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Aunt criticizes mom for putting her 7-year-old son in time-out, gets indignant when she refuses to babysit her kids: '[She said] I should use gentle parenting instead'

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'He's just a kid': Enabler mom refuses to reprimand 13-year-old son who stole 12-year-old cousin's crutches 'as a joke'

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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (September 3, 2024)

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Parents constantly track 18-year-old college freshman's phone, expect him to be in bed by 10 PM every night: 'My mother called while I was out clubbing, and when I didn't pick up she called my school's police dispatch'

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Careless mom assumes 13-year-old niece will watch her kids, blames her when her kids spill pasta sauce on the carpet: 'Your daughter wasn't even in the room when it happened'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (September 2, 2024)

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Entitled mom asks 28-year-old sister who works full time to babysit her 1-year-old once a week, calls her selfish when she refuses: 'The request itself is unreasonable'

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'I was sick of being blamed for his awful kids': Mom kicks out 16-year-old daughter after her husband's kids break the TV, blames daughter for stepkids getting taken away by CPS

Emmy Ward

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'You're not responsible for taking care of your father's stepkids': Dad forces 16-year-old son to make food for his step siblings on days he's with his mom, balks when he refuses

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Demanding mother asks 25-year-old sister to abandon work meeting to pick up her child from school, lashes out when she refuses: 'She said that she wasn't free labour'

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Retired mom takes out $30,000 personal loan in her son's name to buy a boat, threatens to call CPS on him if he reports it to the police: 'They've missed 4 payments and [are] going to let it default since the boat can't be repossessed'

Emmy Ward

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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (August 27, 2024)

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Father of 2-month-old newborn refuses to cancel week-long 'bros trip' despite anxious wife's wishes: 'I really need him by my side'

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40-year-old calls herself 'first time mom' when new baby arrives despite having a 24-year-old son, son storms out: 'She said something that really hurt me'

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (August 26, 2024)

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'I hate being this responsible': Parents of 7 rely on 16-year-old to support their family, force him to help with an 8th child

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