Accidents of all kinds are of course a part of life, and discerning whose at fault in a mishap can be a difficult task. A teen on Reddit found herself in this dilemma when her errant soccer ball injured someone’s dog and the owner demanded she pay the vet bills. The Original Poster (OP), who […] More
In gendering sports, you run the risk of creating a false dichotomy about the skill level of certain players. And when you then pit the genders together, you create an even more intense narrative: one where all the pressure falls on the women to overcome it. Redditor Ex_green found himself on the men’s side of […] More
Redditor amiabadteacher is a soccer coach at a high school who claimed to want to be an inspiring role model for kids pursuing the sport. But his aspirations backfired with the manner in which he dealt with a problematic star player on the team he was coaching. After receiving complaints from parents, he visited the […] More
We have all wanted something that we ultimately didn’t get. It’s perfectly acceptable to feel disappointed during those moments, and it’s even healthy to express those feelings. But for one young man on the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit, he wasn’t learning how to regulate his emotions during the tough times. Quite the contrary, […] More
There are all sorts of differing opinions about the value—or problems—of organized sports for kids and young adults. Those varying takes can create enough of a problem if they merely exist within a broad community, but when two parents sit on opposite ends of the debate, the result is some serious family tension. One mother […] More
If there’s anything that men use as an excuse to dismiss women more than any other thing, it would probably be menstruation. Give a guy so much as a dirty look, and you “must be on your period.” But since men really have no idea what it’s like to menstruate, is it fair to for […] More
We can all agree that some people use the internet and hiding behind a screen as an opportunity to be rude. Unfortunately, that is also proving true for Zoom calls. While on a call with their child’s soccer team and families, a man and his husband received homophobic, sneering comments from the mother of one […] More
A mother who had a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in its early stages found herself struggling with another obstacle post-surgery. This time, however, the conflict had less to do with her health and more to do with social acceptance. Redditor removableboob visited the “Am I the A**hole” (AITA) subReddit after her sister-in-law […] More
