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Mom takes 60% of the money her 13-year-old daughter earned from tutoring, insists she's entitled to $25 of every $40 her daughter earns for household expenses: 'She kept the money in her bag and wouldn’t let me see it.'

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Parents refuse to buy glasses for their 16-year-old daughter because they think eating certain foods will heal her eyes: 'My dad said I just need to get off my phone to heal my eyes.'

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Mom kicks out 18-year-old son so her boyfriend of 3 months can move in: 'I deserve love after being alone raising you for 18 years.'

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Mom allows her 13-year-old daughter's friend to spend $100 on Roblox gift cards for her and her daughter, doesn't ask her daughter's friend's mom for permission: 'Why would her mom do that?'

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17-year-old refuses to give his parents $250 for his 8-year-old brother's Christmas present after years of favoritism: 'He might cry all day Christmas, but still my answer is no.'

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Mom scolds her 10-year-old daughter's 11-year-old friend for excluding her 2-year-old daughter at a sleepover: 'How dare you ignore my little girl in my home?'

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Mom cancels 13-year-old son's birthday party because she suspects he stole $10 from her purse: 'He still says he didn't do it, but I feel like he is lying.'

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Dad steals $5K from his 19-year-old daughter to pay off his car, daughter closes her bank account because he has stolen from her since she was 14: 'I lived with this for 5 years.'

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35-year-old deliberately works on Christmas Day to avoid spending Christmas with his cruel father: 'I can finally have a Christmas that feels good and relaxed.'

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6-year-old granddaughter opens Christmas presents from her grandma a week before Christmas, grandma refuses to buy her more presents despite her mother's insistence: 'The mother wants me to let her take the original presents home.'

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16-year-old promises to give her mom 25% of her earnings if she ever became a published author, mom holds her to that promise 6 years later: 'She threatened to sue me over it if I ever did get published.'

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Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: 'My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.'

Emmy Pratt

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19-year-old shames mother for having 3 children by 3 different members of the same family and for marrying his aunt: 'My mother had a child with my grandfather, then she had a thing with my uncle.'

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Single mom resents 17-year-old daughter for going on a school trip and leaving her alone for her 60th birthday: 'She hasn’t acknowledged the fact that I will be completely alone for my birthday.'

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Dad forces 15-year-old son to drop out of high school and work for the family business, tells the state he's homeschooling him: 'He was bragging about how our state doesn’t check that an education is actually being provided.'

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Dad allows his 7-year-old daughter to stay up all night after she constantly resisted her 10 PM bedtime, cries from exhaustion during her after-school activities: 'My wife questioned my parenting technique.'

Emmy Pratt

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