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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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Parents pressure their 18-year-old daughter to give her car to her 16-year-old brother after she's been paying for it off for two years: 'My parents say that he needs it more now since I’m an adult and should start figuring things out myself.'

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24 and 27-year-old couple abandons their son because they weren't ready to be parents, wants him to treat their 3 younger kids like siblings when he's 17: 'I wasn't interested in them or their kids, none of them are my actual family'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 29, 2025)

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Dad withdraws 15-year-old daughter from competitive gymnastics against her mom's wishes because she doesn't want to be in the gym 14 hours a week and her body hurts: 'She thinks my daughter will be become lazy and want to hang out with friends'

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'SHE IS NON-VERBAL, WHY ARE YOU LYING': Daycare teacher audio records her 3-year-old student speaking to prove she's not non-verbal, gets berated by the girl's mom and aunt

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27-year-old expecting father asks his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend to play a role in his babies life, his family asks her to be a mother-figure: 'They don't want to be left dealing with the actual mother'

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Parents buy 18-year-old daughter a $65K Jeep after originally agreeing to pay 25K-30K, befuddles their 27-year-old son who previously offered $5K for car payments: 'The 5k won't even last the summer'

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'He would shut off the hot water while I was in the shower': Husband bans wife, 12 and 14-year old sons from showering more than twice a week, claims it's for the environment

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Parents forget their daughter's 33rd birthday, get angry when her boyfriend wishes her 'Happy Birthday' online: 'Not saying anything and then posting about it was passive aggressive'

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Parents don't congratulate 15-year-old daughter on making the national debate team finals, praises her older brother for doing his PE assignment instead: 'He did a compulsory assignment and he gets all the praise in the world'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 8, 2025)

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'Left her on read': Entitled mom RSVP's 'Yes' to a kids party then demands 3-days prior that her fellow parent change the date because her kid suddenly has better plans

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Stepdad forces 10 and 12-year-old stepkids to never mention their late father in front of him, mom can't understand why they don't want a relationship with him 17 years later: 'Frank yelled at my sister because she mentioned dad in her graduation speech.'