Parenting Fail

Free-range mom blames a retail worker for their 5-year-old's public meltdown when the employee refuses to let the child rummage in the sharp tools bin behind the counter: 'The joy of retail'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Parent stalls returning a bento box that a teacher accidentally sent home with her kid in hopes she could keep it: ‘She was playing games with me’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom and stepdad force 18-year-old to pay £150 a month in rent, forbid her from watching TV without permission or eating takeout in front of her younger brother: 'I'm not allowed to lie down on the couch'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother's several-week stay at 26-year-old son's apartment turns into a 4-month residency, he refuses to let her stay any longer: ‘I'm starting to feel like a guest in my own home’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents worth $3M ask to borrow $1200 from their 20-year-old to pay for his 17-year-old brother's braces: 'I don't know if they can even repay me, or meet their bills'

Emmy Pratt

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Toxic family vilifies woman for refusing to attend their Thanksgiving celebration for the 3rd year in a row because of how they treated her in the past: ‘[They said] I was intentionally trying to hurt my mom’

Lana DeGaetano

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67-year-old refuses to pay for his brother-in-law's kid's college tuition after he steals $30k from him: ‘I was done helping him forever’

Lana DeGaetano

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Pregnant mom gives early holiday present to 20-month-old daughter without consulting husband: 'With the new baby, I don't think I'll really get to enjoy watching my daughter getting her gift'

JR Atkinson

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Dad sends 9 and 13-year-old kids to boarding school 10 miles away right before they lost their mother, stepmom demands they come home 2 years later despite their wishes: 'They finally felt their boarding school was home to them.'

Emmy Pratt

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30-year-old son lives rent-free off his mom and her husband for 2 years, mom refuses to stand up to him when he yells at her husband: 'My wife thinks I’m overreacting and should just ignore his behavior.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom kicks out 22-year-old daughter and forces her to sell their mobile home, chews her out for not taking pictures of the title: 'I was paying all the bills at the house'

JR Atkinson

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Mom tries to force 19-year-old daughter to give up her $300 vintage tracksuit to 12-year-old niece because she 'really likes it,' daughter refuses and is iced out by the whole family: 'She stole it from you'

JR Atkinson

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College student sister refuses to allow visiting family member to stay in her room while she's away, so her parents force their 25-year-old live-in son to sacrifice his room and sleep on the floor: ‘She was being unreasonable’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mother refuses to take accountability for her part in ruining Christmas Day lunch, her children refuse to host holidays moving forward: ‘My mom… accused me of taking sides’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I’m not funding that fever dream': 27-year-old man refuses to attend or pay for his father’s wedding after discovering his dad is engaged to his serious ex-girlfriend Maya’s mother, sparking major family drama as the exes become step-siblings

Emma Saven

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16-year-old mom-to-be demands her stepmother take care of her baby during the day while she's at school: 'Everyone has told her multiple times that they aren't going to help her'

Emmy Pratt

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