Parenting Fail

16-year-old sells her 37-year-old stepmother's vintage prom dress behind her back so she could buy new headphones: 'The dress is 100% silk, one of a kind, and the brand doesn't exist anymore'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I just feel like I was robbed of a moment I worked hard for’: Golden child older brother proposes during 23-year-old sister's college graduation dinner, parents claim she's overreacting

Lana DeGaetano

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18-year-old girl neglects to pay $100 to retrieve her towed car, her father pays if for her and her mom flips out, takes away her keys: 'Her dad thinks I am being too harsh'

JR Atkinson

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60-year-old grandma plans vacation for herself while 12 and 10-year-old grandchildren are in school, daughter chews her out for not being available to babysit: 'She should not be assumptive'

JR Atkinson

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14-year-old puts fake spider in his shared bathroom to scare his 17-year-old sister who spends hours getting ready and taking selfies before school, making him late: 'My parents are saying I traumatized her'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I want my privacy’: Daughter refuses to sleep on Airbnb couch with her boyfriend during 6-night family vacation, parents accuse her of ruining the trip if she books another place to stay

Lana DeGaetano

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 13, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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'At least my kids still talk to me': Stepmom gifts family heirloom necklace to her 18-year-old stepdaughter she's raised since she was 4, aunt claims she shouldn't have gotten it because she's not biologically related

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (May 12, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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13-year-old lies about his mom having a new boyfriend so that his dad will take full custody of him, dad doesn't find out about lie until months later: 'She wasn't dating anyone and my son had lied about her mother no longer wanting him at home'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother refuses to force 16, 14, 12, and 3-year-old children to play inside with their introvert cousin, her sister accuses her children of excluding him: ‘My kids don't like to watch TV’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom steals $5K from her son's bank account to buy MLM products, family criticizes son for calling the police on her: 'I'd been saving money because my dog needs liver surgery'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I try to take control of my own life, and suddenly I’m the villain?’: Entitled mother cancels daughter's Sweet Sixteen birthday party, despite the daughter paying for everything herself

Lana DeGaetano

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26-year-old daughter cuts off family after 20+ years of parental favoritism toward her 34-year-old half-sister: ‘My parents [are] not going to change’

Lana DeGaetano

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5-year-old crashes into 17-year-old and his 47-year-old mom on his bike, gets chewed out by teen for riding bike in a forbidden zone: 'His mom starts laying into me about how dare I scold her child'

Emmy Pratt

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 6, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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