Not every day just one day. Things like "mom I my tummy hurts I don't wanna go to school" you know its not true but let them stay. Let them skip practice. Drink soda during the week. Order pizza for lunch. Who cares about chores today. Even skip work and go have a rita with friends, leaving them solo because they are old enough and you just felt like it. You come home at 4 and everyone is in their pjs playing Xbox and you just say today doesn't count. Maybe even more take out for dinner. No veggies today. No balanced meal. Does this move you to "bad mom" status?

Okay so my parents are divorced and I was stopping by my dads house to pick up something. I went to my room and everything was taken out of my draws and dumped all over the place and a lot of stuff was thrown out including important papers that I need to keep. This isn't the first time it happened. I usually keep my room clean but I have strep throat and was sick so I was unable to tidy up. However my room was pretty organized and clean before my stuff was thrown all over the place and was unfolded. I honestly don't know if I can deal with this anymore and I don't know how to walk to him about it. Any tips. Thank you

People treat people differently just because they are related to them. This is wrong, you should judge people on their character and giving special treatment to family members is bad for society

Im almost 15 and I work really hard at my schoolwork, and more often than not I work until I go to bed, which is usually at 11. I have good grades in my classes, anywhere from between 85 to 100, and very rarely do I turn things in late. However, last night, my teacher gave me a surprise assignment that was due to same day. She wanted me to write both a rough and final draft of a speech that I need to perform. Yesterday was a really busy day for me; I had a doctor s appointment, five classes to go to (I take online school) and about 20 individual assignments. I finished my work around 5, and after that began working on the speech assignment, but I didn t finish it before my bedtime. I asked my dad if I could stay up and finish it, and he told me not, so I informed my teacher that it would be a day late. Today, my dad came into my room around 4:30 in the morning and woke me up, yelling at me for not turning the assignment in. I told him why I couldn t finish it, and he told me I was lying. My dad doesn t yell very often, only when he s really, really mad, and he s never woken me up so early just to get mad at me. Although, he does get mad at me for having any grade below an 85, even if it s just one or two points below that. He even expects me to have a perfect grade in my algebra class, even though he knows that I ve struggled with math for years. What am I doing wrong? Am I at fault, or is he?

I ditched school today and lied to my mom about it. I feel really bad because she is such an amazing mom and I tricked her by ditching school. I can't tell her I ditched but I feel so so guilty

My mother is one of those people who texts all the time and wants to carry on extended conversations over texts generally multiple times a day. If I don't answer her she starts blowing up my phone with "why aren't you answering, what's wrong, are you ignoring me?" She also gets very upset and hurt if I try to even hint to her that it's too much contact. Usually followed by even more texts to reassure that I still love her. I'm technically available when she texts, I just don't want to drop everything to respond to her. If I tell her I'm busy she'll ask what I was doing later and how long I'll be and all that. I don't want to feel like I have to be glued to her text messages all day every day just to not be rude, and I can't come up with excuses why I didn't respond every single day. Honestly, a lot of the problem is she wants to be best buddies with me, but she also wants to be the parent who's in charge. And I don't want to do that. And honestly she needs to find her own friends - I love her but I can't be her whole social life! The trouble with "will call after 3" is that when 3 comes around, it's going to be "What was keeping you so busy? Are you sure you didn't have even a few minutes? You know how hard it is for me here!" and it's going to be a whole giant thing about why I couldn't make time for her and I can't just go around only thinking about myself and all that.

I am the better child but it seems unfair to tell them their older brother is better then them. I am 17 and they are 12 and 11.

Like no one but my grandmother would come to my high school graduation last year but everyone was at my cousin's minus one or two people. I feel rejected and the non-alcoholics hurt me just as much as the alcoholic Dad who I don't even live with (parents are divorced). Anonymous, No because they all came to my cousin's graduation (other cousins, aunts, and uncles). They also have stated they don't want their children around my Dad.

The thing is a year ago I got my father's fiance pregnant, I didn't say a word about it to my dad. Since she asked me not too, but as soon as the beautiful baby girl was born. I just couldn't ignore it and asked them for a DNA test. I thought I ruined everything, got a beat up from my dad and a lot of troubles came after. Anyway, they are still together with my baby girl, cause my mom convinced my dad to let me do the DNA test so I would stop bugging. Turned out she is my daughter, but now the problem is that I can't see her cause I have bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress syndrome and I have tried to kill myself. But, it doesn't matter how many help I get. They still won't let me see her. What should I do?

Girl is 2 months pregnant with my child and we are still both in college. I will be transferring to a different university close by home to save money on rent. She on the other and commutes to the current college since she has her family there. Normally during the summer vacation time I usually go home to my family for the 3 months, and I want to be at the hospital when the baby is delivered. Would be kind of messed up if I moved away and leave her with the baby on her own, and she also can't just moved in with me to my family house since she has her family there and has her education to deal with. I have to move because my parents are getting old and weak and I also want to save money like rent ect. https://imgur.com/a/T8CF3 <---- Her Belly; is it noticeable? she's usually skinny and in shape.

