Parenting Fail

Overbearing stepmom wants 16-year-old stepson to change his name to match hers, doesn't understand he wants to honor his late mother: 'It made me feel really icky'

JR Atkinson

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‘I’ve always been the outsider’: No-contact parents sneak back into daughter's life and request the money she made off of selling her home, despite draining her savings account years earlier

Lana DeGaetano

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (October 8, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

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Neglectful 22-year-old mom brings 5-year-old and infant to haunted house despite friends warning, the kids have meltdowns: 'Those poor kids'

JR Atkinson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (October 7, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

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Choosy beggar mom asks for free childcare from stay-at-home sister, demands she make separate meals and keep a separate schedule: 'She's being such a diva'

JR Atkinson

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'You aren't starving your children': Overstepping woman criticizes how brother-in-law feeds his children, calls it 'insanity' that they have more than 3 meals a day

JR Atkinson

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Aunt refuses to take 8-year-old niece out for meals after she continuously orders $50 worth of food and refuses to eat it: 'She will ask for 50 piece nuggets, large fries, deluxe quarter pounder with cheese and two shakes with two ice creams'

Emmy Pratt

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Entitled mom of 5 hosts a baby shower for her 6th baby, insists that her childless sister in her 20s should get her an expensive gift: 'If I gave her a gift for the first, I should for all of them'

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (October 1, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

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'I thought she was joking': Mom of newborn asks for a new car for 'push present,' husband responds she's not worthy

JR Atkinson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (September 30, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

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Irresponsible dad allows sick 3-year-old with a 7:30 bedtime to stay up until 9, sobs inconsolably from 8-10 before finally falling asleep: 'I told him I wasn't going to deal with that mess'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom grounds her 25-year-old kid for wanting to go to a LARPing event that costs over $100: 'They owe us $350 in back rent due to us not charging them rent when they weren't working'

Emmy Pratt

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16-year-old son of widower bonds with his dad's girlfriend who doesn't want to replace his mom, dad dumps her for woman who insists on filling the mom role for him: 'I told him I didn't want another mom and I loved Mara'

Emmy Pratt

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14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: 'I told my mom that she is bullying me for not knowing how to speak our native language'

Emmy Pratt

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