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If you’re the parent of a young kid, questions like these probably seem a million miles away. But as a parent of a kid who just turned 18—a kid who was a tiny infant literally five minutes ago—I’m here to tell you that these questions will be on your mind before you know it. I swear I was just mopping up this kid’s spit-up, and now she’s opening up her first bank account and planning her first Airbnb weekend getaway with friends.

Recently, Parents made an Instagram post about who should pick up the tab when dining out with adult children, and the responses were surprisingly mixed. We thought it was worth taking a deeper dive into the topic.

What Parents and Adult Children Have to Say

Plenty of parents were quick to chime on our Instagram post. While some had strong opinions—either insisting that parents should always pay or saying that adult kids should foot the bill as soon as they can—most people landed somewhere in the middle.

One parent shared, “We trade usually! I love treating my parents—they literally funded my life—it’s the least I can do!”

Another weighed in with a more balanced perspective, “It should be balanced if both parties can afford it. If only one can, the person who can should take it.”

Others expressed how much they enjoy treating their parents when they’re able, “I think it’s a nice gesture, I love treating my parents when I have the chance.”

But not everyone felt that way. Some had some pretty strong opinions about adult kids paying the bill like one user who commented that any adult who has the ability to pay for their parents should do so. “Adult children should not feel entitled that parents should pay all the time,” they explain, adding that if you’re an adult who earns your own money, you should act like an adult and cover your own meal.

Julie Stampler, a voice-over artist in NYC and mom to three young adults (ages 18, 22, and 25) told Parents that paying for her kids’ meals is second nature, and that she can’t imagine doing it any other way.

“I typically pay when we go out to eat, partly because they’re my kids and I have been providing for them since they were born,” she says. “Would it be a lovely gesture to have them take me out for a meal? Sure! And I suspect when they are fully launched that will in fact happen, though we will probably argue over who pays, unless it’s my birthday.”

What Factors Influence Who Pays

Personally, I’m right there on the same page as Stampler. I can’t imagine not paying for my two kids’ meals, including the one who recently turned 18. But I also know from experience that life is long and things change. 

For example, I’ve started paying for my elderly mom’s meals more often because she’s recently had some medical issues and has been low on money. Twenty years ago, I never would have thought that I’d be regularly buying my mom dinner, but here we are—and I’m grateful I’m able to do it.

This goes to show that whether or not you or your parents pick up the tab when you’re fully grown is very situational by nature.

 “If the child’s still financially finding their footing—say, in school, between jobs, or new to their career—parents covering the meal feels natural,” says Zohaib Sunesara, parenting coach and co-founder of Cuddle Pixie. But once the kid is financially stable? “That’s a sweet spot for the kid to step up,” Sunesara adds.

But it’s also about culture and family beliefs. “In some families, parents happily foot the bill forever because ‘that’s just what we do,’” Sunesara explains. “Others expect grown kids to pitch in once they’re earning. Neither’s wrong—it’s all about what feels right for your family’s vibe.”

 As Cheryl Groskopf, LMFT, LPCC, an anxiety, trauma, and attachment therapist based in Los Angeles points out, who pays isn’t just about money. It’s about roles, expectations, and unspoken family dynamics. “Some parents keep paying because they genuinely want to and see it as a way to care for their child, regardless of age,” she says. “Others pay out of habit or because it reinforces their role as the provider.”

Communication is Key

The bottom line is that there isn’t one “right” way to handle this—it’s all about what works for your family. “The real issue is whether paying (or not paying) feels good in the relationship or if it’s stirring up guilt, obligation, or resentment,” Groskopf shares. If there’s tension in the family over this issue, it becomes less about the money and more about what it represents to everyone involved.

That’s why it’s important to be as open and honest about these kinds of conversations. Sure, no one likes to talk about money, but ignoring it can quickly drive a wedge into an adult/parent relationship. Addressing it directly can have real benefits.

 “The best way to handle it is to bring it up before the bill even comes,” Groskopf advises. Instead of trying to guess what the other person expects, she suggests you say something like, “Hey, I’d love to treat you today, and want to make sure we’re on the same page about this moving forward.” Doing this keeps things out in the open and avoids turning the issue into a silent test of who offers first.

