The sheer amount of support that Trump — adulterous, sacrilegious, philandering bigoted Trump — from right-wing American Christians just shows how morally bankrupt and empty modern US evangelical culture is. They’ve basically turned into an auxiliary of the Republican National Committee, with no consistent values or…

Insulting, obnoxious, and untrue. Parents who work - whether because they choose to or out of financial necessity - aren’t “less than” parents who don’t work. That line of thinking is just full of shit.

Anyone who’s offended can fuck right off. You and your sister are managing an incredibly difficult physical and emotional burden right now. You’re so right - the needs of caretakers IN ALL SITUATIONS aren’t even close to being acknowledged - much less met - in the U.S. We only value what will throw an extra fucking…

I’m just going to vent here. If you’re offended, idgaf.

As a hiring manager, I’d prefer to see a gap in employment explained in the cover letter (or appropriate section of the application if it asks why you left previous employer). And, let’s be honest here, right or wrong, most hiring managers are going to assume a gap on a female candidate’s resume is due to family…

I think it’s more appropriate to provide a reason for your gap in employment on the application or cover letter rather than list it as a professional job on your resume. You don’t have to go into detail or reveal who you were caring for. I think a simple “Left the workforce to care for ill family member full time” is…

Also a lot of that stuff isn’t just parents. On an increasing scale a greater number of people may also have to be taking care of parents/grandparents/whomever that are ill/disabled. You don’t get to put those skills on a work resume either. If I have to learn to give spongebaths, change a dressing, negotiate…

Or hell, under 18 if you’re a latchkey kid or the oldest sibling in a wide age group. My parents were barely around growing up because they all worked full time and different shifts. The oldest bro helped the younger ones with things like cooking and sometimes school work, younger ones handled basic cleaning (we could…

From a UK perspective, the idea of needing to justify the length of time mentioned here as a ‘gap’ is pretty alien - if any of my fertility treatment* ever actually manages to knock me up, I’d be taking a year of maternity leave during which time I’d be continuously ‘employed’ by my work and there literally wouldn’t…

I remember reading about this on Ask A Manager several weeks back and the general consensus was ‘nope.’

Looking to hire someone, I have to admit, my eyes would glaze over and I would move on to the next candidate. It makes it seem... militant? As though someone is sticking it there as a provocative statement. Like saying, “yeah I took a break, come at me bro!” and would leave me thinking the person is just going to be a…

Spears arrived in Israel on Sunday, coming from her tour in Asia.

Unclogging a toilet doesn’t make you an “amateur plumber” anymore than watching a YouTube video does. Putting bandaids on a cut doesn’t make you a “battlefield medic.” Making three meals a day for one person doesn’t make you a “chef.”

I have a pretty good idea what you went through. My children and I had to make a similar decision about their mother/my wife last year. It was heart wrenching. But one of the things we discussed was not only her quality of life but ours. While that may sound selfish to some, not considering it is remarkably naive.

You wouldn’t believe the people that came out of the woodwork though to tell me what a horrible excuse of a person I was for “murdering” her. Some people are terrified of death I guess.

It would be a kindness to give the family more time to say goodbye, but when no amount of time will ever be enough, what then?

While i agree that the actions of the supporters are way too far and Charlie’s parents’ decisions are not what i would want mine to be if i were in their position, i also don’t want to be in a position where i make the decision for someone else or the gov’t makes the decision; if they’ve raised the money for the…

So I would imagine that this is why they are not being allowed to take him home.

As a parent, I can’t help but wonder how much of his parents’ crusade to keep him alive is being fueled by the medical establishment’s dogged intent to take the decision out of their hands. It doesn’t sound like they ever had a chance to work through it on their own.

What pisses me off most about President Dipshit inserting himself in this story is that per his proposed healthcare reform, the children suffering like that here at home would be left to die while their parents are saddled with a copious amount of medical debt.