I dropped my daughter off at a sleepover and went home to finish some work.
Around 11pm, she texted me: "Dad, did you feed the fish?"
We don't have a fish. That was our code.
"Fish" means:
"Come get me, don't ask questions here."
I grabbed my keys and drove straight over.
When I got there, I told the other parents she'd forgotten she had an early appointment tomorrow morning.
She grabbed her bag, thanked them, and got in the car.
On the way home, she told me what actually happened.
The girls had started passing around someone's older brother's Instagram messages, planning to prank call a boy from their grade and record his reaction to post online.
She didn't want to be there when it happened, and didn't want to explain that to a room full of girls who thought it was funny.
I told her: "You don't owe anyone an explanation for leaving," and she fell asleep in the car before we even got home.
Kids should always have a way out of a situation that doesn't feel right, no interrogation required, no story owed to anyone but the parent picking them up.
Black men are expected to be providers, protectors, emotionally bulletproof, sexually confident, financially successful, physically strong, & mentally unbothered.
& the minute one of them admits he’s tired, hurt, insecure, lonely, or simply wants to be loved without having to perform some version of masculinity first, suddenly it’s “black men are hard to love”.
Prison is another chamber of Hell YT created to push the homo rainbow agenda on Black men in #America. Damn they created some real b👀ty monsters that lost the sight 👁️of the most high. Listen as this O.G explain how they set up criteria to take your bussy in prison 👿👿🔥🔥🔥
Highly intelligent people are deep observers. They figure you out immediately, but act like they see nothing. They give you the space to talk, overstep, and show your real hand. By the time they respond, they have already calculated exactly who you are. Discernment is their best friend.
Don’t stay broke tryna impress a hoe that’s getting money from other niggas to begin with. Put your funds up brother. She wouldn’t save you if the roles were reversed.
10/10 parenting. I will die on the hill that supporting young adults and staying right there with them as they climb into adulthood is one of the most important things you will ever, ever do as a parent.
Chad Doerman pleaded guilty to murdering his sons Clayton, 7, Hunter, 4, and Chase, 3, in Ohio. Their mother tried to save them and was shot in the hand. He received 3 consecutive life terms without parole. #TrueCrime#Ohio