I am 15 year old boy and I am a pretty good kid, I do loads of chores that I don't need to, I am polite, I get good grades, and even though I am 15 I have zero teen attitude.I have a desktop in my room that is NOT connected to Internet. I want to connect it so I can learn programming. I want to do it in my room so I can focus and work in peace (I have many siblings and many pets and a small house) the problem is my parents (particularly my mother my father is all for it) my mom is barely even willing to even talk about with me. She hasn't really said no but I asked her for it over a month ago and if I ask if she's thought about it she tells me to stop pestering and leave her alone no matter how few times I ask. Her reasons are that she doesn't trust people on the Internet: I get that but I'm not going to be doing anything involving chat. And honestly I am the most introverted person ever I don't trust people let alone people I've never met so there is zero chance I would give away personal information. She doesn't want my younger brothers to think that just because I got to they do too: my older brother and sister both used internet in their rooms. I personally think she doesn't trust me... I honestly have no intention to do anything inappropriate or otherwise. I just want to learn programming. I have told her this many times but still she will not agree, I think there is another reason she is not telling me about. Any suggestions on how to handle the situation?

I went on a week vacation and when i pulled in to my house he painted my entire house black with random brown spots. I was so mad but i got even more mad when i walked in because for some reason he got playground rocks all over my nice clean carpet. And im telling you you cant see the floor at all ! My beautiful paintings are gone and he put pornstar pictures all over my wall. My kitchen that was once spotless is now a pig style. No food , flour everywhere, cigs and ash all over my counters. Egg shells are in random places. My bathtub is filled with fish. My toliet is filled all the way to the top with all sorts of berries. My bed is disgusting now. All i see is mud everywhere. My son is 20 years old so i expected him to behave while i was gone. Now my mother who is dying of cancer is suppose to move in here in thirty minutes will see a lot of this mess. My life had turn into crap. This is going to be a lot of money to fix.

So I m fourteen now and for the past 4 years my dad has been emotionally and verbally abusive. He takes drugs and tries to steal money. He has a mental disorder and gets angry easily and at everyone. He has a history of fighting but he was in the airforce and was a policeman before I was born. He s smart, so he knows how to not get into a lot of trouble like he used to. Out of my 4 siblings, I m considered the "rebellious one" from him because I m not scared of speaking my mind. Because of our bad relationship and arguments, he calls me an ungrateful b*tch a few times and threatens to kick me out or slap me if he could. My mom is stressed and trying to help but my dad doesn t have a job and is basically another child to feed. My mom is filing a divorce because of the big negative impact he s causing me, but I don t want my brother to lost the only other guy in the house. I can t stand him at all but I don t want to ruin my brother s relationship even though my dad yells at him too. What should I do? I m leaving out a lot of back story but it would take forever to write since my life is one heck of a rollercoaster. Thanks

About a year ago I found out that my brother in law and father in law were talking bad about me to their family... This got back to me through one of their family members who thought they both were out of line and shouldn t have been saying what they were I was very upset/angry/frustrated that they were making me seem like such a bad guy so I decided to confront both of them. When I did this I was told by them that they had every right to say what they wanted about me and they don t need to respect me. I lost my cool with them and told them it was a bunch of BS and if they had issues with me they should talk to me first rather than being immature and talking about me behind my back. From that point neither of them will acknowledge me and ignore me whenever I m around. It upsets me and my wife that they act this way but they will not change the way they act. I m torn on what to do because I don t want it to be this way for the rest of my life but I m scared if i say something it s just going to make things worse. Can anyone help with some advice?

Im 12.female girl.I want to die!My adoped mom keeos hitting,punching,slapping and being mean to me.She says nobody wants me and other mean things. running away is not gonna help...she makes me feel not worth it...not worth living for...should i?HELP

My little brother is getting married next month. We are very, very close. Of course my husband and I are getting them a gift as a couple, but I would like to get a gift from me to him. I d like it to be something that says that I"m so, so happy for him, and that, while I m thrilled to be gaining a sister, he s still my baby brother and my best friend. Here s the rub. I m a super sentimental person, and he s definitely the more practically minded of the two of us. So I keep thinking of little trinkety type things and, while I think he would appreciate the gesture, I don t know that he d really USE a cheesy key chain or personalized photo frame. ANY SUGGESTIONS???

