Child Support Failures: When Will Noncustodial Parents Face Consequences?

Men and women alike, who do not pay child support, should have to do and go through the things the custodial parent of their child has to deal with. We live in a world that will allow a parent to ignore their child all the way into their adulthood. Yet, if the parent who has … Read more

Stuck with Family in Quarantine, Dad’s Acting Weird Again

So, thanks to Ms. Corona, I’m stuck inside my home with my family. This isn’t how I thought it would turn out. So, my dad was watching TV in the living room and I went down to eat something in the kitchen and supposedly he asked me a question. But I didn’t hear him. He … Read more

Confused About Love: In Love with Best Friend but Not Ready for a Relationship

I’m so confused when it comes to love. I’m in love with my best friend and it hurts. I’m not ready to be in a relationship, but the rest of me wants them. I don’t know what to do. I love them so much. More than anything. I have for years. But I’m scared of … Read more

Living with an Abusive Mother: My Reason for Running Away During Quarantine

My mom is emotionally abusive. A lot of friends and family think she’s so great, but she’s really not. She’s constantly mean to me and puts me down. I have mental health issues because of her abuse. I literally ran to my boyfriend’s place before the Covid-19 lockdown in my city so I didn’t have … Read more

Dealing with a Selfish Man: My Heartbreaking Tale

He’s such a selfish man. Keeps coming into my life and out again. He says he’s trying to make it work but he literally changes nothing. I met someone else. He’s kind, funny, and really beautiful. As soon as the selfish man texts, he starts to come back around, but nothing has changed. I love … Read more

Frustrated and Fed Up: My Unrequited Love Story

I’m sick of being in love with someone who barely notices me. I’m sick of constantly wanting the best for her and wanting to be by her side to see her succeed, only to have her look at me as someone she barely knows anymore and someone she has no intention of getting to know … Read more

The Struggle of Loving Someone with Learning Difficulties: My Journey

I love my man, but he has learning difficulties. It’s really frustrating sometimes when he doesn’t get hints or clues. I had to tell him the other day what a common object was. He’s the best man I’ve met and I do love him. I just can’t deal with it sometimes when he acts like … Read more

Standing up for My Grandpa: Navigating the Challenges of Dementia with a Dismissive Friend

I’m sick of arguing with an a-hole that I thought could be my friend. Literally every day she keeps telling me and everyone else who talks to her that she knows better than we do. She has zero empathy for anyone. I once told her and a couple of other friends that they’re treating my … Read more

Confessions of a Frustrated Parent: My Sixth Grader Won’t Brush Her Own Hair!

At what point do kids start brushing their own hair? I have a kid going into the sixth grade who won’t brush her own hair. She sits around and lazily slings the brush through a little 1X1 portion of her hair over and over again not making any progress. She just watches me lose my … Read more

Lost to Shadows: A Heartfelt Letter to My Corrupted Best Friend

You were supposed to be light. Not the darkness that has plagued you. Where did you go that corrupted the soul I cherished for so long? How can I shine the light and not have the shadows come for you? I miss you. I hope I can find you again one day. Till we meet … Read more