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Parents refuse to pay for 17-year-old’s marine biology elective field trip, flip out when teacher offers her free ticket: ‘For the past 3 days they have been calling me ungrateful and spoiled’ #Fun

unitedyam April 29, 2025

A lot of the time, many of the opportunities that are offered to us in school are something that is only appreciated in hindsight (if at all). There is no denying that the educational system is far from perfect, but there are some hardworking teachers and institutions that try to make the student experience worthwhile, and something that students will benefit from.

Ultimately, though, most pupils only feel the full benefit of the education they are receiving if there is a harmonious relationship between themselves, their school, and their home life. If one of these things isn’t working as it should, they are likely to suffer the consequences. This can be painful at any stage, but especially when students are teenagers and just beginning to discover their own interests and independence. It is a time when, within reason, it is important for parents to be supportive what they are interested in educationally.

unitedyam April 29, 2025

We’re all beginning to feel it. The sun is beginning to shine a little brighter, the birds are chirping with more ferocity than they usually do. We’re making plans for the summer ahead and we’re getting excited for it. Maybe we’re buying some swimsuits and checking to see if our sandals are up to snuff. We’re planning beach days and requesting PTO. We’re cleaning off our grills and planning some summer barbecues. Nothing will quite compare, though, to the feeling of the last day of school when you’re a kid. I don’t think anything will compare to that as an adult.

What comes close, though, is thinking about all the fun you’re going to have this summer. All the beach sandwiches you’re going to eat. All the times you won’t have to wear pants. All the times you’ll be peeling your sweaty thighs off of a lawn chair. Mmmm, yep.

South Africa: Budget Limits School Security in Gauteng – South African News Briefs – April 29, 2025 #AfricaNews #Africa

unitedyam April 29, 2025

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Four dead, including children, after vehicle crashes into US after-school camp – The Straits Times – #News #WorldNews

unitedyam April 28, 2025

Several others have been hospitalised, say Illinois state police.

Dad withdraws 15-year-old daughter from competitive gymnastics against her mom’s wishes because she doesn’t want to be in the gym 14 hours a week and her body hurts: ‘She thinks my daughter will be become lazy and want to hang out with friends’ #Fun

unitedyam April 28, 2025

There’s nothing worse than not being able to quit something that you strongly dislike doing. There’s undoubtedly a chasm between quitting things the second you start to dislike them and forcing yourself to finish everything you complete, no matter how miserable it makes you. When I was in 5th grade, I wanted to quit my after-school choir because it was way less fun than choir was in the 4th grade. But my mom made me finish it because I didn’t tell her how over it I was until well into the school year. I’m sure if I had hated it from week one and asked her to quit then, she would’ve let me, but she made me finish, and I appreciate her for that. Every situation is different, and while it’s generally good for parents to train their kids to finish what they started, there must be a limit.

unitedyam April 27, 2025

There’s nothing like a scented candle to lighten the mood, literally and figuratively. I have a lemon-vanilla-scented candle on my desk right now, and it’s quite literally the only thing that keeps me going when I’ve lost the will to live at work. It makes even the most mundane experience better. Even though I have five reserve candles in my cabinet just waiting to be used, I’ll still be buying the next candle that catches my eye. My reserves are out of season anyway… who wants a spruce tree candle in the summer?

Or maybe it’s just been programmed into me because I’m part of the generation that used to frequent the mall’s Bath and Body Works in middle school just to get the latest scent. I could easily pick out A Thousand Wishes candle if my life depended on it. And they always had the deals — three for whatever. (But when they have those deals all year round, is it really a deal?)

unitedyam April 27, 2025

Perhaps best known in philosophical circles for his rational proof of the existence of God, Saint Anselm was a great theologian as well. A Benedictine monk and scholar, Saint Anselm earned the title “Father of Scholasticism,” a school of philosophy/theology prominent in the middle ages, especially among Catholic philosophers and theologians.

