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Mom pressures her 15-year-old daughter to change last name from her late father's last name to her stepfather's last name, can't understand why she refuses: '[My mom] doesn't think I should be hurting because of it'

Emmy Ward

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Impulsive mother sells house and quits job to travel, comes crawling back to 29-year-old son for financial help but he refuses: ‘She ignored everyone’s warnings’

Lana DeGaetano

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'You better hope your fingers are broken or else I'm not helping you pay for anything': Mom is casually cruel college-aged daughter when she breaks 3 fingers, urges her to ignore it

JR Atkinson

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Single dad cuts contact with 16-year-old son after kicking him out, only to reach out 8 years later and beg to move in with him, son turns him away: ‘After all I did for you?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (February 20, 2025)

JR Atkinson

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UPDATE: Ex-stepmom demands that her stepdaughter pay her rent, using her 15-year-old half-brother as collateral to live above her means, 32-year-old sets aside savings to help rescue her sibling: 'I love him, I'm always there for him'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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32-year-old woman's elderly parents demand she cover their rent and hospital bills, woman refuses because of their actions years earlier: ‘They left me when I needed help’

Lana DeGaetano

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34-year-old refuses to divvy up his lottery winnings with his money-grubbing extended family after getting guilt-tripped over setting aside savings for his kid's college fund: ‘My aunt said I was forgetting my roots’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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

Emmy Ward

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Freeloading uncle steals over $500 from his 4-year-old nephew's piggy bank, his sister calls out their mom for enabling his behavior: ‘I’m done with her condoning his foolishness’

Lana DeGaetano

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

Emmy Ward

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Divorced parents team up to force 17-year-old son to support their new relationships, insisting he treats their partners like parents, son refuses to comply: ‘Now they're angry at me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I’m sick of the favoritism’: 17-year-old son scolds parents for forgetting his birthday after years of living in adopted brother's shadow, parents take offense

Lana DeGaetano

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'I snapped': 16-year-old expected to fend for himself after his mom and stepdad repeatedly 'forget' to stock the fridge, he calls them out after catching them at a restaurant

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Single mom demands that her brother be the 'fun uncle' to her son, despite 2 paternal uncles offering to step up and do so: 'David needs all the support he can get since Bryan won’t be here'

Emmy Ward

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'I [was] cracking up': Mom names her newborn baby after her 5x great grandparent after her grandma with dementia shares some less-than accurate family secrets, wholesome hilarity ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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