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23 votes
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Miscarriage bereavement leave bill passes unanimously in New Zealand Parliament
15 votes -
Against child hostages
9 votes -
Considering the silence of teenage boys in the wake of my son's traumatic injury
13 votes -
Crying in H Mart: Sobbing near the dry goods, I ask myself, “Am I even Korean anymore if there’s no one left in my life to call and ask which brand of seaweed we used to buy?"
11 votes -
Thousands apply to be a Finn for ninety days – Americans, Canadians and Britons among those lured by campaign to attract foreign tech workers
11 votes -
My family’s slave
10 votes -
Denmark's prime minister has apologised to twenty-two children who were removed from their homes in Greenland in the 1950s in a failed social experiment
11 votes -
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
19 votes -
Friending and forgiving racists
9 votes -
How to talk to friends and family who share conspiracy theories: Fringe movements will persist long after Election Day. Here’s how to help.
8 votes -
Remembering my father
11 votes -
A desperate rescue: A father's heartbreaking attempt to save his family from a raging fire
9 votes -
My mother and my motherland - Jiayang Fan on the struggles of growing up as a poor immigrant, and how her desperate attempt to protect her hospital-bound mother was repurposed as Chinese propaganda
5 votes -
Back to the land - Alice Driver writes about her father, a potter, and his ongoing project of building his own tomb as his final creative act
6 votes -
The value of extended families
6 votes -
Family buys all of a Chicago paletero’s ice pops on Father’s Day, collects nearly $40K for him: ‘He refuses to stop working’
4 votes -
Why are we so quick to scrutinise how low-income families spend their money?
19 votes -
Families of children with disabilities face acute challenges under COVID-19
8 votes -
For those who (privately) aspire to become more reclusive
12 votes -
A short history of child protection in the UK, with discussion about the impact of temporary coronavirus law
6 votes -
Man recreates supermarket at home for 87-year-old mother battling dementia
6 votes -
Family violence perpetrators using COVID-19 as 'a form of abuse we have not experienced before'
10 votes -
Cheating on my parents: My own abusive mother and father were being replaced, and they knew it
11 votes -
The tears of our mothers
7 votes -
Eight things toxic mothers have in common
10 votes -
A photographer has spent twenty years documenting stillbirths. For grieving families, the photos preserve the only memories they have of their child
9 votes -
Why it's cheaper to have a baby in Finland than in the US
11 votes -
The nuclear family was a mistake
14 votes -
New data from Sweden challenges the idea that parents of autistic children refrain from having more children, a practice known as reproductive stoppage
4 votes -
Finland's woman-led center-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers
16 votes -
Finland's family cafes are helping solve one of parenting's biggest problems – loneliness
8 votes -
How my daughter disrupted my politics
16 votes -
I'm freaking out and need advice
My mother died last month and I've been thinking of leaving my father's house ever since then. I initially thought I'd be okay with doing that, regardless of whether or not my father would object,...
My mother died last month and I've been thinking of leaving my father's house ever since then. I initially thought I'd be okay with doing that, regardless of whether or not my father would object, but he talked with me last night saying he'd be okay if I left and now I'm FREAKING OUT.
Background: I'm 23 and living in Houston, Texas. I have an older brother who lives in Dallas who offered to take me in, but it wouldn't be very permanent as he plans on leaving the country for a trip next year and will be gone for some time. I also have a friend from high school who offered me a room, but she lives in Seattle and was fired from her job. No one else who is close to me is able to offer me a place to stay.
My concerns: I dropped out of college. I was planning on going back but then my mother died and that plan was put on hold, so I don't have any marketable skills (I've only ever worked in retail). I also don't have a job lined up anywhere else. I've never had to take on so many bills at one time and therefore I don't know much about budgeting.
I'd like to leave, but where I am it's secure and comfy. Maybe it's finally time I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and start taking control of my own life, but I don't want to risk my safety and finances on a crazy idea.
I welcome any and all advice, and thanks for reading.
edit: changed a word
27 votes -
When does a boyfriend or girlfriend become part of the family?
10 votes -
Middle-class millennials aren’t leaving home
20 votes -
America's parents want paid family leave and affordable child care. Why can't they get it?
15 votes -
To solve the problem of a dwindling population, one small Finnish municipality took a big step – pay its citizens to have babies
9 votes -
On finding the freedom to rage against our fathers
8 votes -
Kids? Just say no
8 votes -
Oregon woman turns school buses into tiny homes for working homeless families
7 votes -
Swedes typically stop living with their parents earlier than anywhere else in Europe – but can leaving home at a young age have a dark side?
5 votes -
More people need to talk about having fewer children
29 votes -
The future of the city is childless - America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births
12 votes -
When the racist is someone you know and love…
12 votes -
William and Ida are Denmark's most popular names again
3 votes -
Madelaine Gnewski: ‘Sweden's parental leave may be generous but it's tying women to the home’
8 votes -
China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families
9 votes -
Where disease stopped and my brother began: Coming to terms with a sibling's suicide
3 votes -
Torn apart by the Syrian war, these siblings struggle to stay connected across 6 different countries
6 votes