Parenting Fail

22-year-old lets pregnant friend stay at apartment rent-free, friend insists host get rid of beloved cats: 'You need to do something about the cats'

JR Atkinson

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Mom pressures 18-year-old daughter to give her 20-year-old brother $2700 to cover his rent: 'I don’t believe I’ll see that money again'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Is it normal for moms to be jealous of their own daughters like this?’: Daughter makes $500 after working for her father and her mother loses it, falsely claiming that he never gives her any money

Lana DeGaetano

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (July 1, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Parents berate mom for feeding their kids cake and soda at her son's 6th birthday party: 'If you don’t stay at the party or say anything about dietary restrictions, can you really be upset afterward?'

Emmy Pratt

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Parents let 3 rowdy sons interrupt couple's first dance at their wedding, let them play with fireworks unsupervised: 'Love that she was taking photos of them interrupting the first dance instead of parenting'

JR Atkinson

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‘This isn't a punishment, this is consequences’: Scorned 27-year-old daughter refuses to view her mother's affair partner-turned-husband as a father after the pair destroyed their family

Lana DeGaetano

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Teen boy calls out twin brother for copying him since birth, which disallowed him from being his own person for 16 years: ‘I literally had no space to develop my own personality away from him’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She told me I had two choices: Give her a share, or get out’: 22-year-old daughter is kicked out after she hides cash savings from father and his wife

Lana DeGaetano

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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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17-year-old boy doesn't allow stepmother to legally adopt him, refuses to compromise his familial boundaries to spare her feelings: ‘After I turned down the adoption she tried to force the motherly stuff’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I loaned them money twice… they haven't paid a dollar back’: Entitled parents shame 22-year-old daughter for buying her boyfriend an expensive birthday gift, insist she could've given them the money for bills instead

Lana DeGaetano

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27-year-old criticized by a jealous mom after saving $1000s to go on a European trip, then she gets guilt-tripped into babysitting for free so the mom can have a ‘real vacation’: ‘You already got your break’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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

Emmy Pratt

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Mother safely advises 8-year-old girl to steer clear of her 3 kids who are playfully roughhousing in a public pool, girl refuses to listen and her parents scold the 3 children: ‘[She] gets splashed and loses her mind’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I feel like the villain in my own house’: Entitled mom insists grad student kid give up their room to their pregnant sister for 3 months, despite paying rent and being in school full-time

Lana DeGaetano

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