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Stepmother demands custody of her estranged 16-year-old stepson so she can have help babysitting his half-siblings; he refuses: 'She said she raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to 'keep me''

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘It feels like my space is never really mine’: 18-year-old puts a lock on his bedroom door and stocks up on food while his mother is abroad due to his extended family, who are living with him, repeatedly invading his room and belongings

Lana DeGaetano

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'I told them they can’t come back': Mom bans the neighborhood kids from her house after they let her dog escape 4 times, teaching them the consequences of their negligence

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘[He] isn't my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn't her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him

Lana DeGaetano

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Twin gets snubbed out of his brother's engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: 'I was only invited for optics'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Grandfather sticks up for 16-year-old after his parents criticize him for his video game career aspirations, his golden child 14-year-old brother refuses to accept he's not everyone's favorite: ‘He gets spoiled rotten’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Nothing would make me share the same airspace as him again’: 21-year-old son refuses to reconcile with his older stepbrother, who terrorized him to no end when they were children

Lana DeGaetano

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'Guess who’s been behaving ever since?': Mooching sister-in-law loses WiFi privileges after disrespecting the house rules about cleanliness

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘"You’re the only one not on your phone tonight"’: 30-year-old daughter puts cellphone on ‘Do Not Disturb‘ during a family dinner, her mother scolds her for refusing to get her phone to share photos of her recent travels

Lana DeGaetano

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 17, 2025)

JR Atkinson

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Parents caught giving the Golden Child $75,000 with no strings attached after loaning their eldest daughter $7000 with interest, parental favoritism drives sisters apart: ''Oops, I’m in trouble'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Parents miss their adopted 18-year-old daughter's graduation ceremony to buy their spoiled 10-year-old a $350 Labubu doll; betrayed teen moves out immediately: ‘Princess was clearly the favorite’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Man's ungrateful brother, his wife, and 2 kids ignore him after he makes a home-cooked meal for all of them, so he throws the dinner in the garbage: ‘I wasn’t their servant’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I have zero interest in ever meeting her new husband': Estranged mom tries to use gift from her affair partner as an olive branch at son's wedding, is upset when son refuses to accept it

JR Atkinson

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24-year-old and their fiancé contemplate moving out of shared home because their parents and adult siblings turned a short stay into a permanent living situation: ‘It's time to finally move forward with our own life’

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman attends family friend's funeral instead of brother's baby shower, her mother gives her the silent treatment despite brother confirming he's not upset: ‘She's hurt this was my choice’

Lana DeGaetano

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