Wait are we related? My parents are the absolute WORST for that! They seriously bringing up helping me with my University tuition if I so much as request that they don’t get drunk and shouty in front of my kids.

I thought so too! Who is that!?

Some sexual abuse and assault survivors opt for c-sections because they feel it will be less triggering or traumatizing for them.

As a Millenial trying to raise independent children I can attest to this. Most of the kids around us are cooped up because, A: If let them run around outside unsupervised you literally risk them ending up being seized by the MCFD (Canada’s CPS). B: More people in my generation are raising kids in apartments because…

I saw it on a documentary. Possibly Going Clear, that they keep major dirt on all the celebrities just in case they decide they want to leave or speak out. It’s messed up! Why would anyone agree to that!?

Been there too. Multiple week long hospitalizations for severe dehydration. Lost 20 pounds. Puking so hard I thought I cracked a rib and peeing my pants at the same time. The whole while strangers, friends and family offered “helpful” tips like, “have you tried eating saltine crackers and ginger tea?”

I heard they made a point of making sure she was a virgin too. Gross

I did 3 HG pregnancies. It was a total nightmare. People often wondered why on earth I kept going after the first. I can’t speculate as to Kate’s motives but for me, wanting my kids literally overtook my memories of suffering the nightmare pregnancies. I kept irrationally thinking that if I did xyz different this time…

Commenter above suggested they’re carefully crafting their public image because they’re thinking of a future in the white house. I think that might very well be true.

Solidarity. I was a nanny in the summers during University. Once I painted the nails of a 4 year old boy because he asked since I was doing his sister’s. Totally didn’t think it was a big deal but the parents freaked! Even my childless 21 year old self knew that was terrible parenting.

When I was in University on the east coast of Canada there were sororities and fraternities that were fairly active in the Universities there. Although granted they weren’t nearly as popular as the ones in the USA.

The concern I’ve heard is that because North Korea’s technology isn’t that great and the military lacks real know how they might accidentally drop a bomb on Seoul or Tokyo. Since they didn’t want to lose face they would never admit it was a mistake and war would erupt.

I lived in South Korea for a while. The general explanation I heard is that the north does this crap as a PR move for their own people because the government there is so horrifically oppressive and life is such a struggle that they need distractions and a sense of the enemy being from the outside in order to hold…

I tried to organize a plan where my kid (she’s 8) and her other pals all walk to and from school together in a group. The school is just down the street and we live in a small town in a slow neighbourhood. Everyone thought I was crazy. Then there was this case that made the news last year. I’m in Canada btw. http://www…

“Your commitment to social justice needs to be bigger than that. It needs to be bigger than your bad day.” This. Is. Amazing and thank you. I work in development for a small non profit. I see a lot of justified despair. People who are oppressed are allowed to have strong feelings about those who aren’t and that…

That was my first thought too! He sounded high as a kite. Which might explain why he had to leave so quickly.

100% this. I’ve started to see this trend among my kid’s friends as well. Food being moralized to the point that what is in your lunchbox is a reflection on the quality of your family. I’ve heard of teachers backing this up as well. It bothers me especially because I work at a food bank and for many people, that kid’s…

That would actually be quite refreshing I think. I still feel great but I need to lose 10 pounds because my clothes are starting to get tight (I love wine and chips) and I don’t have the money to go buy all new work suits. That’s all it is. If I had more $ I’d just buy new clothes. When I tell people that’s straight…

Mine too. Except it manifests itself into “allergies” to anything that might make her gain weight.

That is almost exactly how my toddler’s bum looks when she needs a diaper change. It’s uncanny!