‘It Comes Automatically’: The Twins Who Can’t Stop Speaking in Unison #Paranormal

unitedyam April 24, 2025

Queensland twins Bridgette and Paula Powers, 51, have no control over speaking in unison—it just happens. Twins recently went viral after their interview about witnessing a carjacking on the Sunshine Coast. “You know it’s hard,” Bridgette told SBS News, with Paula chiming in during the call. “We don’t notice it ourselves when we’re getting interviewed.” The video shows the sisters, dressed identically, recounting the incident where their mother helped an injured man—only to be threatened by an armed suspect. “One guy, he was up there with our mum. He went up there and he was coming back down toward us,”…

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14-year-old ignores her 17-year-old sister after she starts calling her “her brother” because the younger sister likes to work on cars with her older sister’s boyfriend: ‘She started yelling and accusing me of trying to steal her boyfriend’ #Fun

unitedyam April 22, 2025

There is never a time when gender norms are more strictly enforced than during childhood. When you’re an adult, you can present yourself any way you want, and most people won’t question it to your face, but kids pick up on the slightest deviation from any norm. The reason they do that is because the adults in their life are judging people based on their gender expression, but they’re just not doing it around the people they’re questioning. Children will listen, and they will especially listen when they hear their mom saying, “Did you see that woman at the grocery store who didn’t shave her armpits? Please promise me you’ll never do that when you go to college.”

Sometimes kids scrutinize the interests of others based on whether they seem like a “boy thing” or a “girl thing,” even far beyond typical playground jaunts that you’d think they’d grow out of by high school.

17-year-old stands up to substitute teacher who confiscated cochlear implants thinking they were headphones, principal gets involved and student gets suspended: ‘I started full on yelling at this lady’ #Fun

unitedyam April 19, 2025

Remember when you were a kid and coming into school with a substitute teacher was either the best day ever or the worst? There was no middle ground. On the one hand, you could score the perfect sub who’d pop in a movie and let the class zone out all day. On the other hand, you might get the strict sub who decided to try to take control of the class, but they had no idea where you were in the lesson and ended up just leaving everyone confused. It’s wild to think that nowadays, substitute teachers don’t even need a degree in education to step in. Some of them are literally just filling a gap and hoping they make it through the day without things falling apart. But I guess that’s basically how the rest of us feel at our jobs anyway.

This 17-year-old got the short end of the stick when it comes to subs. She tried to confiscate his cochlear implants, thinking they were just some regular headphones even after he explained they weren’t. Things only got worse from there.

unitedyam April 11, 2025

Saint Magdalene of Canossa worked in hospitals and among the poor, opened her home as a lodging for girls, started a school, and founded two religious communities. She accomplished all of this without the support of her family.

16-year-old graciously cooks his family’s nightly dinner, stops when his dad and siblings incessantly criticize his meals: ‘Too spicy, wanted rice instead of noodles, didn’t want soup’ #Fun

unitedyam April 6, 2025

There are some household duties that typically constitute a kid’s chores; cleaning your room, taking out the trash, and doing the dishes are chores kids of any age can do. Cooking dinner every night for your entire family is typically not one of them, but that was a chore assigned to a 16-year-old boy with a passion for cooking. He started by cooking meals for himself, but his family insisted he was wasting food by making meals for one. Instead of thanking him incessantly for taking time out of his busy after-school schedule to make the family a hot meal, they repaid him by complaining about nearly every meal he made. He even made a meal plan to remedy this, but nothing seemed to help. It’s not even that he’s a bad cook; his ungrateful dad and siblings are just woefully dissatisfied with what he’s making, with no compromise in sight.

Daycare teacher refuses to feed 2-year-old applesauce because it’s ‘too messy,’ doesn’t tell mom until she confronts them about it: ‘A part of me understands. Another part of me feels like this is kind of lazy?’ #Fun

unitedyam April 1, 2025

Little kids are the messiest monsters that ever lived, and there’s nothing you or I can do to stop that. I do not expect a two or three-year-old to be able to fully cut their chicken parmesan and eat it without transferring at least 40% of the bird onto their shirt, and neither should you! They are literally learning how to do everything from scratch, and their hands have minimal experience with transferring foodstuffs from their plates to their mouths. They had mom and dad do that for them for their first year, so they’re true beginnings at the skill of eating. I admire any toddler who eats with both hands and gets at least half of their meal into their stomach without problems. They’re doing a lot better than a lot of adults who have been eating for decades and still can’t figure out how to do it right.

