Parenting Fail

Dad restricts 19-year-old daughter's laptop use because he doesn't believe she's spending 8-10 hours a day doing homework: 'I don't understand why every assignment needs a computer or laptop.'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: 'I've gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up'

JR Atkinson

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‘Why do I have to be punished because of their allergies’: Mom and stepdad only allow kid to eat what their dairy and shellfish-allergic step-siblings eat, even on special birthday occasions

Lana DeGaetano

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‘He was never going to tell her’: Kid exposes father's affair to their mom while on an upstate family vacation, father blames kid for ‘destroying the family’

Lana DeGaetano

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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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