Parenting Fail

Parents ask college-aged kid to take care of their farm animals while they're on 10-day vacation despite previously inviting them on the trip: 'I'm trying to set boundaries and do what's best for me'

JR Atkinson

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Husband tells parents they aren't allowed in the delivery room immediately after his wife gives birth, his mother reacts poorly: ‘I do want to protect my wife's peace’

Lana DeGaetano

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Aunt demands family-owned apartment back from her niece after 4 years of poor tenancy, but her parents refuse to kick her niece out: ‘I'm honestly just done’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents spend every cent of 23-year-old daughter's $1400 graduation gift from her grandmother, refuse to give it back to her: 'Your father committed breach of trust'

JR Atkinson

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Parents kick 16-year-old son out of their home, wait 4 days to find him and bring him back: 'They abandoned me when I needed them the most'

Emmy Pratt

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Aunt demands 22-year-old niece skip her college graduation to babysit her kids: 'It's not like missing one ceremony will ruin your life'

JR Atkinson

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Divorced woman refuses to let her 2 ex-stepchildren stay at her house when her biological daughter does, her ex-husband insists despite the children's rejection of her as a mother figure years ago: ‘[The children] told me I was cruel’

Lana DeGaetano

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20-year-old financially supports his mom, 28-year-old brother, and 2 younger siblings for years, family turns on him when he moves to pursue an internship in London: 'They all called me selfish'

Emmy Pratt

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Dad pesters his half-unconscious wife with a 104-degree fever, asking her how to get their 4 kids ready for bed: 'I just snapped and told him to figure it out on his own'

Emmy Pratt

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‘It was a family vacation, and they're not my family’: Father refuses to bring his daughter's half-siblings on a family vacation because his ex-partner never includes their daughter in any trips she plans with her husband and kids

Lana DeGaetano

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9 and 11-year-old homeschoolers stay up until 4 AM running and screaming, mom only cares because they're keeping her up: 'I wouldn't care if they didn't keep me up too.'

Emmy Pratt

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Pregnant 28-year-old daughter tells father she and her partner are moving out of his home after shouldering the cost of all household expenses for months, he tries to guilt her into staying: ‘He didn’t talk to me for days’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents demand their 18-year-old daughter complete her chores despite her living in college dorms, then retaliate by blocking their home's Wi-Fi from all her devices: ‘I just can't help but feel bitter’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I'm desperately trying to love myself without constantly hearing her voice in my head’: Entitled mother spends 10+ years criticizing her now 22-year-old daughter's weight, then stands firm in her critical behavior when her daughter calls her out

Lana DeGaetano

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Man's girlfriend goes into labor during a visitation with him and his ex's 4-year-old son, he demands his ex pick up the child, then loses it when she refuses because she's been drinking: ‘It would be irresponsible of me to drive’

Lana DeGaetano

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Grandma takes in and buys car for son's 16-year-old daughter from an affair, he complains she won't buy one for his 17-year-old son: 'You're literally raising her'

JR Atkinson

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