parents

The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.

The Un-Wicked
As in fairy tales, the stepmother is generally deemed as evil: Lady Tremaine in Cinderella, The Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mother Gothel in Rapunzel, and last but certainly not least, Maleficent. These scorned women often live in the shadows of a beautiful princess who sings with a voice so beautiful, forest animals appear. A peasant girl forced into indentured servitude, who fits the glass slipper as if it were made for her foot exclusively—because it was! A stepmother so envious, she exiles the young child to a dark, sky-reaching tower, her beauty hidden from all the land. A woman so evil, she goes as far as cursing a newborn child, as a means of seeking revenge on the child’s father.
By Heather Ryan6 years ago in Families
The Accidental Maman
It’s all over social media. The current American obsession for all things French, from diet to shoes. Jeanne Damas is the stylish It Girl. Everyone is looking at the French girl’s plate to try to figure out how they all stay so slim. French music is showing up on TV, and French movies are being re-released.
By Jennifer Black Young6 years ago in Families
100 Things I Want To Thank My Mom For
I wrote out 100 things I want to thank my mom for. Here they are: 1. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. 2. Thank you for inspiring me. 3. Thank you for not killing me. 4. Thank you for being selfless. 5. Thank you for praying for me. 6. Thank you for giving me hugs. 7. Thank you for wiping my nose. 8. Thank you for giving me mercy. 9. Thank you for family devotions. 10. Thank you for having my sibling. 11. Thank you for giving birth to me. 12. Thank you for paying for the bills. 13. Thank you for washing my dishes. 14. Thank you for loving me everyday. 15. Thank you for changing my diapers. 16. Thank you for saying your bad puns. 17. Thank you for tucking me in at night. 18. Thank you for teaching me patience. 19. Thank you for making me do chores. 20. Thank you for working your 24/7 job. 21. Thank you for making photo albums. 22. Thank you for making rules to follow. 23. Thank you for never giving up on me. 24. Thank you for supporting my dreams. 25. Thank you for buying me new clothes. 26. Thank you for forcing me to apologize. 27. Thank you for accepting my apologies. 28. Thank you for making Sunday lunches. 29. Thank you for telling me to act my age. 30. Thank you for being a great role model. 31. Thank you for rocking me back to sleep. 32. Thank you for loving God more than me. 33. Thank you for caring about my wellbeing. 34. Thank you for using your time to help me. 35. Thank you for giving me second chances. 36. Thank you for buying me food and drinks. 37. Thank you for being fugal with the money. 38. Thank you for teaching me how to forgive. 39. Thank you for sometimes giving me space. 40. Thank you for loving me more than yourself. 41. Thank you for paying for me to have braces. 42. Thank you for helping me when I got injured. 43. Thank you for telling me what is best for me. 44. Thank you for making every single meal ever. 45. Thank you for forcing me ago eat vegetables. 46. Thank you for letting me eat all the ice cream. 47. Thank you for helping me with my homework. 48. Thank you for driving me to my friends house. 49. Thank you for tying my shoes when I couldn’t. 50. Thank you for sending me to boarding school. 51. Thank you for calling me out when I was lying. 52. Thank you for taking me to church on Sunday. 53. Thank you for teaching me how to make eggs. 54. Thank you for making sure I used my manners. 55. Thank you for coming to my basketball games. 56. Thank you for making me do grammar classes. 57. Thank you for teaching me to be a hard worker. 58. Thank you for being the best mom in the world. 59. Thank you for finding something that I can’t find. 60. Thank you for checking up on me when I am out. 61. Thank you for teaching me how to handle money. 62. Thank you for telling me wear clothes that match. 63. Thank you for letting dad buy a car for me to use. 64. Thank you for showing me what sacrificial love is. 65. Thank you for teaching me to do my own laundry. 66. Thank you for caring about everyone in the family. 67. Thank you for teaching me how to handle conflict. 68. Thank you for admitting to me when you’re wrong. 69. Thank you for doing my laundry before I knew how. 70. Thank you for letting me get a drink at a restaurant. 71. Thank you for saying no to me when I didn’t need it. 72. Thank you for teaching me the importance of family. 73. Thank you for teaching me how to have persistence. 74. Thank you for teaching me to see the best in people. 75. Thank you for allowing me to have friends sleep over. 76. Thank you for teaching me how to respect my elders. 77. Thank you for doing your best to protect me from evil. 78. Thank you for teaching me the importance of hygiene. 79. Thank you for comforting me when I had a bad dream. 80. Thank you for saying hello to me when you come home. 81. Thank you for being patient when I would slam my door. 82. Thank you for laughing at the occasional funny joke I say. 83. Thank you for encouraging me when I do something right. 84. Thank you for making our house consistently look amazing. 85. Thank you for forgiving me even though I hurt your feelings. 86. Thank you for dealing with my sin in the form of punishment. 87. Thank you for making me a cake for me every single birthday. 88. Thank you for buying the useless toys I didn’t need was a child. 89. Thank you for challenging me when I thought I knew everything. 90. Thank you for dragging me to the doctors for our yearly physicals. 91. Thank you for letting us get a dog even when you didn’t want one. 92. Thank you for teaching me school from kindergarten to 12th grade. 93. Thank you for not slapping me every time I ever said “That’s not fair!” 94. Thank you for not saying I’m dumb when I would worry about dumb things. 95. Thank you for answering my questions even when they were dumb questions. 96. Thank you for marrying dad, because if you didn’t I never would have been born. 97. Thank you for answering the phone when I’m in the next room, just because I didn’t want to get out of bed. 98. Thank you for drinking Dr Pepper while you were pregnant so I would know how good it was from birth. 99. Thank you for spending 17 years praying that I would be saved. 100. Thank you for teaching me that God is the way, the truth and the life.