I m doing well at school and all, but I have nothing. I have a cheap £70 phone and practically nothing else. I own nothing that costs more than £200. I asked my parents that if I do well in my end of year exams, can I have a PS4? They said no. And it s not because of money, because my mom has an iPhone 6s and my dad has a Samsing Galaxy Note 5. So can someone help??

i was going on about how amazing it was and even gave my parents a huge amount of money for their anniversary (which they ddn't accept) but i wanted them to keep it, but they said "it's okay, you work so hard for it, we aren't going to take it" and then this morning i see an email that i have been fired!?!?!? i feel so sad :(

Came home didn t even tell her the kind of meds i got. Wake up this morning missing 8 xanax. They were in my purse!! I have to keep my pain pills locked up or she will steal them all! I know i should have kept them in my safe. And it was my fault. But what should i do so my daughter can get her meds? I ll live without mine but I m afraid cps will get called on me cuz my a hole mom is a selfish thief. Any advice would be great. (in terms of how I can get my daughter s pills for her. Should i tell the truth ? Should i lie? I will be putting everything including advil in my safe!!! I m so sick and tired of this bs!!! I told my mom if she steals my daughters pills again i will call the police.

Around a month ago, I had a bit of a problem with my father. He had blamed me on something I had not done, and indirectly broke my phone's charger whilst being angry. He had refused to buy me another charger, but I had just shrugged it off. A couple days later, he repeated the same thing - but even worse. Once again, he had blamed me for something I had not done, yet this time, called me various curse words and shouted insults as me - such as: "**** you" "You are ****" "You are a donkey" This had enraged me quite a bit, so I had told him "screw you" in a low voice, started crying, and then refrained from talking to him from that time on. As of now, I had still not said a word to him. I do know one thing: He does 'miss' me, from which I learnt from my mother. He misses me in that he liked talking to me, and sometimes, he would even talk about me with my mother. However, he did not try to talk to me at all or apologize about the situation or have a discussion about it since then. What should I do? Thanks! I do know

We have 6 people living in our house. Mum, her bf, my little sister, my cousin, my boyfriend and me. I pay the internet/phone bill, my boyfriend buys food $300 a week and then we both pay the electricity, momalways ask for money and I feel bad because after she pays rent she only has 180$ left. My moms boyfriend doesn't pay anything and my cousin pays 150$ a week. I recently just quit my job, I was going through a lot of stress and anxiety problems. I saved up enough so all bills would be covered until I was well again. Anyways my mom keeps going off at me for quitting and talking about how I was stupid and things like that, She says that I can't afford to pay bills but i saved enough, I think she's just pissed because I told her I won't be able to give her money for a while. I don't like paying for the electricity but my mom hadn't paid it in 5 months so they shut it off. she lied to them and said that she moved out and that I was the new resident and put it in my name I didn't even say she could do it. She doesn't really buy anything but she gambles sometimes, buys smokes, snacks for her etc I take 50$ out of the rent my cousin pays, my boyfriend takes 50$ (for food) and my mom takes 50$. But she abuses me and tells me that all of it should go.to her. But I think it should be equally distributed throughout all bills. Is this fair? Should I be paying this much? Do you all my cousins rent money should to her?

I'm a 17 year old boy and my sister is 13 and she thinks she runs the house and my parents let her. They buy her special food that she begs for until my parents finally give up and buy for her, they got her the most annoying dog that destroys the house and pees on everything, we can't have pillows on our couches because the dog will rip them up, and when her dog does something bad she doesn't punish it, she cuddles and loves on it a gives it a treat. she is always saying snobby remarks to me in front of my parents and they just let her. she bosses me around, yells at me and when she gets away with something she does this smile that makes me want to smack her. I'm praying that one day she gets into a abusive relationship with some guy who will treat her the same or worse than she treats me and you better believe I'm gonna sit back and laugh my butt off with a box of popcorn watching my revenge for all the years of suffering I've had to trug through.

She will not forgive her family other then her two kids and I am starting to realize as a 22 year old that this must be what she did to my Dad that led to their divorce 11 years ago (she never forgave small things). How do I get her to change? She forgives friends, but will not forgive her siblings.

