Babysitting is no simple task, that's why we pay babysitters and nannies the big bucks. Children, especially toddlers, can be notoriously difficult to wrangle. You need the right amount of patience, level-headedness, and willingness to tire yourself out. Not to mention it's a huge amount of responsibility. If something goes wrong, you need to be ready to snap into action. This is why it's no fun to ask someone to babysit at the last minute. Unless you're a seasoned pro or a parent yourself (eve…

He's a grown man

Set boundaries

Back when we were young, us lucky kids got our lunches made by mom or dad. We used to be embarrassed by the little hearts scribbled on the side of our brown-bagged lunch, but every day, we’d be excited to see what kind of sandwich we got, if they remembered the baby carrots we liked, and if they included a snack-sized Snickers for dessert. Nothing beats a homemade lunch, right? Unfortunately, these days, ignorant YouTube celebs are trying to ruin that blissful childhood memory for Gen Alpha kid…

Parenting is all about compromise . Before you become a parent, you have all sorts of highfalutin ideas about what kind of parent you'll be. You'll only feed them home-cooked organic meals, you'll never be cross with them and only use positive reinforcement, and you won't allow them to go on the internet before they're in high school. But then life comes around and has other plans for you. It leaves you tired, exhausted, and frustrated to the point where you'll do anything just to have a quiet…

Taking family time to another level

Sometimes a grudge comes up for seemingly no reason . Someone just starts to treat you differently and you have no idea what happened. You rack your brain for reasons you might have spited them and you come up empty. Did you fail to wave back at them on the street one day? Did you accidentally say something off-color at a party? Did you just happen to look at them the wrong way and now everything is different? You may never know. It's especially hard when this happens in your own family because…

A peace sign?

Fighting app addiction with more apps

Is he just free-spirited or plain ole irresponsible?

Drop everything, I guess

As any parent can tell you, parenting is a full-time job . It may not pay the bills, but it sure takes a lot out of you. It doesn't stop when you go to sleep, or when you're watching TV, or even when you're on vacation. You're a parent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You don't get to choose whether or not you're ‘on duty’ if you're a parent, you just always are. And for couples parenting together, it's important that you both understand that. Otherwise, conflicts are bound to arise. That's what…

Poor baby

Why is it that the 'family first' crowd doesn't think that rule applies to them?

There's no perfect age to move out of the house . Lots of people do it when they're 18, as soon as they get the chance. But a good amount of people take a little longer while they save money, go to school, or work on their mental health. There's no right answer, as long as everyone is cool with it. Problems arise, however, when someone is preventing someone else from moving out. Everyone should have the freedom and autonomy to do what they please after they're 18 years old. Even if that means h…

"They told me I was being a brat and they can make me babysit."