And if there continues to be tension? That’s an opportunity to do some soul-searching about the relationship itself. “If there’s tension, it’s probably not really about the money—it’s about what paying (or not paying) represents,” says Groskopf. “The bigger issue isn’t the bill itself—it’s making sure both people feel good about the dynamic…and that money isn’t being used to create guilt or imbalance.”

Kourtney Kardashian’s son, Mason Disick, whom she shares with ex-husband, Scott Disick, broke his silence on social media after baby rumours.

The 15-year-old took to Instagram and shared a photo of himself hanging out with his friends on Instagram Story, on Sunday, March 16th.

Mason posed for the picture with a hand covering his face as he stood on a patio at night.

Kourtney’s kid and a friend were seen standing beside a table, which held a lit candle and an espresso martini set.

The post was set to Out West by ian, in which he sings about growing up too fast.

The social media update comes after his mother shut down the rumours of the 15-year-old “secretly” having a child with one of his classmates.

Earlier this month, the reality star took to Instagram and denied the speculations.

“I rarely address rumors or conspiracies regarding myself or my family, but this is about my child and it feels wrong to let anyone think for a second that these lies are remotely true. They are not,” she wrote on her Stories.

“Mason does not have a child. These accounts that pretend to be him are definitely not. They are FAKE,” she added.

As Caroline Darian tells it, it started with a phone call from her mother on the evening of Nov. 2, 2020.

Gisèle told her daughter she needed to sit down.

“I just want to be sure you are not alone, and you are with your husband,” Caroline told Oprah Winfrey on The Oprah Podcast about what her mother Gisèle Pelicot said. “And, she told me, I just discovered this morning at the police station where I stayed almost five hours that your dad used to drug me before I was raped, and I was raped by a dozen and dozen of strangers, unknown people.”

“That everything’s changed in a second,” she continued. “And I just realized that my life will never be the same.”

In December 2024, Caroline’s father Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years for drugging his wife of 50 years and then videotaping more than 50 men raping her for nearly a decade from 2011 to 2020.

Fifty other men were convicted for crimes including aggravated rape, sexual assault and child abuse imagery, and received sentences ranging from three to fifteen years.

Dominique was also found guilty of taking indecent images of Caroline and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine.

Gisèle, 72, waived her right to anonymity during the trial, saying that she wanted “shame to change sides” for abuse victims around the world.

“My mom is a hero,” said Caroline, author of the memoir I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again. “We just have to be grateful for what she did. She walked into this court every day to face all of these men, including Dominique.”

The case came to light in December 2020, when two women came forward after Dominique was caught filming up their skirts. Gisèle was asked to come down to the police station where she was told by police that they discovered thousands of photos and videos of her unconscious taken by her husband, who had documented the assaults after recruiting neighbors and strangers through the internet.

“Some of (the men) went several times,” says Caroline. “Some of them went only one time. But my mom was raped more than 200 times during ten years by more than 70 different men.”

Her alleged attackers included firefighters, masons, gardeners, prison guards, soldiers and journalists, between the ages of 26 and 73 years old.

“There were dads, grandfathers,” she said.

One of the men was HIV positive.

“He came seven times,” Caroline told Winfrey. “(Dominique) actually had a formula that he would tell the other men about because he was also teaching them how to drug their wives.”

During the trial, Dominique admitted to the abuse and regularly crushing drugs in his wife’s food — including in her favorite dessert, raspberry ice cream, per The Telegraph.

The day after her mother was brought to the police station, police asked Caroline to come by where they showed her two semi-naked photos of her found on his laptop. 

“I don’t have any recollection of where those pictures were taken,” she said. “I live like a tsunami because I realized that my mom was not the only victim of this family.”

Coming to grips with what happened has been agonizing.

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“I thought that I had a solid, cheerful, protective and reassuring dad,” she said. “I thought also that they were happy together.”

“I think there’s two faces within Dominique Pelicot,” she continued. “A face which is a good guy, a good neighbor, a good husband, a good parent. And another one, which is a real manipulator…I thought he was a good father.”