This is on my mother's side of the family I am referring to. My mother did some things that hurt her siblings understandably but she is still my mother so I am linked to her where if they asked me they'd have to ask her. So it makes holidays awkward to not be able to join in. What are ways I can reach out to still be an active relative without imposing on people. My mother warns me if I impose they will be mad and some of that she is just saying but I think some of it is true as they are more private people.

Last year my son was killed in a car accident. It just feels so natural to call myself a dad....but am i sill a dad?

It's a super long story but here's the gist of it. 7 years ago she had an affair with an absolute asshole of a man. I hated him from the moment she introduced him to the family, I hated his wife, his kids, but him especially. I didn't know what it was but I was just uncomfortable and did not pick up good vibes from the guy. I begged my mom nonstop to quit having them over and told her that I didn't trust him, but she continued having them over every single night. My mom started texting him nonstop, to the point where I couldn't even carry out a conversation with her to voice my concerns, I couldn't talk to her about anything anymore. This was especially hard for me because I was being bullied daily at school, and my home was once a safehaven for me, but it turned into a living hell once they came into the picture. I eventually fell into depression and began cutting and injuring myself to cope with my suicidal thoughts. One day my mom left her phone open and I read her texts between him. They were telling each other how much they loved eachother, how he couldn't wait for her to ditch my dad, and she told him how I was a problem child and not to take it personally if I didn't like him. Basically she'd been lying to my whole family for just under a year having an affair with this piece of ****. This happened 7 years ago and I still have little to no respect for my mom, in fact I resent her for it. I can't seem to get past this and it's tearing my relationship apart with her. I'll be moving out this next year and my only concern is that once I'm away from her, there will be no coming back. I don't trust her with anything, I don't feel like I can be open with her or work on our relationship because I'm just mad and hurt. I've been seeing a therapist since October but the feelings of resentment are definitely still there. I just don't know how to forgive her, especially when she knew how badly I was struggling, yet she chose to engage in it anyways. It's just selfish.

My mom and dad split up about a year ago. I have been self harming for about 2 months now and I have been receiving help and treatment. Because my mum and dad split up my dad didn't know about anything going on. And I wanted to keep it that way. So I went on self harming and my relationship with my dad never changed. Until today my mum decided that she had to tell my dad that I self harmed. I was really angry and I still am. It's my personal business and I don't want anyone to know not even my dad.do you think it was right that she told someone even if it was my dad??

My daughter struggled for years to hold a job after college. It wasn't until she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder & adult ADHD & medicated properly that we saw a huge improvement in every aspect of her life. One of the issues she faces at age 26 is due to being fired/quitting many jobs (prior to being diagnosed/treated) no company wants to hire her full time. (Her Resume looks like she jumped from job to job) My other concern is that we live in an area that is almost all families & there is nothing available for people her age. She has a few "friends" but they often leave her out of things & treat her very poorly. The closest city to us is 3 hours away. She's now in grad school online and has a 4.0 GPA, she works 2 part time jobs one in which she's completely isolated in a lab alone plus is doing volunteer work in her field. We still have to help her with bills as she's not making enough money even with 2 part time jobs. She lives at home currently. She is so miserable here I can see it. My husband & I cannot move at this time due to our jobs. We want to help her. I'm very concerned for her well being as I feel not having any type of social life & being on her phone/in the house all the time when not working is very unhealthy. Does anyone out there have any advice on how to help my daughter? Or what you would do? Thanks so much

I know if I tell them they will freak out. I don't want that. The reason I have one is because my bf and I had a really bad argument. That ended with him hitting me. I know he didn't mean it, and he even said so. He apologized and everything. Anyway could I make up a story or something instead of telling them what actually happened? Cuz I know what will happen if I tell them. My dad would beat the **** out of Jordan, and I really wouldn't want that. So please help me. What can I tell them? Wtf? Why is everybody saying he will do it again? I know him ok? I don't think he would ever do that again. And besides it was my fault. I knew he had anger problems. Yet I still kept on with my mouth. Just please don't say he will keep being abusive. I know he wont. I just wanted answers for my question. "How do I tell my parents about the bruise on my face?"

