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Dad procrastinates taking his 3, 5, and 8-year-old kids to the park, tries to get his 40-week pregnant wife to bring them to the pool with their neighbor: 'I said no'

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23-year-old refuses to let mom and 5-year-old daughter cut her in line for ice cream after she'd already waited 20 minutes: 'The mom this big passive-aggressive sigh and said, "Some people just don’t have empathy."'

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14-year-old constantly mocks her 16-year-old sister for being adopted, older sister discovers that they're actually both adopted: 'My parents said don't tell my sister or she'll be devastated'

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Adopted woman receives 6-figure inheritance from the birth mother she never met, her siblings demand she share the money with them: 'It isn't fair I got everything when they also "deserve" it being adopted as well'

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'It's incredibly unsafe and illegal to have a baby in the front seat like that': 24-year-old drive-thru worker confronts customer with baby in front seat with no car seat, mom claims she did it because the baby was crying

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'Ruby absolutely disgusts us. She's disgusting': Neglectful parents call their 32-year-old daughter's 48-year-old girlfriend disgusting, get angry when they storm out of the restaurant

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16-year-old sells her 37-year-old stepmother's vintage prom dress behind her back so she could buy new headphones: 'The dress is 100% silk, one of a kind, and the brand doesn't exist anymore'

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14-year-old puts fake spider in his shared bathroom to scare his 17-year-old sister who spends hours getting ready and taking selfies before school, making him late: 'My parents are saying I traumatized her'

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Family therapist fires dad and his 2nd wife for treating his 16-year-old son so poorly, teen tells entire family about the firing: '[My dad] told me I'm trying to humiliate them' '

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 13, 2025)

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13-year-old lies about his mom having a new boyfriend so that his dad will take full custody of him, dad doesn't find out about lie until months later: 'She wasn't dating anyone and my son had lied about her mother no longer wanting him at home'

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'Do not homeschool your kids. You are NOT up to it.': Former homeschoolers share why they think parents should not homeschool their kids

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 6, 2025)

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Mom tells the father of her 10 and 13-year-old daughters that her 2nd husband is more of a man and a better father than he'll ever be: 'My daughters were there. I’m so tired of them hearing Trevor just belittle James.'

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50-year-old refuses to forgive his father for badmouthing his late mother and swindling him out of his $16K inheritance when he was 25-years-old: 'His sister is now asking me to forgive him'

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35-year-old mother encourages her 5 and 8-year-old daughters to steal toys and clothes from their cousin, sister-in-law bans them from ever coming over to their house again: 'Your daughter has more stuff than all three of my kids combined'

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