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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (January 7, 2025)

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17-year-old confronts his father for being a better dad to his stepchildren than he was for him, his stepmom overhears and scolds him for not accepting her children: 'I told [my dad] I wanted him to ignore them and only care about me'

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Wealthy family member buys $2500 sweater for teenage boy, his mom calls it the dumbest thing she's ever see: 'Should I have said that? Probably not. Should anyone on earth spend $2500 on a sweater? Probably not.'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 31, 2024)

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Ex-husband scolds the mother of his 3 children for not getting a Christmas present for the 4-year-old daughter that resulted from his affair: 'He took out this dollar store doll and he told me that was all he could afford for his daughter'

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Maternal grandparents ask single dad to let his 9 and 11-year-olds stay with them for Christmas so the kids can bond with their 4-year-old half-sister born to the mother that abandoned them: 'My kids have told them they don't care about their half sister'

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17-year-old with 15 half-siblings gets chewed out by his mom for moving in with his paternal grandparents: '[Mom] called me selfish and told me I was bringing negative attention onto our family'

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'Mom would just let her cry it out in her nursery alone': 16-year-old comforts her baby sister when she's crying while teething, mom gets angry at her for convincing the baby that she's her mom

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 17, 2024)

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Traveler makes a spoiled 6-year-old cry after refusing to switch seats on the plane, but he stands his ground through the kid's tantrum and the parent's unveiled guilt trip: ‘I paid extra for this seat!’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Foster mom says she's glad her 9-month-old foster daughter is an orphan so she'll be easier to adopt in front of the babies 14-year-old sister: 'It's so nice to adopt babies. That way they're not all messed up and disobedient later on'

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Mom records 16-year-old daughter jumping on the trampoline and posts it on social media to mock her: 'She got upset, telling me to lighten up and take a joke'

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Extended family sneaks bacon grease and other meats into their teenage vegetarian family member's meals for years, claim it was for her own good: 'They kept smiling and giggling about it, so it felt like more of a joke'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 10, 2024)

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'I'm honestly disgusted': Man brags about getting an 'amazing deal' by stealing an $899 TV on Black Friday, but his sister-in-law calls out his brazen thievery

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Meanwhile the kid is still screaming': Entitled mom demands a plane passenger scooch over for her family of 4 despite crowding the aisle with her two young kids under 4-years-old

Jesse Kessenheimer

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