By Andrew Sprott6 years ago in Families
Why I Hate My Mother
Why I hate my mother: a theory When you hate someone, you normally can think of a specific thing they have done, or a moment in time when you were betrayed, when your heart was broken, or when something you love broke by someone else’s hand. You can pinpoint when something changed. But, there’s also the kind of hate that takes years, in a romantic relationship or a friendship where things slowly shift, and when you think back, you don’t know what went wrong, or you start to think of all the tiny things you never noticed but never really cared about when it was there.
By Random TV6 years ago in Families
When My Mom Broke Scrabble
I had no social life in college. My hard-working immigrant parents couldn’t afford my college tuition, so I bartended at a TGI Fridays full time, leaving me with no energy and no time to go to parties and do keg stands. When I wasn’t working, I’d come home from school, catch up on my studying and then set up the Scrabble board on the kitchen counter. My playing partner was Jacqueline, a cousin who lived only two houses away because Cubans have a tendency to stick together, regardless of the country. Jacqueline was only thirteen years old but mature for her age, so much so that I'd often forget she was still a budding teenager. I would talk to her about school, bartending, boys, everything. She would sit and listen to me and offer me feedback.
By Yvonne Castaneda6 years ago in Families
My Father, Myself
The red light was flashing on my answering machine when I arrived home that warm summer evening. I casually dropped my tennis bag onto the kitchen floor, wiped the last few drops of perspiration from my forehead and pressed the play button. The machine quickly accessed the solitary message and replayed.
By David Marsden6 years ago in Families
Parent Shaming
"I wasn't raised that way." "My mom would have never let me do that." "These kids nowadays are awful, wimps, entitled brats."
By Dana Martin 6 years ago in Families
Thoughts From a Working Mom
As I parted ways with my "babies" and my husband, I had a thought. I would miss them terribly, but I was proud for all the work I had accomplished leading up to this moment, and I wanted to make them proud too. No guilt. Just wanting to represent for our crew.
By Amy Neuman Proffitt6 years ago in Families
Dementia's Child
Daddy was always healthy. I don't remember him going to the doctor much when I was younger but as he aged of course there were issues that needed to be addressed. He never had any very serious problems a couple of scares that turned out to be nothing, until 1998 when he had an accident. After that it seemed to be one thing after another and Daddy always seemed so sad.
By Kristi Wright6 years ago in Families
The Heated Debate
This is a very tender topic to some. --- I ask the question: How do you forget a child or an animal? I feel it is a legitimate question asked by those who feel strong emotions when we read or hear about another death or another rescue.
By Lilian Vale6 years ago in Families
It’s a Mom Thing
Being a mother of three kids, ages three, four, and five, I never get a break. I’m constantly on my feet whether it is cooking, cleaning, getting them ready for school, practices, dr. appointments, and so on. I never get a chance to sit down even for a second, unless a phone is involved with youtube playing for the kids. Then maybe I get a quick second before they start demanding 'mom, I want this and I need that.'
By Sara Bevins6 years ago in Families
Creative Ways for Parents to Make Reading and Writing for Their Children Fun
Parents are often busy and devote very less time to their kids. Even if they are at home, they are confused about spending time with the kids creatively and productively.
By Tiffany Harper6 years ago in Families