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

Four brothers will transform into fearsome Uruk-hai warriors from The Lord of the Rings as they tackle the London Marathon in full chainmail and armour, honouring their mother, Sharon, who died from a rare form of cancer.
The Davison brothers – William, Charlie, Arthur and Oscar – will endure the 26.2-mile challenge wearing 10kg costumes complete with helmets, turning their childhood fascination with costumed marathon runners into a powerful tribute to their “incredibly strong and fierce but humble and loving” mother. Having watched marathon runners from the sidelines as children in Wapping, the brothers will unite to raise awareness and funds for Sarcoma UK, the charity fighting the disease that claimed Sharon’s life in 2018 after a six-year battle with leiomyosarcoma.
Sharon was first diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in 2012. There are an average of 525 cases of leiomyosarcoma diagnosed every year in England, making up about 0.17% of all cancers.

Sharon was referred to the Royal Marsden Hospital and had a full hysterectomy. She then had four years in the clear – even running a half-marathon in Surrey in 2014.

But, in the summer of 2016, she had a persistent cough. Sharon went to her GP and was sent for a scan, which found a shadow in a lung. The cancer had returned, and part of the lung had to be removed.

The following year, Sharon was told the cancer had spread throughout her body. She received chemotherapy and immunotherapy but died aged 53 in August 2018.

Will said: “Mum was incredibly strong and fierce but so humble and loving. Throughout her illness, she was a symbol of strength and resilience. She was very involved with her local community. So many people who we didn’t realise knew her attended her funeral.”

Will, 32, a teacher who now lives in Uganda; Arthur, 28, an AI engineer in Staffordshire; Oscar, 26, a software engineering student in Leeds, and Charlie, 30, a chartered accountant in London, have all run the London Marathon individually in the past raising more than £14,000 between them for Sarcoma UK, but this year are teaming up to take part in 10kg costumes complete with helmets.

When the boys were growing up, they lived near the marathon route in Wapping. Charlie said: “Every year we’d cheer the runners on with a megaphone from the side of the road in awe of runners in costumes – superheroes, the famous rhinos, and even the odd runner with a fridge on his back. So now it’s our turn to wear the costume.”

The brothers are running to raise awareness and funds for charity Sarcoma UK that supports research for better treatments, provides expert support and ensures no one faces sarcoma alone. Their father Gary, 61, a retired chartered accountant from Sevenoaks, is a trustee of Sarcoma UK.

“At Sarcoma UK, we’re investing over £600,000 in five promising research projects focused on leiomyosarcoma, the rare cancer that took Sharon Davison’s life at just 53,” said Dr Sorrel Bickley, Director of Research, Policy and Support at Sarcoma UK.

“Our researchers are working on several practical approaches – finding better drug combinations that target leiomyosarcoma cells while sparing healthy ones, creating lab models that mimic how these tumours behave in actual patients, and identifying genetic markers that can tell us which treatments will work best for each person. We’re particularly excited about newer treatments that could replace harsh chemotherapies and about methods to overcome drug resistance, which is a major challenge with this type of cancer. Stories like Sharon’s and the incredible dedication of her four sons remind us why this work is so urgent. No family should lose a mother so young to this disease. Through these research efforts, we’re determined to find better treatments so that future patients have more time with their loved ones.”

To donate to the appeal, go to https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/charlie-davison

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If there’s one thing a good parent is going to do, it’s be protective. I totally get it because I’m one myself.

No one wants to see their child, whether they’re literally a minor or an adult, get piled on for a mistake they’ve made. We all make them, and we all need to learn from them without feeling like the world is coming down on us. But when your child is wrong, accountability and an apology are crucial. That should come first.

So, I’ve been a bit puzzled by the approach that the parents of Alaila Everett have taken.

In case you haven’t heard about it, Everett is a Virginia high school student who is one of two subjects of a viral video captured during a track meet at the state finals in March. Everett and Kaelen Tucker were in a 4×200-meter relay, neck and neck, and literally very close as they rounded a corner during the race. Once they came out of the curve, it’s seen on camera that Everett’s hand, with her baton in it, comes down and hits Tucker over the head one time. Tucker stumbles and grabs her head, collapsing off the track. Everett finished the race.

