We live 400 miles away from my parents and have no other family nearby so this was never and option for us. My mom will come out a few times a year and spend a week or a long weekend and she is more than happy to do that so What’s-His-Name and I can take trips, but as a regular way of doing things, not only was it…

Yeah, honestly, it’s hard to be mad because my mother and MIL have careers doing amazing things they love (and let’s face it, we’re talking mostly about grandmothers here, not grandfathers). Their mothers (and even more so their grandmothers) didn’t have as much opportunity. Why would these women be leaving the…

My mother in law planned her retirement around the birth of my nephew. She’s barely a year in and she’s clearly tired and resentful, but she won’t say anything. She was nearly pathetically grateful when I watched him for an hour so she could get groceries in peace. My sister in law considers this another one of her…

Although I can see how tough this is for working parents, this is also the flip side of all the cultural changes that have made it a much more individual choice whether people marry, or have children, or continue to practice the religion they were raised in, or otherwise follow in their parents’ footsteps. People…

When I clicked in this story, I was thinking of the occasional date night, wedding, or random day off from school. I think of that as part of the give and take of family. But full time care giving is a big commitmemt. That seems like lots to ask. Great if someone offers, but lots to ask.

My parents are both retired and live five minutes from me. My son is their ONLY grandchild.

Even if they don’t have full time jobs...they’re not obligated to look after your kids.

While childcare can be incredibly expensive in this country, depending on where you live, parents complaining that grandparents aren’t watching their kids need to stfu. Your kid, your responsibility to arrange for child care. Yes, our country really needs to adjust its priorities and provide more support for…

“I’m involved, but I’m not the parent,” she said. “I’m looking forward to getting to be involved and not necessarily doing it all over again.”

If you crate train the kid well enough, then you’ll only need someone to stop by to let them out once a day while you’re at work for the first few months. After that, they should be ok to be left alone all day without needing to go out!

Sounds about right. I mean, you’d hope that the grandparents would help, but if they’ve got full-time jobs then it’s not realistic to expect them to provide regular day-care.

“ya’ll” [sic] is a contraction of “you all” and should therefore be written as “y’all”

If that was my brother in dick pics, my dad would have a (private) talking to about respecting yourself and your body and not being a literal dick. Biebs dad is overcompensating over the fact that he was a deadbeat dad until his sperm hit it big. Show business is the worst for kids. I haz the sads.

It’s hard to blame him, ‘cause, awkward question, but it’s super-obvious. Transcript:

I’ve seen people wait around all day to be deposed and never get called. But usually it was because the attorneys were working out an agreement that didn’t require it, which it seems like didn’t happen here.

I’m an accountant so that probably colors the way I look at these things. I was thinking that they spent the day trying to hammer out some sort of agreement. Amber being there was more about negotiating position for her lawyers. I’m willing to bet that she wasn’t “ready, willing and able” to give the depo if the…

I like Seth too, but Katherine is honest to a fault and he said “honestly” like every other word there.

Amber Heard’s divorce and domestic abuse against her soon-to-be ex-husband Johnny Depp has begun...

Yeah, maybe a one off comment when those pics first came out, but to continue it? Very strange And with the latest pics it’s like yeah everything is fine but it’s not reincarnated John Holmes and I think I had more to say but I just realized I’m taking the time to write something about Justin Bieber’s penis and now I…

Justin’s Dad seems pretty into his kid’s dick size. As a Dad, this is not something I really focus on. It's more than a little disturbing that this douche does it with regularity.