17-year-old begs her widower dad to take care of her and her 15-year-old brother after he leaves home to live with his late wife’s best friend, his new girlfriend: ‘He responded with saying there’s nothing for him to do at home’ #Fun

unitedyam March 28, 2025

Some parents become less involved as their children grow up. It doesn’t take a genius to know that children need more direct support from their parents when they’re young than they do when they’re teenagers, but that doesn’t mean a parent can lie low and do nothing. Parents need to be involved in their children’s lives for their entire childhoods, but that involvement looks very different when they’re 15, 16, and 17. Even if a teenager technically can do their laundry, make their own meals, and get themself to school, it’s highly irresponsible to assume they’re going to do that without parental supervision and support. If you’ve ever eaten a meal made by a 16-year-old, you probably know it wouldn’t be wise to let them feed themself three meals a day indefinitely. Teenagers need parents too, and you can’t just clock out of being a parent when the going gets tough.

unitedyam March 21, 2025

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia — The President of the Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers Association (MCSSTA), Augustine N. Nyormui, has announced an indefinite go-slow action until the government adequately addresses their concerns.

AHHA Intern Spotlight: Jala Robertson #Space

unitedyam March 20, 2025

This fall, the Serial and Government Publications Division’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) intern, Jala Robertson, researched and wrote 10 research guides about African American and Hispanic American people and groups using the Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers database. Take a look at Robertson’s guides on Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, the Tuskegee Airmen and more!

Past Lives: “My Sister Pushed Me into the Fire in a Past Life” #Paranormal

unitedyam March 18, 2025

There was always something extraordinary about Kimberly from the very moment she came into the world, reports dailystar.co.uk. She was born with a striking blaze of red hair and spent the first four days of her life crying incessantly, refusing to sleep. Her mother, Angela, exhausted and overwhelmed after months of little rest, eventually brought Kimberly into her own bed, and as she put it, “life got much better.” Speaking to LMN for a programme titled The Ghost Inside My Child, Angela, who hails from San Diego, shared that Kimberly displayed a remarkable sense of empathy from a very young…

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unitedyam March 16, 2025

During the 19th century in both England and America, physical fitness became an important aspect of structured health and education programs. In 1880, recognizing the public’s growing interest in the use of dumbbells and clubs, New York City champion strongman Guss Hill (1858 – 1937) made his publishing debut with an early exercise book.

unitedyam March 14, 2025

I know who you are. You’re the former gifted kid everyone’s always talking about. Every parent and teacher in your life told you that you were a genius when you were in Elementary school, and of course, you believed it! Why wouldn’t you accept such a flattering narrative? Now that you’re an adult, things don’t come as easy to you, and you have to work hard like everyone else. What a shame…

If you are a truly gifted kid, you should be able to translate your childhood interest in computers or reading adult chapter books into a lifelong fascination with learning. But a lot of times, that doesn’t happen, and those of us who were just plain mediocre get to rise up to become the smart adults. It doesn’t matter if you’re a gifted kid, a gifted adult, or a normal person who is learning and growing every day…these memes are for you.

‘YOUR KIDS WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGIVE YOU EVER’: Shakespeare-obsessed pregnant woman wants to name her twins Romeo and Juliet, much to the horror of her husband and best friend #Fun

unitedyam March 14, 2025

There are so many ways that naming your kids can go wrong. Obviously, there are names that you wouldn’t want to give a kid individually (Iago, Adolph, Ebenezer, etc), but naming all of your kids related things can be a whole different can of worms. If done well, your kids could be like the three sisters I went to school with named Grace, Faith, and Trinity (Trinity being the 3rd born daughter). Honestly, those sibling names are so iconic to me. I would shake their parents’ hands and tell them, “job well done.” If done poorly, your life could be the play Topdog Underdog, starring two brothers, one named Lincoln and one named Booth. Let’s say that things go just about as you’d expect for that pair. There is one taboo in naming that is so wild, so detrimental to the lives of the children, that you would think even the most creative parents wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole.

unitedyam March 13, 2025

Middle school was an era. Not necessarily a good one, but definitely a memorable one. It was the time of cringe-worthy fashion choices (gauchos, anyone?), aggressively side-parted hair, and math problems with absolutely unhinged premises (like Jim buying 150 pounds of fruit and needing to divide them into piles of seven). And if you weren’t drowning in Axe body spray fumes, were you even in middle school?

