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Mom pressures her 15-year-old daughter to change last name from her late father's last name to her stepfather's last name, can't understand why she refuses: '[My mom] doesn't think I should be hurting because of it'

Emmy Ward

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17-year-old creates recipe book with late father, mom protests when he doesn't want to share it with his stepsiblings: 'Mom said that I should be more of a role model'

Ally Perry

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Single dad cuts contact with 16-year-old son after kicking him out, only to reach out 8 years later and beg to move in with him, son turns him away: ‘After all I did for you?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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UPDATE: Ex-stepmom demands that her stepdaughter pay her rent, using her 15-year-old half-brother as collateral to live above her means, 32-year-old sets aside savings to help rescue her sibling: 'I love him, I'm always there for him'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Woman calls out her creepy sister who married 3 widowers with kids in a row to fulfill her dream of being a mom, much to the amusement of her 14 and 16-year-old stepchildren: 'I told [my dad] she won't ever be our mom and her sister was right'

Emmy Ward

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32-year-old woman's elderly parents demand she cover their rent and hospital bills, woman refuses because of their actions years earlier: ‘They left me when I needed help’

Lana DeGaetano

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34-year-old refuses to divvy up his lottery winnings with his money-grubbing extended family after getting guilt-tripped over setting aside savings for his kid's college fund: ‘My aunt said I was forgetting my roots’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (February 18, 2025)

Emmy Ward

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'I told [my brother] how he had failed as a father': Uncle defends his neglected 16-year-old nephew after his spoiled 13-year-old brother broke his video game and blamed it on him

Emmy Ward

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‘I’m sick of the favoritism’: 17-year-old son scolds parents for forgetting his birthday after years of living in adopted brother's shadow, parents take offense

Lana DeGaetano

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'I snapped': 16-year-old expected to fend for himself after his mom and stepdad repeatedly 'forget' to stock the fridge, he calls them out after catching them at a restaurant

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Single mom demands that her brother be the 'fun uncle' to her son, despite 2 paternal uncles offering to step up and do so: 'David needs all the support he can get since Bryan won’t be here'

Emmy Ward

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'I [was] cracking up': Mom names her newborn baby after her 5x great grandparent after her grandma with dementia shares some less-than accurate family secrets, wholesome hilarity ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom and stepfather force 16-year-old daughter to pay $450 per month in rent despite 18-year-old sister living rent free: 'Because she never worked'

JR Atkinson

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After months of working for their dad for free, 21-year-old gets an interview for a paying job, dad finds out and accuses them of betrayal: 'I need someone to work with me'

Bar Mor Hazut

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20-year-old woman refuses to lend 18-year-old stepsister thousands from her late bio mom's inheritance after years of an intense sisterly feud: ‘I said no’

Lana DeGaetano

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