Okay so my mother had me when she was married and then they divorced when I was like 3 and he has never been in my life since , so now my mom has a finance and they are about to get married when I text him he say "good morning daughter" and I just respond hey , its so hard for me to call him dad btw im 13

I'm a 15 year old girl and it just my mom and I. We've been poor since 2010 after the bank took away our house from when my grandma died. My mom quit teaching to take care of her and then the economy was so bad and they were laying off teachers. She's older than a lot of mom's with a 15 year old daughter, she's 55. She is very educated and has got college degree's, experience in so many job types but no good jobs hire her due to her age. They aren't supposed to not hire someone because of age but they do... I've been homeless many times and right now I'm in a program called family promise. It's the 3rd time now since I was 10. I never have many nice things though I AM grateful. I am just very sad we always move and I never get to celebrate my birthday or go out with friends. I've lived in 4 different states in the past 12 months and it is horrible. What can I do? Anything? even if its bad I just need a way to get us more money it's not fair my mom and I don't deserve this she is the best mom in the world. Never yells, cusses, smokes, or even drinks wine. She is so sweet and I don't know what we possibly could of done to deserve this:(

Hello everyone! I'am in urgent need of help here....my younger sister who is 15 years old is not going to school for three years now...she dropped in 6th grade..she was heavily bullied by teachers and she had social anxiety.My dad does not hire a tutor for her and asks her to study herself online...the problem is that she does not have the capacity to know that her time is being wasted she is still a child...my parent's relation is not good at all and if she does not get educated my father is going to put the blame on my mom,my sister and all of us that we did not help her out and that she was herself lazy...he is very cunning...and I'am preparing for my exams and my mom remains sick almost all the time...my father does not want to invest money on us and so he is always trying to make excuses to not give us money....I'am very concerned about her everyone is except for my father....he wants my mother to get disgraced in her family....in this he does not see that my sister's time is being wasted...We take her to a psychologist but he also says that he will only be able to help her when she becomes willing to study....the problem is she does not care about studies....she failed alot of times in various subjects in school so now she does not care about getting good grades....

I do not mind helping my sister, but my girlfriend gets annoyed whenever my sister calls and i pick up or reply to her text. She wants me to act like my sister and ignore her texts and avoid talking to her. Shall i listen to my girlfriend? Yes my sister tends to boss me around sometimes, but i can deal with it and do not want to cause unnecessary drama and fights.

So I been asking this to my self lately , mainly because I hate the whole I'm your dad and whatever . But like I am 18 now, but I grew up living in New York where most of my family live but until I was nine I started living in Georgia until now. I met my moms husband when I was six but started living in the same house with him when I was 7 . So ever since those years I never got along with my stepdad . There are several reasons why. Plus my dad lives in New York still but we still communicate by phone like everyday. Yes my stepdad works and pays bills , but my point is , is it important to give advice and have confidence with your stepdad or is it important of what is being provided, he never really has conversations with me or my brother , he does have a son with my mom . My dad pretty much sends us money to buy shoes and clothes and whatever else , he calls to check on us and gives us advice an I feel confident to talk to him . What I don't like most is that my stepdad expects me to call him dad when he never felt like one . What is more important money or advice.

My boyfriend of three years proposed to me last week. I said yes of coarse. But my parents have made it known they don t like him. Their reasoning is that he doesn t match my education level and he doesn t make more money than I do. I haven t told my parents partly because my sister just announced her pregnancy before I could announce I was engaged. But mostly I ve waited because my parents have made it known they don t approve. I don t know how to tell my parents or when the best time is to tell them. I also don t know if I should say anything at all due to the fact that I am afraid of what will happen. Even though my instincts tells me that is wrong. When my sister announced her pregnancy my mom made a statement that she was glad it wasn t me who was pregnant because she thinks I should find someone who can take care of me. Before you write what you think I should do here is a little back story of me. I am 27 years old. I live in another state away from my family. I have a Bachelor s Degree and I have a well paying job.I have zero debt. I was married when I was 20 and I had my daughter. It was a abusive marriage so it was ended shortly after. I know I love my now fiancee but I m afraid that my parents will take the news badly.

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I was young when I had my first child and was convinced by my mother to sign over my parental rights to her and her husband (my step father). At the time I felt it was what I had to do. My mother then passed away and my son stayed with my step father who then gave my son to his father. His father was abuse to me and I left him soon after I found out i was pregnant. I have been trying to get in touch with my son ever since but he would not let me contact him. I live in another state so it has been difficult to find him. My son finally found me and reached out to me via facebook. He is being abused and wants to live with me. (his father told him horrible things about me which are not true) I want to get him back now that i finally know where he is. I know i need to hire a lawyer but i guess i just want advice from a non bias person. Is this a long process? My son will soon be 13 and he is scared of his own father, even considered running away. I will listen to advice so please feel free to comment just please refrain from rude comments.