Ok so basically I live with my family and they let my sisters boyfriend come over as much as he wants and they don't say anything to him or make them feel bad for being together. They are 17 and 18. Then they get mad because he simply told my mom he was a black belt and she took it as a threat and now all of my family hates him and don't want him here with me. is this normal or are they just being paranoid?

I'm a 15 year old girl and I rode the bus to a store to buy tide pods after my mom refused to purchase them herself since she doesn't use it. They're in my school locker for now. She keeps questioning me why some of my money is gone but I haven't bought anything lately. I know my mother doesn't like us wasting cash on things that aren't necessary or disapproved of. She might just think it's strange but I have my personal reasons for laundry pods.

My parents passed 10 years ago so I've been spoiling her since I felt like I needed to. I'm a 30 y/o male.

so, I'm fourteen. my stepmom (let's call her h) has been here since i was 12. I'm pretty close to her, especially compared to my brother, who still lives with my mom (well call her e) . E neglected me for years while she kept my brother on a pedistool. I was hardly ever fed, i was 5'3 and 84 pounds at one point. i now live with my dad and don't consider my biological mother my mom, so, idk it feels awkward calling H my stepmom, and her name has like four syllables and I'm not about that, mom just rolls off the tongue! she would definitely make a huge deal if i called her mom & i don't want that... what do you think i should do?

I am 14 and Mom found more pictures of a lady on Dad's computer. He is mad she was being nosy. Last time this happened Dad grabbed Mom by the hair and pulled her upstairs and she was screaming and I was the only other one home and scared. Dad says he doesn't cheat and they are people he knows from work. I am just really scared. Now Mom is yelling "I am done" and I am crying cause if they divorce I will never see Dad again cause that is how Mom is, if she hates someone then we are not allowed to see them like her father who we only met once even though he is our grandfather and his wife. I am really scared. I want to call on of my grandmothers but that is what got me in trouble last time. My brothers are boys so they don't mind and their doing homework or looking at Internet. What do I do as I am shaking as I type this. Now Dad is yelling "I dont want you". I am so scared I will never see him or his family like our grandmother again like with out supposed grandfather (Mom's bad father). Help Police came, thanks. Dad is away now. But Mom is mad I called. I am so sad and crying

My Mom asked me when I was 9 if she wanted me to divorce Dad and since I was tired of Dad's older daughter being bossy I said yes. Mom left a few months later. I also liked the idea of her and I moving to Florida near my grandmother where my cousins are. She told me who asked what happened "Amanda asked me to divorce him and it wasn't going well". While I didn't ask her to I said yes when she asked me. Now I am an adult. I saw less and less of my father when he remarried and stopped traveling to Florida. He died last year and I feel so guilty I divorced my parents. He was never the same after the divorce and started drinking. I also feel like I let down his older son and daughter from his 1st marriage who I have never seen again since except at the funeral last year. How do I forgive myself for letting them divorce and ruining my Dad? I feel like he must have hated me for agreeing for my Mom to leave. I am afraid to tell my mother as she is remarried happily and might get mad at me. She says she might have divorced him eventually but relied on my word to give herself permission to. They did fight a lot and my Dad would mislead her about his work,

my parents are always getting into fights and when they do my mom will try to drag me into them and she is constantly trying to put me against my dad. My dad does not seem like a bad person but he said he doesnt want to involve me in their arguments whereas my mom really does. She is constantly telling me how I should never talk to my dad ab her at all and saying what he said in thereapy. It is not healthy for me to be haring all of this and I really don't want to have to choose between them but I dont know how else to do so. I love them both so much but i hate how my mom keeps putting me against my dad and now my dad is starting to try to put me against my mom. I have told my mom that I will not pick a side and this just seemed to upset her. This stress has been making me almost depressed and i have started doing badly in school. What should I do?

Everyday there is a fight between my mother and little sister. She's 13 (I'm 16) and thinks it's all about her and it's caused problems. She and my mom fight about her grades, cell phone use, her room, her clothes, just about everything! They both talk crap about the other to me. :( It's been affecting me lately. I actually dropped a class for academic support this semester so I can have a nice environment to do my homework in. I'd live with my dad, but he's out of state right now and my grandma says that it'll all work out but's been happening since August! I can't go home anymore without feeling like my family is falling apart.