We all had that friend who was boyfriend-girlfriend with someone for two days and acted like they were engaged, complete with public Facebook status changes and all. I grew up in the era of Facebook when kids were way too young to have social media, but we all lied about our ages to make a profile (much to the horror of our future selves). Seriously, they should have been teaching us about digital footprints back then because the early internet was wild. Just imagine the damage an unsupervised middle schooler with a profile could do.

unitedyam March 11, 2025

There is something very satisfying about a well-packed lunchbox. It is, in essence, a three or four-course meal plus drink packed into a space small and convenient enough that you can take it to school or work to enjoy on your break. The possibilities of what a packed lunch can be are almost endless, although a lot of people tend to stick to the safe sandwich, pre-packaged snack and piece of fruit combination. To be fair, so long as you pick the things that you like, it’s hard to go wrong. The main issue, especially if you’re in the workplace, is not eating it all before 12PM (it’s easy to start snacking out of boredom). These lunch box memes are here to remind you of all the various feelings we can have when we make our midday meal portable. There are sure to be some relatable moments to be found here.

Principal makes 13-year-old cry and demands student apologize for ‘disrespectful’ email, then throws mom out of school for standing up for her: ‘The account was filled with lies’ #Fun

unitedyam March 8, 2025

Middle school is already rough enough without power-tripping administrators making things worse. One 13-year-old student was just trying to do something productive by volunteering to help her art teacher during summer school. With the help of the teacher, she sent a polite, well-written email to her principal to ask for approval. The student came home all excited to tell her parents about her plan, only to have her dreams ripped away by 10 p.m. that same night.

The principal apparently took major offense to the polite email, claiming it was “disrespectful” to email her superior, and demanded an apology for addressing her in such a casual way. Understandably, the girl’s parents were not thrilled, so her mom decided to talk to the principal in person. But instead of getting an explanation, she got thrown out of the school and then received an email full of wildly exaggerated claims about what had happened. Now, the family is stuck wondering how to handle a principal who made their daughter cry, banned the mom, and refused to admit she was wrong.

NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson Speaks to Students

unitedyam March 7, 2025

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the Expedition 71 patch on her flight suit as she answers a question from students, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington. Dyson and fellow crewmates Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station.

10-year-old son overhears his parents talking about how they love each other more than they love him, 8 years later he decides to cut contact: ‘Leave me alone’ #Fun

unitedyam March 2, 2025

We often dismiss what kids hear and comprehend when they are extremely young. We think don’t understand what is being told around them, that they don’t even listen, or that they won’t even remember anything by the end of the day. But sooner or later we all come to learn just how much children actually intercept and just how everything they hear from a young age has an effect on their adult life.

Think back at your memories from elementary school, for example. We all have some really good memories from that age, but also some memories we wish we’d forget. Whether we want them or not, those memories shape us. So as adults, we have to be mindful of that whenever there are kids nearby. Otherwise, you should be prepared for the impact your words may have on them for the rest of their lives.

When the son in the story below was 10 years old, he overheard a conversation between his parent that he was never meant to hear.

Mom walks out of yoga class after creepy 40-year-old male yoga teacher kisses her 19-year-old daughter, grandma claims she was being too dramatic: ‘He had good energy, you should’ve let it go.’ #Fun

unitedyam February 24, 2025

When you’re a school teacher, you have a lot of rules imposed on you by your school district or the school board. Some schools strictly dictate everything a teacher can wear, say about their personal lives, and use to decorate their classroom. The academic teachers I had always seemed to follow a strict set of boundaries with their students, whether personally imposed or done so by the school. However in my experience, the coaches and the arts teachers were always the ones who went most off the rails in decorum. A middle school theatre teacher told me I was “unprofessional” because I cried (as if a 14-year-old should be professional). Coaches would openly favor the more athletic children when they taught their history classes. I was constantly battling with my choir teacher to take the art of singing as seriously as he wanted me to, which was pretty difficult because he wanted me to be as passionate as someone who had dedicated their life and career to it.

18-year-old high schooler refuses to walk at graduation, have a graduation party, attend a graduation dinner, or go on a graduation trip: ‘As you can imagine, no one is on my side’ #Fun

unitedyam February 15, 2025

Graduations can be hit or miss. There’s something beautiful about the end of an era being marked by a big celebration where you don a funny hat. It gives a sense of completion to all of the years you spent slaving away on your degree.

