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We had a party yesterday for our son's 3rd birthday. One of the other mums sent the following texts to my wife last night...and I'm still a blubbering mess this morning... "Such a fantastic party! Thank you for inviting us. And L is such a lovely, caring little man. He’s friendly and confident...

My dad (died in 17) had 3 brothers, one of which the family is almost completely gone. Every member of my uncle’s family has been arrested: parents for domestic violence/drug possession/theft/fraud, each of the 3 children for either theft/drug possession/possession with intent. The mother and...

“…Because people are asking me stupid questions while I try to soothe him” Any other stupid questions that really get annoying?

I was a pro musician and then music teacher until I took family leave in 2018 when NY introduced the FMLA - 8 weeks off from work when having a new child. My boss didn’t renew my contract. I haven’t played a gig in years. Today as I was pushing my 9 month old in the stroller after picking up...

2 year old requested that her older sister put her down. We obliged just to see. She got her in a diaper and pajamas. Read books. Sang her songs. Covered her with a blanket. Turned the lights off and shut the door. I don’t know what I’ll do with all this extra time gained.

I’m close to forty and I have a friend who I’ve sort of adopted as my dad (he’s in his mid-60’s). I live far from my family, and don’t have much contact with them anyway, so it’s nice to have that father figure in my life. He’s the guy who I go to when I am dealing with life/business/parenting...

So my 8yr old son walks over to my wife giggling about what he has just seen on Roblox and repeats it, saying “I re n**rs” and my wife gasps, scaring him- and I am surprised as well. This of course surprised him, too, because he didn’t know what he was saying. This world sucks. He thought...