Since that video made the rounds, Tucker said she dealt with a concussion and could have a possible skull fracture, and there has been a petition requested for a charge of assault and battery on Everett for the incident. Everett has since become a tearful, empathetic figure for some as she’s attempted to defend herself on local news, saying the moment was an accident and that because of the contact between them, “my baton got stuck behind her back like this, and it rolled up her back,” she recounted to WAVY. “I lost my balance. When I pumped my arms again, she got hit.”

She added, “They’re going off of one angle. I know what happened. I’m just a person by myself; nobody’s going to believe me. I can admit from the video it does look purposeful, but I know my intentions, and I would never hit somebody on purpose because of jealousy.”

After the petition for the charge, Everett became even more of the focus of the incident, as a rally was held in her honor to show support. At the event, the teen and her parents continued to say that the whole incident was an accident and she was being unfairly villainized. She sobbed at the rally, where people emphatically chanted, “We stand for Alaila Everett.” The president of the Portsmouth chapter of the NAACP was present and said that he didn’t feel the charge was warranted and that it didn’t need to become a legal situation.

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I’ve read that people online have also been quite ugly to Everett. Death threats are a wildly inappropriate response to this matter. Any verbal attacks from trolls and racists online towards the teen are unacceptable. She’s still a child.

But I wonder how differently this situation would have played out publicly if Everett had first said, “I’m sorry.”

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and Everett’s speeches and interviews have not included a heartfelt apology that acknowledges that. Instead, she’s become more of a victim than the actual victim.

Because let’s be clear, Tucker is the one who was truly harmed in this incident. While Everett’s parents have apologized on her behalf, the father getting on the phone with the coach and Tucker’s dad, the victim’s parents have said the athlete has yet to say sorry, including for not stopping to help their daughter after the hit. And as the Tuckers told WSLS, “Even if it was a fluke or freak accident, you still would check on her.” In the video, we see Tucker fall and Everett doesn’t stop out of shock or concern. She went ahead and finished, only for her school’s team to be disqualified. According to Everett, once she finished the race, her coach said he would handle it and told her to focus on doing her cool down.

But again, even if it wasn’t intentional, why not say sorry? That would be the loudest thing from my mouth in all of these front-facing interviews. “I’m so, so sorry it happened and I hope she’s ok! But honestly, it was an accident. I want her to know that. I’m not a monster!”

Instead, we got an annoyance that the Tuckers went to the news, and in response, this: “When I seen her on the news I was like, ‘Oh, she thinks I did it on purpose. Maybe I should text her.’ I found her Instagram, so I followed her on Instagram to see if she would follow me back, and she blocked me. But some way, some how she still wants an apology, but she blocked the contact of me trying to text her because she assumed I’m just this bad person.”

And then there was this statement: “Everybody has feelings. You’re physically hurt but you’re not thinking of my mental. It’s hundreds of thousands of people attacking me. And all her family is thinking, ‘My daughter is hurt, so I don’t care about her feelings.’ But at the end of the day, I’m still a minor too. I’m still in high school…nobody is considering my feelings. Nobody except my family and my friends.”

Respectfully, everything I’ve heard is that Tucker is the cause for the injury to her own head, as well as for the apology she hasn’t received from Everett. As for the adults who can speak for her, I understand Everett’s parents’ desire to shroud her from the backlash and not see her end up with life-changing charges due to something that happened in a matter of seconds. But no matter the intentions, the hit happened. No matter how close Tucker got to Everett on that turn, the response was still a hit in the head. And no matter what’s happening now, Everett’s mother saying the victim “caused the accident by coming over. And sorry she got hit, but she didn’t mean to do it” does not help. Being defensive towards the victim just doesn’t work.

Had the spikes been on the other foot, and this situation went viral, and their daughter was injured in a video seen by most of the country, they might have handled things the way Tucker’s family has decided to.