My graduations were hit and miss. I liked my high school one a lot better than my college one, probably because I was a lot more excited about finishing high school than college. It felt like my entire family was in town to celebrate, I got to sing the alma mater with the choir, and the sky was a stunning pink the night of graduation. At my college graduation, I was one of tens of thousands of students getting my degree. It was hot as a leather car seat on a summer day, and the speaker was so mediocre. While these weren’t the best days of my life by any means, I’m glad I attended.

South Africa: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease at Durban School – South African News Briefs – February 13, 2025 #AfricaNews #Africa

unitedyam February 13, 2025

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unitedyam February 10, 2025

I am so glad I grew up offline. Don’t get me wrong, I cherish and enjoy every single solitary second I spend on this sacred place we call “the internet.” However, I’m glad my uncensored access to the World Wide Web didn’t begin until I was 12. I still grew up during the era when little kids didn’t have phones, and we just watched the same episode of Hannah Montana over and over again to amuse ourselves. We were still frying our brains but with Cartoon Network instead of TikTok. Kids no longer go through the phase of having a flip phone during middle school before they’re responsible enough to handle having an actual smartphone. Whether you like it or not, we’ve built our society around phone dependency for literally every demographic. It’s not going away anytime soon, so you might as well enjoy every second of brain-smoothening entertainment that the internet has to offer.

‘She immediately went into angry hysterics and called her Dad’: 13-year-old daughter refuses to tell her mom why she got detention, demands to stay with her dad because he says she doesn’t have to #Fun

unitedyam February 7, 2025

Kids should be a little afraid of their parents. I’m not saying that it’s a net positive for children to be terrified that their parents are going to scream and holler at them for minor transgressions, but they shouldn’t feel like they’re the ones running the show. Parents who let their kids take the lead on every decision get steamrolled in their family, and they need to nip behavior like that in the bud if they’re going to be able to discipline or punish their kid when it is necessary. Again, I don’t think that constantly lording over your kids that you are the adult and they must obey you on everything is healthy. But if your kids are making decisions with the thought in the back of their heads that they don’t want to get in trouble with you, it will probably lead to them making more thought-out decisions.

unitedyam February 7, 2025

In the digital age, we have all been spoiled by the ease with which we can share our written ideas with others, but let’s take a moment to appreciate the skill, time, and resources that were once required to bring a text into print. This post examines the processes involved in operating a printing press in the 15th-18th centuries.

Dad refuses to punish 13-year-old son for avoiding his snitching sister after she humiliates him at school, mom gives him the silent treatment: ‘I’m in his corner’ #Fun

unitedyam February 3, 2025

Growing up with siblings has its ups and downs. Sometimes, it’s like having a built-in best friend you get to hang out with whenever you want, while other times it’s like trying to live with your worst enemy. We’ve all heard of the cliche arguments between sisters and the constant competition between brothers. But sister-on-brother relationships are more of a wild card. I grew up with an older brother, and while I’m sure I was the most annoying little sister ever, there was just enough of an age gap for him to take on the protective big brother role instead of fighting back. But not all sibling relationships are as peaceful. Take the siblings in this story for example.

For this 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister, the age gap isn’t big enough to cool the flames. Instead of the typical playful teasing, things escalate to next-level snitching and privacy invasions that is tearing their family apart. Kudos to their dad for stepping in when things went too far. But as for their mom… not so much.

1st year teacher yells at substitute teacher for using the teacher’s lounge, claims that substitute teachers aren’t staff and don’t count: ‘I didn’t know what else to do, so I just walked away and went straight to the principals office’ #Fun

unitedyam February 1, 2025

If you don’t think teachers get enough respect, you’d be shocked to hear the kind of treatment that substitute teachers get. I remember all of the memorable substitute teachers from my school days, most of them because of how badly the students would treat them. We had a sub in 5th and 6th grade named Mrs. Smallings, and because this is how the universe works, she was an incredibly Rubenesque lady. She was surly and irascible constantly, probably because a bunch of horrible children were making fun of her weight 40 hours a week. The other memorable sub was nicknamed “Mrs. Please and Thank You” because, you guessed it, she dared to ask high school students to use basic manners in school. There was the occasional memorable sub who wasn’t treated terribly (I recall an old man who gave us cute little toys until middle school), but those were few and far between.

