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31-year-old divorced mom of a 9 and 11-year-old refuses to meet with ex-husbands 2nd wife who wants to usurp her as the mother figure in her children's lives: 'They told me to get used to hearing her called mom because they would not stop it.'

Emmy Pratt

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21-year-old daughter refuses to sign on as a potential legal guardian to her estranged dad's new 4-year-old stepchild: ‘My life is separate from them... I have no wish for anything closer’

Lana DeGaetano

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Stepdad Patrick forbids 28-year-old stepson Chris from sharing a hotel room with his mom, claims it's inappropriate: 'My mom said she was scared to stay alone at a hotel'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old woman refuses to give brother a diamond necklace gifted to her by their late mother, after he claims its for his newborn daughter, family fall-out sparks over the keep-safe heirloom: 'He received a watch from my mom'

Emma Saven

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17-year-old reveals to high school counselor his plans to go no contact with his parents after graduation, counselor tells parents, who confront their son: 'Why would you cut off your family?'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Single mom allows her kids to skip their uncle's celebration of life because their father's new girlfriend will be in attendance: ‘[My son] expresses that he does not want her there’

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old plans end of summer party, gets upset when mom changes the seating arrangement without asking: 'She said I had ruined her vision'

Ally Perry

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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (August 16, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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‘I realized… my role as a parent’: Mom shares the wholesome moment her child made her understand just how important trust is as a parent

Elna McHilderson

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38-year-old resists mother-in-law's demand that she and her husband travel 1500 miles to visit her on her 70th birthday: 'She basically abandoned my husband'

Ally Perry

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Dad promises $15,000 towards a down payment on his 28-year-old daughter's first house, but when he changes his mind at the last minute, she refuses to give the money back: 'We lose the house and thousands in fees'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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21-year-old daughter refuses to co-sign dad's mortgage for a new house, despite his claims that he won't take money from her, mom takes dad's side: ‘Your distrust in dad is unfair’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I felt like collateral damage in their attempts to cut my mom out’: Paternal family cuts contact with woman and her mother following a divorce, so the woman tells her cousins the truth about how they treated her over 8 years later

Lana DeGaetano

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Adopted 16-year-old son storms out of dad's wedding after dad fails to mention him in his speech, but addresses his bio children and stepdaughters: ‘He made it clear that I'm not his real kid’

Bar Mor Hazut

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19-year-old blames her body odor on her 18-year-old cousin in front of her boyfriend, 18-year-old tells him she's lying: 'I said the smell is not from me'

Emmy Pratt

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Dad refuses to see 19-year-old son after claiming he ‘finds it hard to love him’, knowing son doesn't love his stepmom, son walks out of dad in response: ‘I don't love the family they have created’

Bar Mor Hazut

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