with our bundle of joy not realizing how inexperienced we were. Once we arrived home the grandparents took over and we went through a crash course of having a baby in the house. As the days went by we went through a proper adoption proceeding and now he was officially ours to raise and to love. It seemed as though he was handpicked just for us as his name was already the name of my dad and husband's brother. Life had enveloped us into a new realm that we were quiet frankly enjoying beyond anything I could imagine. Our life had purpose and fulfillment and our vision was clear. He was our son and our vision was his.
By Karen Fullington5 years ago in Families
A Visit from my Dad
My dad came to visit me last night. But it’s probably not what you think. I live in Burbank, California – almost thirty years now. My dad lives 3000 miles away in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He’s been there for almost all of his eighty-eight years. He’s a great guy. Loving. Caring. Good sense of humor, and always leaves people with a smile. But he’s also the kind of dad that will seldom call, much less come for a visit.
By Lon Casler Bixby5 years ago in Families