Valentine’s Day Plans? How about Transcribing Historic Pamphlets for Douglass Day!

unitedyam January 31, 2025

The Rare Book and Special Collections Division will partner with the Library’s “By the People” crowdsource transcription project and Pennsylvania State University’s Douglass Day initiative to transcribe the contents of the African American Perspectives Collection. Read on to learn more about Douglass Day, transcription, and other efforts to preserve and share the collection assembled by Daniel Murray, a legendary figure in the history of the Library of Congress.

Dad demands his 15-year-old artist daughter delete all of her art because it features her late mother and not his wife and 2 kids: ‘I didn’t delete it and I was grounded for 3 weeks because of it’ #Fun

unitedyam January 29, 2025

It’s so sad to watch parents s*ck the joy out of things their kids enjoy. So many kids would be delighted playing school sports in a casual, fun environment, but because their parents don’t want them to unless they’re going to be the best at them, many kids don’t even bother playing sports in the first place. There are kids who love to do theater for fun, but their parents make the experience miserable by giving them notes and picking apart their performance before they ever even get onstage. You would think that these parents would be happy that their kid has an extracurricular activity they enjoy, but that’s not good enough in this highly competitive world. Even if you’re not looking at it from a competitive or extracurricular angle, it is incredibly easy for a parent or guardian to take joyful and harmless things away from their dependents.

Picture of the day

Legend of the Holy Ermite by an unknown artist of the Cologne School of Painting depicts the life of Anthony the Great, one of the Desert Fathers known as the Father of All Monks. Today is his feast day in most of Christianity.
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unitedyam January 26, 2025

Picture of the day

Legend of the Holy Ermite by an unknown artist of the Cologne School of Painting depicts the life of Anthony the Great, one of the Desert Fathers known as the Father of All Monks. Today is his feast day in most of Christianity.

Mass deportations, delay TikTok ban: Trump’s to-do list on his 1st day back in White House -Times of India- #timesofindia #India #News

unitedyam January 19, 2025

Donald Trump’s pledges for his next term include ending the Russia-Ukraine war, launching a large-scale deportation program, halting illegal immigration, revising birthright citizenship, curtailing certain federal school funds, pardoning January 6 convicts, dismantling the ‘deep state’, declaring a national energy emergency, imposing tariffs, and reversing EV mandates.

16-year-old girl breaks her dad’s ex girlfriend’s beloved vase out of revenge for dating her dad, goes to her for advice after her dad starts dating a meaner woman: ‘Tia calls her names, Jane calls her names back’ #Fun

unitedyam January 18, 2025

Teenagers behave in ways that are incomprehensible to anyone but them. When I was a teenager, every move I made was calculated to get other people to like me and avoid getting in trouble. It’s so easy to tell a teenage girl, “Nobody remembers anything after high school” or “It doesn’t matter what anybody thinks of you,” but those ideas are borderline impossible to fully accept and live by when you’re in the full bloom of puberty. You can cognitively understand that “It Gets Better,” but if you have no tools for what to do in the years before it inevitably gets better by merely becoming an adult, you’re forced to go off your flawed, improvised guidebook that’s bound to illicit results with varying levels of success.

If you’re an adult dealing with erratic teenage behavior, it’s easy to ask, “What are they thinking?” I have a pet theory for the teen in this story.

Mom shows off critical email to her daughter’s former teacher, provokes discourse on the parent-teacher relationship: ‘I know a teacher that disrespected my child hates to see me coming’ #Fun

unitedyam January 13, 2025

As a parent, it can be interesting to see the other side of the experiences you had as a kid. School is a prime example of this. When you were a child, there was every chance your main focus was waiting for the recess bell to ring, but as an adult with children of your own, it is more likely than not that you are hoping your kid(s) can get the best education possible. Things often look a lot different when you assume that kind of responsibility.

