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30-year-old stepmom refuses to adopt her 12-year-old stepdaughter because she doesn't think they're close enough: 'Her mom passed when she was 2! This woman is the only mother she's got.

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17-year-old refuses to forgive dad for prioritizing his 2nd wife and her kids over him after he lost his mother when he was 13: 'I told him that he was too late'

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35-year-old offers to buy his 64-year-old parents a house, forbids them from allowing his 42-year-old brother to live with them: 'My mom has always loved my brother more'

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Stepdad pushes 17-year-old stepson to accept him as his dad because he has been his father figure for 9 years and his late father was for merely 7 years: 'He said he deserves to be recognized instead of the ghost.'

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Mom of a 3 and 7-year-old sobs in TSA line after airport security directs her husband to a different line: 'I was managing both kids' backpacks, I kept dropping and spilling things'

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18-year-old only child cuts off parents because they prioritized their disorderly foster kids over their own son: 'My extended family told me it was disgusting to turn my back on my parents'

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Parents hide Yale and West Point athletic scholarships from their 17-year-old son, don't tell him about them until he's 24: 'You aren't that smart anyway'

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17-year-old girl calls out her mom for ignoring her because she wishes her daughter had been born a boy: 'She'd talk about how she'd love to have a little boy of her own.'

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31-year-old mom of a 4 and 8-year-old tells her 42-year-old husband she doesn't want a 3rd kid because he doesn't take care of the kids they have, he insults her and storms off to his mother's house: 'I have no desire to be a single mom of a 3rd child'

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24-year-old refuses to forgive her deadbeat dad who hasn't seen her since she was 10 years old: 'He messaged me, said he misses his little girl and wants to reconnect.'

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60-year-old boyfriend insists mom should charge her 15 and 17-year-old sons rent to live at home once they turn 18: 'He believes kids should be charged $600 per month rent as long as they’re not going to school'

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41-year-old mom and her 20-year-old son move in with her 38-year-old boyfriend, son constantly disrespects boyfriend and refuses to do chores or pay rent: 'He acts like he’s doing me a favor by just existing here'

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Mom demands that her 25-year-old daughter share her location with her, daughter refuses to compromise her privacy: 'All the other moms have their kids’ locations.'

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Mom pressures 18-year-old daughter to give her 20-year-old brother $2700 to cover his rent: 'I don’t believe I’ll see that money again'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (July 1, 2025)

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Server shuts down mom who tried to guilt stranger into sharing her custom birthday cake with her son: 'He's a kid, don't you think it would mean more to him?'

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