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28-year-old man and wife announce they are trying for a second child at birthday barbecue, have to request sister-in-law leaves after she a meltdown: 'She called my wife a golden child'

Ally Perry

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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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'It just felt fake': Stepmom corners her 20-year-old stepdaughter into publicly declaring a ‘family pledge’ during her and Dad's vow renewal ceremony, ends up getting humiliated by her refusal

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom demands 16-year-old take care of his 2 half-siblings and 5 step-siblings and share a room with 3 of them, gets angry when he decides to move in with his dad instead: 'She told me now I was being extra selfish'

Emmy Pratt

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (May 15, 2025)

JR Atkinson

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Dad demands ex-wife raise his 4-year-old son as if he were her own, convinces son to call her ‘mom’, she refuses to go along: ‘I don't want him at my home’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Server given surprise table of 24 parents and kids shows why Mother's Day is the worst day for service industry workers: ‘[I] had to put up with some diabolical buffoonery!'

Elna McHilderson

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Childless dog mom chastises 64-year-old mother-in-law for sending Mother's Day gift baskets to other moms and not her: 'She clarified I have two grandkids by her already'

Ally Perry

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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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‘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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Family therapist fires dad and his 2nd wife for treating his 16-year-old son so poorly, teen tells entire family about the firing: '[My dad] told me I'm trying to humiliate them' '

Emmy Pratt

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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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72-year-old grandpa refuses to pay for 17-year-old granddaughter's phone after he breaks it, her mom puts him in his place: ‘He says I'm taking money from poor old people’

Bar Mor Hazut

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