Our brave old world desperately needs heroes – since stories about superheroes are no longer as inspiring as they were a decade ago. Simple everyday heroism – helping another person who is in trouble or need – is so valuable and often so simple. Especially when this heroism is actually realized at the expense of … Read more
While we all expect to be tricked on April 1st, that doesn’t mean we’re safe from hijinks during the rest of the year. Because there are plenty of pranksters out there who look for any opportunity to pull a fast one on their loved ones! Whether that means swapping out a food item for another … Read more
Being a good parent is actually not that easy – probably one of the most difficult things that a person has to deal with throughout their life. Much more difficult than becoming, for example, a good businessperson or a skilled employee at literally any job. After all, in parenting, the so-called ‘soft skills’ and just … Read more
Ever found yourself in a situation where you’re torn between giving your kid freedom and making sure they’re safe? Welcome to the circus arena of parenting. It’s a juggling act that makes crossing a tightrope seem like a walk in the park. But what happens when that balancing act goes wrong, leaving you questioning if … Read more
Hundreds of books and thousands of articles have been written about the problems of relationships between parents and children, but the problems themselves, alas, have not gone away – although they have been studied to the smallest detail. Any teacher or psychoanalyst will tell you exactly what to do in a given situation. The problem … Read more
Losing a person you thought you were going to spend the rest of your life with is always hard. And so, you want to keep mementos from your life together. But sometimes other people make this already hard time even harder. Especially if they want to take something you value from the person you lost. … Read more
Religious diversity is both a beautiful and nasty thing. On the one hand, it’s beautiful that various people see complicated stuff such as religion or spirituality differently, depending on the way they were raised, the way they view the world, and so on. On the other hand, when people from some religions start hating others … Read more
Children’s creativity knows no bounds. And it’s not just them having much fewer limitations on a social and psychological level, but also the fact that they think differently altogether. And this different thought has spawned a Twitter thread where people share instances of kids calling various things names that either sound similar, but are actually … Read more
There are things in this sinful world that money can’t buy: friendship, love, good relationships with relatives, talent, in the end. For almost everything else in our lives, there are dollars. And for making a wedding cake too. No, not like that: especially for making a wedding cake. The user u/Euphoric-Platypus599, the author of our … Read more
It’s estimated that there are around 600 million cats in the world. Out of the ones that enter shelters, only 5% are returned to their owners, approximately 37% are adopted and as many as 41% are euthanized. While nowadays it’s getting more and more popular to adopt cats from shelters, the elderly ones are usually … Read more