Naturally, this also means that you don’t want your child to be mistreated at school, whether that is by a fellow student or an educator. When these kinds of issues arise, they aren’t always the easiest to solve but moms and dads often feel a duty to do right by their children and their experience. This can sometimes become a very complicated problem.

unitedyam January 13, 2025

Born in France but adopting Canada as her home, Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys definitely won the hearts of the Canadians. She moved to Canada at the request of the governor of the French settlement. She later founded a school for girls in Montreal and founded the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Controlling mom insists her 18-year-old son goes to a 5-year religious boarding school instead of college, cries when he tells her she can’t control his life: ‘I’ve sacrificed everything for you, and this is how you repay me?’ #Fun

unitedyam January 10, 2025

There are so many parents who see their kids as extensions of themselves. They think that their kids’ lives exist to be moved around, manipulated, and planned solely by their parents because their parents gave them the gift of life. While many parents deserve gratitude for the sacrifices they’ve made for their kids, they are not entitled to it, and that can be difficult for parents and kids alike to learn.

I’m so grateful that my parents haven’t told me what to do since I was 18. I’m thankful for everything they’ve done for me, but if they told me who I had to marry or what industry I had to work in, I would refuse point blank. Well, maybe I think I would refuse, but if you actually grow up in a culture where parental approval is more important than anything, going against your mom and dad is easier said than done.

unitedyam January 6, 2025

Saint John Neumann was the first member of his community, the Redemptorists, to profess vows in the United States. He did missionary work in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, and became the bishop of Philadelphia. Noted for his humility and organizational skills, he helped form the Church in the New World.

unitedyam January 5, 2025

Having a sense of humor is an invaluable quality. You don’t have to be a brilliant standup comedian to know that! Comedy is highly beneficial if you’re weak in other social skills. How many times have you heard the story of the nerdy class clown who was able to gain the respect of their fellow students through their biting sense of humor? I was 100% that kid when I was in high school. I took this John Waters quote extremely literally when I was a teen, and in some ways, I still do!

“Anytime you make someone laugh or satirize something, it’s the best way to change someone’s opinion because they’re defenseless – they laugh, they listen.”

Humor is the most effective casual interpersonal way to get others on your side. Of course, you don’t want to take that too far and always try to perform for others desperately to get them to like you. That came with my class clown era, and I would 0/10 recommend it. If you are a funny fellow who likes to be disarmed by laughter, then boy howdy, have you come to the right place for some hilarious memes that will leave you in stitches.

unitedyam January 2, 2025

An exploration of map scales and comparative areas, from miles and representative fractions to…the Midwest?

A child of Holocaust survivors fights the far right at her father’s old school #News

unitedyam December 31, 2024

A child of Holocaust survivors fights the far right at her father’s old school

unitedyam December 22, 2024

According to a LinkedIn profile matching the details the man gives in footage shared online, he attended Melbourne Grammar School.

Just My Type: Making Letters at the Type Foundry

unitedyam December 19, 2024

Most of us learned in school that Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which is not entirely accurate. He is, however, conventionally credited with inventing the process of mass-producing individual pieces of type. These innovations in moveable type allowed for books to be efficiently produced in large quantities and revolutionized the human ability to share ideas. This post explains the multi-step process of mass-producing metal letters to be used in printing texts.

unitedyam December 17, 2024

Blessed Honoratus was born in 1829 and died in 1916. A Capuchin Franciscan, he founded many religious congregations for laypeople, and wrote many volumes of sermons and ascetical theology. A true son of the Church, he showed many signs of humility, including accepting his removal from all leadership roles in the communities he had founded.

unitedyam December 16, 2024

There have been 322 school shootings this year in the US.

Aunt refuses to accommodate 3-year-old’s allergies for monthly family dinner, tells sister-in-law to ‘put the kid in a plastic bubble’: ‘You seem to have a bone to pick with a 3-year-old’ #Fun

unitedyam December 13, 2024

Family dinners can bring out all kinds of clashes within a family unit. Think of the show Gilmore Girls. The whole inciting incident of that program is that Lorelai’s rich parents will pay for Rory’s expensive private school as long as they all attend Friday night dinners at their house. And that causes enough drama to last seven seasons. When you have a large swath of personalities all coming together for the sake of… something, plus decades of family drama, you’re bound to get some tension.

However, the tension in this situation had a curious origin point when an aunt refused to take seriously the allergies of her nephew, and the kid’s mom exhausted options on how best to care for him. So what resulted was a clash of personalities worthy of a television episode. Read on for the details and see who you think was in the wrong, since commenters were split.

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