I'm 14, and I've always just known that I'm adopted, probably because I look extremely different from my parents and my brother and sister. My parents never really talked to me about my birth parents or where I come from. I'm starting to feel like I really need to know, because I hated it when people ask me what my ethnicity is, and I'm so dumb and say I don't know. I didn't know how to approach the subject with my parents, so I found my adoption papers and the name of my birth mother, and I looked her up on Facebook. We messaged a bit, and my parents went insane when they found out. They grounded me from all electronics for a while, and now they forced me to delete my Facebook. Now they're worried that I'm going to run away or something, so I'm not allowed out unless I'm with one of them. Aren't they going crazy and taking this too far?

I'm 26 have my own apartment, a full time job. I'm doing ok. Growing up both my parents made very very good money. We were well off. My mother is always concerned about my income. She's looked through my tax returns, snooped around at my bank statements, & even opened my mail if it was a credit card bill laying on the table when she came to visit. She always has to be in the know with how much I'm making, how much I'm spending & will make comments that I'm not making enough or that I didn't make sh*t last year. It's really getting me angry!!! To me, it's absolutely none of her business how much income I make. I pay my own bills and very very rarely (once in the past year) have I asked to borrow money from her. She feels that because I'm her daughter she has the right to know. Is my income any of her business at this point? I don't know my parents income I "assume" it's quite high but they've never given me a number. Thoughts?

Because there would be nothing but disappointments, arguments and misery. I was carpooling with my mother this morning, we first had to pick up my nephew and take him to school. His dog (half German Shepherd - half husky and a bit of wolf plus still a puppy. A big puppy.) Got out and my nephew went to get him. We (mom, my nephew and I) tried to get the collar and leash on him but being a clever dog and scared of choke collar he slipped out of us. Then when we finally got him on leash and collar, he nipped at my lip. I was angry cause my sister (mother of my nephew and my older sister) didn't take dedication in training the dog even when she has time. My mother once again made excuses for her stupidity and denies doing so. Relationships suck!

My uncle was looking after me the other night and he made me do something really naughty. He said that I mustn't tell anyone what happened. I don't want to get him into trouble but I feel like I should tell someone. I was watching Finding Nemo and he said I was allowed to stay up past my bedtime to finish watching it. My bedtime is 9 o'clock but he said I can stay up until it finishes which was at 9:20. He said it would be our secret.

my aunt convinced my grandma to kick me out and put all my stuff in a storage unit well i got off work and my dad calls to ask if i was doing witchcraft on him my step mom my aunt and my grandma.....then said they found a ouija board which i don t own and they had a preacher and they did some kind of exorcism thing on her house

This is on my mother's side of the family I am referring to. My mother did some things that hurt her siblings understandably but she is still my mother so I am linked to her where if they asked me they'd have to ask her. So it makes holidays awkward to not be able to join in. What are ways I can reach out to still be an active relative without imposing on people. My mother warns me if I impose they will be mad and some of that she is just saying but I think some of it is true as they are more private people.

Hello. I am a 20 year old male and my boyfriend is 22. We have been together for 3 years as of last month . It's kind of embarrassing, but we haven't had sex yet since the entire time we have been together. I mean it sounds amazing, being able to be that close to him and all, but I am terrified of the idea. I was raised by two homosexual men (two fathers) and they never really gave me the talk or gave me any indication of how sex works. I mean, I have a basic understanding, but even then it is limited. He keeps talking about all these things he wants to do to me and I have no clue what he means, because I am that oblivious. I don't even know my own body, let alone being with another person in that way. I mean he does give me butterflies in my stomach and electricity down my spine. He makes me weak at the knees and knows my body like the back of his hand, but when we start getting closer to sex, I start panicking and make up excuses to not do it. What if I mess up? Or what if he wants to do something that I don't understand and then he realizes how much of a virgin I am? What if he hates me because I can't please him enough or he thinks I am not good enough? What if I can't do sex like other people can because my body is messed up or something? I don't know how to bring up the fact that I literally know nothing about sex? He's been wanting to do things like bondage and dirty talk, and I have no clue how to do any of that. What do I tell him? How do I explain?

