Parenting Fail

Estranged mother admits to intercepting her son's college acceptance letters 15 years ago and lying that he did not get into any colleges: 'She didn't want me to succeed at something before my brother did'

Emmy Pratt

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16-year-old son rejects mother's apologies after she abandoned him and his younger brother for her affair partner's kids: ‘She didn't just cheat on dad but she was picking the guys kids over her own’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She was not happy’: 21-year-old daughter refuses to inform controlling mother of an internship she landed abroad due to her mother's reaction to her last opportunity

Lana DeGaetano

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'I ended up using a Cash App loan to cover the meal': Mom insists son take her to Chili's, forks the bill over despite him not having money to pay it, leaving him with $.30 in his bank account

JR Atkinson

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Entitled parent outraged when a fellow mom refuses to drive them roundtrip to her own daughter's birthday party: 'I can't, I'll be hosting a party'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Daughter refuses to give up college fund to bail her parents out of debt due to careless overspending and failed investments: ‘I wasn’t going to throw away my future’

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman sends boyfriend's 6-year-old to bed hungry because he won't eat her cooking, boyfriend calls her 'ignorant': 'I wouldn't hold his children to different rules'

JR Atkinson

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Guy threatens to go low contact with parents after they plan to dip into their retirement savings to ‘bail out’ his older, ‘family screw up’ brother: ‘I can't keep watching this cycle’

Lana DeGaetano

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (March 18, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (March 17, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Entitled aunt expects 30-year-old oldest child to be her cold-hearted grandmother's caregiver, despite enduring grandma's mistreatment as her ‘helper’ years earlier

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old son calls out estranged father for 15 years of neglect in front of his new wife and 5 stepchildren, who all refuse to leave him alone: ‘I have shut down all attempts to have a relationship’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mother refuses to take disobedient stepson to Disney with her toddler and her side of the family, husband's ex-wife tries to badger her into caving: ‘I'd have no real down time’

Lana DeGaetano

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25-year-old daughter cuts off her critical mother after ‘lifelong’ feud and comparisons to her ‘golden child’ older brother: ‘She had her chance to be a mom, and she blew it’

Lana DeGaetano

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33-year-old man ends 5-year-long relationship after his girlfriend refuses to discipline her 10-year-old daughter who pathologically lies: 'There are no real consequences for her actions.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother requires in-laws to ‘book an appointment’ with their 4-month-old grandkid after they frequently show up during naps and meals unannounced: ‘I’m just asking for basic respect’

Lana DeGaetano

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