It all started about 4 months ago when my mom had a major surgery. She had this surgery because of a gene she carries and if she did not have it she would very well die at a young age. My dad at the time seemed supportive but after the surgery he and my mom started to get into many fights. My dad went to his family and they quickly all turned against my mom. I am the oldest child of 5 kids and my mom decided to start telling me all these different things about my dad. On Christmas my dad went to his family's house while my mom convinced me and my siblings to stay home. My mom has cried to me many times and even gotten me to do things i deffianetly regret, such as calling people on my dads side asking why he was being a jerk etc My dad started to tell me that my mom was not doing well and to ignore what she was saying. This whole situation has become very stressfuly to me and bc of it I have not been doing very well in school. I finally went to my mom and told her that I did not want to pick a side bc I simply was not going to choose between them. She immediately got very upset with me and told me how my dad had his family and she had no one on her side (both her parents and only sibling passed away) and that if i only knew about my dad I would be on her side. She was very upset at me. I honestly have no idea what to do.. I'm only a teenager and this stress has become too much to bear. Any Ideas? Thank you!! - Hannah

I know you cant stay a teenager forever. But today is different I feel like I'm old. It feels like I haven't done anything fun in my life. I don't have a girlfriend, and I feel like my parents already want me to have children. Is it normal to this way.

...even in front of me? She knows I would never laugh or mock her

I forgot my house keys this morning and she has school until 8pm. I told her that I forgot my keys and she gave a pair to my neighbor to gov to me when i got home, she said the reason i forgot my keys was because I use my phone too much, and she said "did you use your phone this morning" i lied and said no, which was such a screw up, but then she get so so so so so so mad and said "get ready because when I get home..." and hung up, im really scared. She has recently been really aggressive towards me and her justification for it was because I have attitude, though that may be true at times, yesterday i literally said nothing and she called me a ***** and threatened to hit me. Im so scared

I monitor my kids' laptops and so yesterday I went to check his Facebook and when I hit the search tab there was a searched link to 'gay porn' on a site. And he NEVER talks about girls. Plus, I think people at school might make fun of him for it..

I failed all my classes because I skip them to go hang out with my friends. Geometry.....F English 10....F Music 1........F Global History....F Physical Ed...F Science Seminar....F Spanish 1.....F How do I get my parents to sign it

About 3 months ago my husband assigned his 20 year old daughter to vacuum our upstairs once a week. Other than handling her own washing and putting her dishes in the dishwasher (which she also doesn't do), it's her only chore and she lives here without paying room or board or for the use of my car. She really does very little to clean up after herself and imo her laziness is totally on her parents as nothing has ever been asked of her as far as I can see. She normally only does the vacuuming after being hounded for 2-3 weeks. Recently, I stopped hounding and told my husband that I feel it's disrespectful of her to expect to be waited on and that I wouldn't be doing it anymore. So I have waited for the vacuuming. It's been 3 weeks since the upstairs is vacuumed. He said that I should probably just do it since she "doesn't remember". Truly, I don't so much mind doing the vacuuming as I mind him rewarding her for ignoring this task. I don't think she's really forgetting, I think she knows that if she doesn't do it that her unpaid maid (that's me) will do it. While I absolutely am vacuuming today, i'm not sure what I want to do in the future. On one hand, I'm tired of fighting about her and think he can screw up his kids any way he likes, on the other hand, I didn't marry him to be a servant to a snotty college drop out. Am I right that letting her off the hook like this is the problem or do you think it's just not worth the effort?

I come over my boyfriends for at least a week sometimes to sleep over when his niece is bored enough and not doing anything she expects me to play with her when she wants I mean she has gotten better then before when I'm done she doesn't throw a fit like she used to maybe her mom noticed how annoying it is it's not just me she treats like that to she's a brat at other people houses, I just got done playing with her she really thinks I'm going to play with her outside. But I limit the time how often I'm playing with her so I am not spoiling her, and I am not here for her entertainment she's not my child. she's just annoying again not as bad as she was before but she just expects stuff when I don't want to.

My sister is 15 she's on birth control she has an IUD in she got it for a good reason for her bad periods. I asked something earlier I mentioned that someone said " she can't have an iud in at that age ". She's had it for 2 years she's done good. Teens get on birth control. Whoever that was must have not known what he was talking about or was in a bad mood. Is it bad she's on an IUD at her age ?

I understand them in a way why most dads dont visit their children while young but shows up when they are older and away from their mothers. One of the main reason is because of the mother. Usaully when the court decides who gets custody of the child they ussualy gives it to the mother regarlless of how mentally fit she is or her financial shape. And if they split them the mother will start fights with the husban. Example: my aunt and her boyfriend were fighting for custody of my cousin. My aunt lied and told everyone that her boyfriend molested both children. Once the court found out it was a lie, her boyfriend recieved custody of his daughter. He also tried getting custody of her older son who isnt his blood son. The court shut it down saying hes not his son. Women do cause fights with fathers. I think that is the reason fathers dont visit their children because they know the mother will try causing a fight with them on every visit.

I am 23 years old and I've been with this guy for over a year. I've never felt this way about anyone. We just spent the past seven months a part because I moved for an internship. That distance was tough and challenging, but it really helped us grow. I feel so uncomfortable talking to my parents about my boyfriend and moving out because my mom immediately will go into the "talk" and I can't stand the awkwardness. I literally have put off telling them for months and now I'm suppose to move in very soon. I don't even know how to start the conversation.