Im 17 and my little sister is 13, I am so tired of her keep calling shotgun. So i was wondering how old do you have to be to stop calling shotgun?

For once I'll keep this short and see if I get any better results. Not that the ones before were bad, but still. My mother has been annoying me for a while actually. Our relationship has kind of gone down the drain over the last five or six years. My father has always been like that and overtime my brother also became a bit of a jerk. I try to use the law of attraction every day but I'm never in the right state of mind. What should I do?

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My brother keeps stealing money and possessions from my mom, brother, grandpa, and myself for weed. My mom only makes empty threats and doesn't do anything about it. It seems he has more respect for his druggie friends than for his own family. He's 24 with no ambition or education the only thing that excites him is weed. Any advice on how to get this to stop. I am done with him. Thank you in advance.

My parents got a divorce, and my father is getting remarried soon, not long after. Me and my siblings could tell ever since we were kids that they werent happy. And they waited until we were adults to get divorced. I just didnt think my dad would marry again so soon and i don't know how to deal. He is currently overseas and we haven't witnessed anything. I am sad for my mom, but i want to be happy for my dad. I think everyone deserved to be happy, and just because he and my mom aren't, doesnt mean we have to be. I just have mixed feelings and i dont know how to deal. It makes me sad that i will feel uncomfortable visiting my dad, and that the home that used to be ours will be theirs. The house that we lived in as kids and with my mom will belong to someone else. Has anyone gone theough something similar, i need support and anything you can tell me about this subject. This has made me depressed and stressed out most days. Thanks in advance.

Custody / guardianship help!? Ok, my parents took custody/guardianship of my daughter.There was absolutely no drug or alcoholic history they literally won because they knew people in high positions. I m now married (not to the biological father of my daughter) my husband and i now have a child together. My daughters biological father wants nothing to do with her or me. If her biological father agrees to sign his rights over to my husband will that help us get her back from my parents?

I have had her since the 5th grade I turn 23 this year. She's been in my life since I was a child. I view her as my family not my pet. I'm crying right now writing this bc I know I will miss her so much it's almost unbearable. I moved to California a couple years ago so everytime I return home she is older & last time *about 1 month an a half ago* was the first time I saw her in almost a year. She was sitting on my lap & started throwing up &!I felt like she was having a seizure I started freaking out & screaming for my parents & dropped her off the couch. I hurt her leg & even now I feel so horrible about the incident I start crying. I'm just not used to seeing her like that and it really hurts me deeply. When she wants to play fetch like she used to and she's running her leg will occasionally give out and she will like tumble and fall. It breaks my heart and I can't imagine life without her. Anywhere I am when I think of her I start crying and have to excuse myself. She means so much to my entire family. Especially my parents. Idk what to do or how to deal with this.

So I'm 13 and my mom thinks that I talk to boys that are in high school and she thinks that I have sex and my dad thinks that I tell people to kill themselves but I don't do any of these things and no matter what I do they don't believe me.

I'm black and can't do my hair except put it in bun guys when it's not done call me ugly girl I only got it done two times out of whole life by Dad who's never in my life cause my family I live with don't give a f and mom tonight wants to kick me out for eating I get good grades BEHAVE and everything a family would want but they hate me grandma complains everyday BOUT me tonight my mom said tomorrow she's throwing all my stuff away! :(

Ok, my parents took custody/guardianship of my daughter.There was absolutely no drug or alcoholic history they literally won because they knew people in high positions. I m now married (not to the biological father of my daughter) my husband and i now have a child together. My daughters biological father wants nothing to do with her or me. If her biological father agrees to sign his rights over to my husband will that help us get her back from my parents??

