parenting

8th grader takes career aptitude test, results say he'd be fit for working in gambling: 'Bookie was never a career choice when I took these tests in high school'

Emmy Pratt

Comments

30-year-old daughter plans family cruise, sends recommendations and suggestions to the entire family in preparation, they demand she stop: ‘Just let it go, we will figure it out’

Bar Mor Hazut

Comments

Labor Day weekend campers arrive to find their pre-booked prime site occupied, and have to get a ranger involved to force a move: ‘Shoulda booked earlier, my friends’

Etai Eshet

Comments

23-year-old kid refuses to attend father's 10th wedding anniversary party after they were barred from attending the actual wedding, in addition to several years of emotional neglect: ‘After that, I started getting excluded from so many things’

Lana DeGaetano

Comments

'HALF THE COLLECTION [was] missing': Woman's future nephews force her 8-year-old daughter to hand over her Pokémon card collection, so the woman steals them all back and then some

Lana DeGaetano

Comments

Mother refuses to give ex-boyfriend's new kids her 15-year-old son's school supplies, ex-boyfriend then tries to play the ‘family’ card: ‘It's not my job to buy these other kids supplies’

Lana DeGaetano

Comments

‘I told her I wasn’t switching, my hotel was part of the special deal’: Cousin tries to turn an adults‑only Cyprus getaway into a family trip on the couple’s dime, trying to switch the booking, and gets shut down

Etai Eshet

Comments

Mom gets jealous that 16-year-old son spends more time with his dad than with her, demands he participate in family traditions with half-siblings, son refuses: ‘I left mom's house’

Bar Mor Hazut

Comments

Aunt and cousin mocked woman and her daughter for years, she exposes them online after they dared her to: 'They didn't expect the abundance of support I'd get'

Isabella Penn

Comments

16-year-old constantly steals her 19-year-old sister's possessions, parents buy her whatever she wants to stop her from stealing: 'My parents fund her Starbucks, skincare, clothes, and everything else'

Emmy Pratt

Comments

Swim teacher refuses to let 8-year-old student into the pool after kid fails to listen to any rules, only to be confronted by his mom: ‘Never correct my son in public’

Bar Mor Hazut

Comments

Dad excludes 13-year-old kid from his wedding, claiming it's an “adults only” event, but allows his 14 and 16-year-old step-children to attend, kid cuts contact after turning 18: ‘I haven’t talked to him since’

Bar Mor Hazut

Comments

55-year-old dad reneges on paying his 22-year-old daughter's grad school tuition because his fianceé wants him to pay for their wedding instead: 'He explained when he had agreed he didn’t have a wedding to plan'

Emmy Pratt

Comments

‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (August 30, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Comments

‘[I] feel better now knowing that our son can stand up for himself’: 6-year-old gets wholesome revenge against class tormentor with a bag of goodies and ingenuity

Elna McHilderson

Comments

Mom refuses to cancel daughter’s dream wedding venue and lose $20k deposit after sister’s cheating ex proposed to his mistress there: 'Carol says I'm choosing money over her mental health'

Isabella Penn

Comments