But the way things currently stand, the focus for Mr. and Mrs. Everett has been on attempting to be lawyers for their daughter, breaking down what occurred in the video play-by-play, despite the incident looking the same no matter what angle you view. That’s not going to change anything. People, likely including the Tuckers, want to hear that it was a terrible accident, and they’re sorry it took place. Because at the end of the day, we as parents have to be the example that it’s essential to say you’re sorry, privately and publicly.

When my 2-year-old son, in a rage because he was tired, decided to push a child close to him while we were visiting a children’s museum recently, the other parent said, “It’s okay!” when I immediately and loudly said, “NO!” I apologized and made sure it was clear that it was not okay, in the least, for my son or any of the other toddlers around. In our frustrations, in our fury, we don’t get passes for poor, harmful behavior. And even when it’s an accident, the energy with which we should lead as parents is an apologetic tone. Had that been how the family came out to address the situation, the public would likely have been more understanding and said leniency was necessary, though our opinions don’t truly matter. But considering the Everetts are making the rounds to the public in an attempt to change the narrative about their daughter, their approach is more important than they realize.

I wish the best for both girls, and I don’t want to see Everett deal with any jail time or anything that could tarnish her record. She is a kid. And I’m sure that’s why her parents are doing what they can to show that while she’s the aggressor, she’s not naturally aggressive, and was cut off on the track. But the stance of being the victim in this whole situation has been unfortunate to witness, especially since it doesn’t change the fact that there’s a video of her assaulting a competitor on the track, whether it was done maliciously or by a slip that turned into a chaotic crash. Go hard against the legal system, sure, but show remorse for the injured party. Because when it comes down to it, Kaelen Tucker doesn’t need to hear a backstory or take the blame for her injury. She needs an apology and a sincere one.

Sienna Miller has hit out at the “misogynistic” response to her having a baby at 41.

The American Sniper actress and her boyfriend Oli Green welcomed a baby girl in January 2024. She also has a daughter, Marlowe, 12, with her ex Tom Sturridge.

In an interview with ELLE, Sienna reflected on the criticism she has faced since announcing she was pregnant with her second child.

“I now have a 12-year-old and a 14-month-old. I think there’s a whole load of noise and people have a lot to say and it’s incredibly gendered and unbelievably misogynistic and anti-feminist. It’s insane,” the 43-year-old shared. “If your body is capable of it, have the baby. Have a wonderful baby.”

Sienna then went on to say that she has become a better parent with age.

“By the way, I’m a better mother now, and it’s a much more grounded experience,” she told the publication. “Have all the babies at any time you want to have the babies.

“And no one has anything to say about – and I love these people, and they’re friends, which I like to name-drop – Al Pacino and Robert De Niro having kids in their 80s. Forget about your age! It’s irrelevant. It’s absolutely irrelevant.”

Sienna has been dating 28-year-old actor Oli since late 2021. She previously dated Tom, also an actor, from 2011 to 2015.

In an interview with Vogue in 2024, Sienna said she felt “very fortunate” to be pregnant with her second child.

“I was very fortunate. I wasn’t necessarily trying to get pregnant,” she shared. “This happened as a total surprise and biologically was something I was able to do.”

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By EMMA GUINNESS

Published: 18:54 GMT, 17 March 2025 | Updated: 18:55 GMT, 17 March 2025

For sons and daughters tired of Mother’s Day gift guesswork, the UK’s best-loved grow-your-own subscription business has the answer – a subscription to Pot Gang, which will deliver easy-to-grow fruit, veg, and herb kits straight to her door.

Each month, Pot Gang subscribers receive seasonally chosen seeds, eco-friendly pots, and simple step-by-step growing guides—everything needed to start growing delicious fresh produce at home.

Whether your Mum has a big garden, a small balcony, or just a sunny windowsill, Pot Gang makes gardening fun, rewarding, and accessible – as well as being a potential new hobby for families to enjoy together.

Founder of Pot Gang, Sam Smith, said: “Mums nurture and grow their families with love—so what better way to celebrate them than with a gift that lets them nurture and grow their own food? There’s something special about watching food flourish from seed to plate, and Pot Gang makes sure everyone can experience that joy.”