She's fifteen but she crossed a serious line. I'm a cop and I am just... she embarrassed me. She was told not to go to a party and she did. She took her mother's car and while under the influence was pulled over by my colleague and best friend whose daughter was also with her and intoxicated so you can imagine how he reacted. I let her stick it out and spend the night with society's finest(I'm being sarcastic) I hoped she would learn her lesson but when she got home she acted bratty and childish. So I snapped and said if she acted like a child I'd treat her like one. I spanked her and had her stand in the corner. That didn't work so I took everything but the bare essentials from her room. I also make her do chores now which I should have done from the start it's my fault for not teaching her responsibility and I make her stay in her room by herself most of the time now when she's not busy. I know it sounds strict and bad but she has to learn there are consequences and I told her if she didn't straighten up she'd go live with her grand parents at the farm over the summer She also has a habit of exaggerating what I say. I can't stop being angry with her though she doesn't acknowledge she did wrong she acts like she's the victim and I can't believe how spoiled she is. It's been six months and she feels like she is in prison which is the idea she got away with some serious crimes and I can't let her just slide I even made her quit cheer leading to get a job, Am I going to far? Dick (appropriate name by the way) I did not raise my daughter to act this way. I am angry because she not only has embarrassed me but our family. I even yelled how I raised her better than that and she could have died but she didn't care so yes I am angry with her. Yeah that's not connected to my situation Anonymous and Dick positive reinforcement is what started this mess. Positive reinforcement is BS and I'm done with it. All it got me was a spoiled brat. Anonymous I've been punishing her six months straight because she shows no remorse. She stole a car and got drunk. Also it wasn't some random high school party it was a college part which is why I and her mother told her she could not go. Now I'll let up when she owns up to her offense. Ironically her mother is more pissed than I am and tells me I'm being to lenient that we should send her to military school.

My mother in law interferes in our life so much and causes problems to me. She says she wants the best for her son. She says she wants us to be happy and is concerned about us. Then why does she say mean things to me , tell my husband that i failed him, cause politics, and feel happy when my husband and i fight. It makes no sense to me. Even my husband says he is close to his parents. Or do they all not like ME? What the hell is this? I never expected my married life to turn out this way. Why do they want us to be miserable?

i found out 4 years ago, when i was 14. the mental pain and damage she has done to my dad is unspeakable. i love him to death, but because of her promiscuity and him keeping it a secret from me, he had become a depressed insomniac for the past 10 years. she still live with us, but im always putting her down, i don't talk to her anymore, and i always complain about every single thing she does. i don't see her as my mother anymore. only a whorey roommate. but she has no friends to begin with, she has always been stressed to bring in money for our family (she's addicted to work, never spent time with us when i was younger). so she tries to hang out with me and my dad more and wants more dates with me. but now that me and my dad won't give her any love, attention, or affection, she has become so depressed and suicidal... i feel so guilty, i've tried being nice, but then she goes on being stupid again, ever since she found out i knew she cheated on my dad she has been acting like i child. i can't take it. but i ca'nt help feel like i'm going to be the reason she ends up dead... is this my fault?

I'm 14, and I'm getting really curious about where I came from. My parents have never really talked to me about it, I've just always known that I was adopted because it's super obvious, and they mention it off hand every once in a while. I really want to know who my birth mother is, and where I come from. People at school always ask me what I am, and they never believe me when I say I'm Danish or German like my parents. I have no idea what I actually am. And I don't know how to approach the subject with my parents.

My wife is a stay at home mom and goes quite stir crazy staying in the house with our kiddo. I want to create a place stay at home parents can go with their kids to get out of the house and mingle with someone other than their kids.

There isn't anything I wouldn't do for my mom but whenever she knows someone has money, she acts like a totally different person. I have literally given her more than about $4,000 when I received money from that lawsuit when I was involved in a bus accident. I told her I would give her a certain amount and that I might need to put the money towards college but the first words that came out her mouth were "I need my money".I didn't have a job at the time. In fact,I was still in high school.In college, I had no idea about refund checks but I was happy about it because I could use it towards things I needed done and possibly save up but my mom always calls me basically demanding me for money. She may ask for $200 but she never asks.....she demands for it.She doesn't even tell even want to tell me what the money is for because she claims she is "grown" and doesn't have to tell me anything. It's still money coming out my pocket and she makes me feel guilty if I don't give it to her.There is nothing I wouldn't do for her but I just feel like she is ungrateful and doesn't know how to ask respectively. She feels like I owe something because everything she's done for me.I never get to do anything for myself so this time I really just wanted to use this money to get my hair done, nails done, pay fees, buy some more clothes,and have some for my birthday but the cycle continues.I been having a hard time finding a job while I'm school but she works full time and gets paid every two weeks.