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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 8, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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‘My dad would be disgusted with what she did’: 17-year-old son refuses to defend his mother against paternal grandparents after she gives his late father's belongings away to her new stepchildren

Lana DeGaetano

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'I do more than most fathers': 37-year-old husband fails to take care of 6-year-old and 4-year-old for a couple hours while wife is away, gets upset when wife calls him out

JR Atkinson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (April 7, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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'Left her on read': Entitled mom RSVP's 'Yes' to a kids party then demands 3-days prior that her fellow parent change the date because her kid suddenly has better plans

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Stepdad forces 10 and 12-year-old stepkids to never mention their late father in front of him, mom can't understand why they don't want a relationship with him 17 years later: 'Frank yelled at my sister because she mentioned dad in her graduation speech.'

Emmy Pratt

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Soon-to-be dad tells estranged family to get lost after they try to weasel back into his life solely because he and his wife have a kid on the way: ‘Where were they when I needed them?’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘The house is in shambles’: Stepson poorly renovates a home his stepmom fixed up for him, so she gives her bio children bigger homes and refuses to satisfy his request for a better house

Lana DeGaetano

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36-year-old stepmom forces 18-year-old stepdaughter to babysit her 3-month-old baby onto her without asking, won't take no for an answer: 'I have woken up to her crib in my room'

Emmy Pratt

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18-year-old daughter ‘abandons’ mother after 10+ years of emotional neglect from her mom, stepfather, and stepsiblings: ‘I know I'm not wanted by the majority of people there and I don't need to expose myself to that anymore’

Lana DeGaetano

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

Emmy Pratt

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Parents buy 16-year-old daughter a new car for her birthday, give 19-year-old son a book and a gift card after refusing to help him buy a used car: 'They accused me of being jealous of my sister'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother drags 17-year-old teen away from hometown because of her new husband and stepchildren, teen forms a plan to move in with grandparents: ‘She said I was totally selfish’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom feeds 13-year-old girls pizza, donuts, and chips at sleepover, other moms call her a 'lousy mother' for feeding them junk: '[She said] her daughter would no longer be coming to any events at my home'

JR Atkinson

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40-year-old dad tells wife he's traveling 10,000 miles to go to Burning Man in South Africa while she stays home with their 5-month-old baby: 'He needs a break and parenthood'

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (March 31, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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