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‘I am not the backup child’: Parents demand 16-year-old son follow their strict life plan for him after his ‘golden child’ 18-year-old brother drops out of college, son refuses their ‘help’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Younger brother refuses to be his chronically late 24-year-old sister's personal driver any longer, tells her he’ll leave without her if she’s late again: ‘She made me feel like I was just some better public transport for her’

Etai Eshet

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Dad misses 14-year-old daughter's ballet performance in favor of 1-year-old son's daycare drop off, mom demands he sort out his priorities: ‘He didn't show up at all’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New parents secretly change their 4-month-old's name after the husband's sister-in-law steals their original name choice and gives it to her 7-month-old: ‘First, middle, and last name’

Lana DeGaetano

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25-year-old son refuses to take in half-siblings so they would not be sent to foster care, despite family's claims he is the only one who should step up: ‘It made them angry with me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘He can’t find anyone willing to hire him. My parents pay to support him’: Mid-30s brother moves back in with parents as they relocate 15-hours closer to their daughter pushing the young mother to keep her kids away and ban visits to their new home

Etai Eshet

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Wife’s friend plans an out-of-country trip with several men but without her husband, and clashes with him when he supports his wife’s decision to say no: ‘She said I should stay out of it because it's between 'besties', I said I'm talking about my wife’

Etai Eshet

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Entitled mom demands library patron move from the computer he's using so that her 16-year-old daughter can use it: 'You’re an adult. You can work anywhere. She’s a child.'

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (June 23, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Homeowner’s backyard pool turns into a kids’ public summer camp thanks to her 4, 6, and 8-year-old niblings, forcing her to ban them from her home completely: ‘I told her I needed a break. She got offended and said I was being a snob’

Etai Eshet

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Dad buys 17-year-old daughter a new car, mom demands she use it to give half-siblings rides and help around the house, daughter refuses: ‘I don’t like any of them’

Bar Mor Hazut

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31-year-old helps new mom friend care for her newborn twins every day for 2 weeks, mom freaks out when friend's husband says she's too sick to help: 'I didn’t forbid her from going. I just protected her when she was too tired to stand up for herself.

Emmy Pratt

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Brother ruins 60th birthday 5-star villa trip to France by inviting his “TikTok Star” son: ‘I cashed a small pension to have a real party. I asked him to cancel his invitation. He refused’

Etai Eshet

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Brother’s ex-girlfriend, Lisa, crashes family dinner uninvited, disrupting the evening and forcing the host to intervene and send her home: ‘She’d heard about the dinner from my cousin and decided to "drop by"’

Etai Eshet

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Parents leave entire inheritance to their 45-year-old daughter who took care of them for 10 years, enraging 42-year-old sister and 48-year-old brother who never visited: 'David and Lisa saying it’s unfair and that I should split it 3 ways'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I came out of my room and yelled at both of them’: 16-year-old snaps at parents after months of nightly arguments, defending his 8-year-old sister and turning the family’s tension into an all-out standoff

Etai Eshet

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