“Getting started as a busy Mum can feel overwhelming – that’s why we make it easy, fun, and fail-proof, so anyone can grow their own food—whether they have experience or not.”

A Pot Gang subscription is a thoughtful alternative to traditional Mother’s Day gifts, offering months of joy, mindfulness, and the satisfaction of homegrown produce. Plus, with its vibrant community and expert support, your Mum will never be alone on her growing journey.

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Visit https://www.potgang.co.uk/products/the-box-prepaid to order in time for Mother’s Day.

Gang member Sarah Woods added “It has genuinely got me into gardening in a way that decades of living with a passionate gardening dad didn’t! I can’t praise Pot Gang highly enough. If I had to choose between this and Netflix, it’s Pot Gang all the way.”

Pot Gang is the grow-your-own veg and herb subscription for gardeners who don’t know what they’re doing. Each month, they drop off boxes with three types of seasonal seed, peat-free compost, the right-sized pots and step-by-step instructions. Plus the gang can WhatsApp the teamon the Potline with any questions as they grow.

Gardening in the UK has seen significant growth, particularly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions turning their hands to planting trees, shrubs and flowers – as well as growing their own fruit and vegetables at home.

The Horticultural Trades Association estimates that 1.5 million children in 90% of the UK’s primary schools are involved in some form of school gardening, and that 3/4 of UK primary schools offer school gardening as a regular activity.

Harmony Korine‘s multimedia design collective EDGLRD may be a fresh-faced company, but the director is taking it one step further by using baby faces for AI avatars in his latest feature, “Baby Invasion.”

The ultra-realistic, multiplayer FPS game (which is also billed as a film) follows a group of mercenaries using baby faces as avatars to conceal their identity. The official synopsis reads: “Tasked with entering mansions of the rich and powerful, players must explore every rabbit hole before time runs out. As players navigate this dark web-leaked game, the boundaries between the digital and the real world blur.”

“Baby Invasion” made its world premiere out of competition at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, where IndieWire film editor Ryan Lattanzio wrote in the review that Korine’s pioneering vision purposefully subverts any audience expectations.

“Harmony Korine is going to do whatever the hell he wants, and in the case of his disturbing and anti-audience movie ‘Baby Invasion,’ he turns the trigger-junkie protagonist at the top of a video game into the eyes and ears of a motion picture,” Lattanzio wrote, “if that’s what you call this disquieting and sickeningly compelling new project, framed from the perspective of an assassin pillaging shiny happy McMansions in Florida. […] ‘Baby Invasion’ has a clear focus: It’s to make you, the viewer, feel bad, and often wanting to beg to the screen, ‘Please god let this end,’ or perhaps more aptly, ‘end me.’ Here is a filmmaker who, these days, resents his own audience. Here is a movie for no one.”

Lattanzio continued, “‘Baby Invasion’ is not interested at all in what you think about it. This film does not care if you watch it, react to it, or even if you are alive or dead. Its disregard for the audience is gutsy on Korine’s part, a filmmaker who has long not just pushed buttons, but shoved them down your stupid throat and then smashed your trash head against the wall while daring you to look away even when you physically can’t, as much as you might crave to.”

Korine’s divisive “Aggro Dr1ft” was the first EDGLRD release; it too debuted at Venice during the 2023 festival.

“[If] you’re not messing with the form a little bit, then what’s the point?” Korine told IndieWire of both “Aggro Dr1ft” and “Baby Invasion,” adding, “We’re making films now in gaming engines and working on a movie now that takes place in your living room, or in your bedroom. A horror film where the characters pop out of the closet. We’re at a place now where the level of tech is really starting to parallel my dreams. And this idea of world creation, and even what comes after linear cinema is exciting. You try and imagine ‘How do you deconstruct it, how do you mess with it? How do you create mini worlds?’ But doing a lot of that in rooms with our coders and VFX and artificial intelligence. It does tell a story, but it’s really meant to wash over you. It’s closer to ‘How do you create a digital hypnosis or a tech drug?’”

Check out the trailer for “Baby Invasion” below.