I think it was normal for people to leave kids with family overnight WELL before three when we were younger (I did with mine but regretted it due to my mother-in-law not following safe sleep requirements) but we weren’t living on islands and dealing with intensive motherhood requirements. I think it is just a…

Well, pretty much any couple will (and should) get a custody agreement on paper in front of court. It doesn’t matter how amicable things are, it’s advisable to get everything legal and written up. I don’t know what their situation is beyond this. It sounds like Dad has access to the child but no overnights. Which is…

No. It hasn’t led to anything other than about a tenth of my income being lit on fire for the judge to tell them they will “regret” having a working mother in the household. Even our attorney told us we could do it over and over but with this judge, we were looking at more of the same. Given that it was endangering…

I was sexually abused in early adolescence by a close friend while we were at school - during a school day. This “friend” was enabled by the establishment, the fact that he had groomed me to know if I said anything I would get “in trouble”, and the fact that I was a tiny waif of a human and he was at least two times…

Lisa Bloom (her daughter) represented Weinstein. So, I don’t think it has anything to do with bullshitting. It has to do with power and defaming people to keep your place in the establishment. Lawyers aren’t saints. I’m not saying Bloom or Allred are bad people. However, they have to pay their bills and do their jobs.

Teachers are barely making enough money to cover costs. And unions can get away with this when they can offer legal assistance. Most teachers unions cannot guarantee that in the way other unions can.

I am so glad they were reasonable.

Meanwhile, my partner’s ex drove drunk with the kids in the car, punched an officer in the face, was tased in front of the car, and still has primary physical custody because their mom is a “stay at home parent”. They are teenagers. She has serious problems with alcoholism and has…

Dad is a shit.

Still, attachment parenting is not the ONLY type of parenting and many couples don’t agree on it even if they are married (and if the number of couples who have divorced over problems probably exacerbated by endless “family bed” fights in my friend group are a semi-representative sample, there is a lot…

That is our school’s protocol. Mom of a six year old here.

It’s terrifying but this happened (it was a misunderstanding thankfully) and the school went into its emergency procedure. The children not-effected were moved to lockdown. The child the tip was involved in was immediately isolated in a secure area. The police …

Honestly, if we’re going to blame one political institution here, it would be Congress who hasn’t been willing to appropriate funds to modernize the bureaucracy. Things like this have not been upgraded, in many cases, since the 80s. When I worked for an agency (not transportation) we were still on a mainframe and…

Our kid knows please and thank you. She knows told hold doors for people. She’s 5! 5!

Your grandmother’s story is too similar!  I swear. She left the house to work in the city and sent money home from there. She moved north to start her own business with the help of those recommendations she got from the family down…

Because men don’t get IUDs. I have HAD A BABY and once survived remote work for a full day on the floor of my bathroom while solo parenting a three year old with a gallbladder about to burst in the worst pain of my life and the IUD still ranks high. Once you have a baby? It’s NBD. Before, they really should give you…

All of that last statement 100%.

Any job you are doing is a job worth doing. I have a doctorate and work in a highly paid industry. My parents worked in finance and STEM. Their parents did factory work and cleaning. I am not ashamed to say that. But one time in a social policy class, when I mentioned working class…

As a mother, I cannot think of something less compassionate than letting my child suffer even for several hours just so I could spend more time with her. I could imagine never wanting to let her go period because that’s just how it is when you have a kid. But that would be terribly selfish if she were in deep pain and…

 I am pretty sure the first time I had an IUD inserted was far more complicated and concerning than a friend’s abortion was. I don’t regret the IUD just like she doesn’t regret the abortion but her process was flawless. Mine involved me passing out and screaming.

Right? No one hears “bone saw” and says “sounds fun!” My friend’s dad has brain cancer and loves to tell the story of being awake while someone drilled through his skull. He once made a friend feel faint telling that story.  He is a pretty funny guy with a dark sense of humor but as his wife and daughters remind him,…

Thankfully, there are lots of good people like you and it’s why good housekeepers keep clients like you :) My grandmother ran her own business and only had to take the good clients. You can bet money that she was “too busy” to help some people after cleaning for them one time and figuring out they were assholes. I…

Yep. And you’re making choices for your other children for that reason, too. I used to work with people with disabilities and have a friend with a very medically needy and developmentally disabled adult child. He has two sisters who will be caring for him for life. He is a very big guy. His parents - in their 60s now…

I am high risk but it’s just a safe thing you can do to protect yourself. Really, considering how high transmission is and how low booster rates are everywhere (I ran out to get every booster as soon as I could), we simply *should* be wearing masks in crowded areas like this. But I can’t change anyone’s behavior but…

William’s kids are in the direct line off succession. William and Harry got protection for the same reason. Protection in large-scale wasn’t provided for any of their cousins (unless privately or in-residence). Anne still doesn’t have a full-time detail (and I would guess the same for paedo Andy and Edward). So, it’s…