parenting

Legend Has It: How ‘Dad Lore’ romanticizes the pursuit of daring adventures for the sake of legendary storytelling

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Dad restricts 19-year-old daughter's laptop use because he doesn't believe she's spending 8-10 hours a day doing homework: 'I don't understand why every assignment needs a computer or laptop.'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: 'I've gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up'

JR Atkinson

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Dad fosters 5-year-old boy, demands 17-year-old daughter living in another state take on big sister duties: 'I didn’t feel comfortable being a sister to someone I’ve never seen in person'

Ally Perry

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'I’m being treated like an ATM just because I married into their family': 27-year-old working mom earns a bonus at work and decides to save the money for her son's future, then gets accosted by her sister-in-law to cover her wedding costs instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Dad gifts 24-year-old kid an ‘inheritance’, only to later reveal it is actually the child support he refused to pay mom for years: ‘He hoarded the money and pretended to be the good guy’

Bar Mor Hazut

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4-year-old nephew breaks 15-year-old's gaming console, parents complain when he asks them to replace it: 'That was $300 of my own money'

Ally Perry

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‘Why do I have to be punished because of their allergies’: Mom and stepdad only allow kid to eat what their dairy and shellfish-allergic step-siblings eat, even on special birthday occasions

Lana DeGaetano

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‘This is my house, my family, and my child’: Estranged childhood friend insults a 29-year-old mom's parenting tactics with her 5-year-old, gets kicked out of the house, and blocked as a result

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘He was never going to tell her’: Kid exposes father's affair to their mom while on an upstate family vacation, father blames kid for ‘destroying the family’

Lana DeGaetano

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College graduate cancels graduation dinner plans after 6 family members flake on their ceremony, one claiming the affair would be too ‘boring’: ‘Out of the 8 seats reserved, only my parents came’

Lana DeGaetano

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Family’s Florida vacation beach day ruined by entitled kid and his mom falsely accuse sisters of stealing a sand bucket: ‘My 4-year-old daughter was making a sand castle with her older sister, a kid walks over and says, "That's my bucket give it back!"’

Etai Eshet

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22-year-old lets pregnant friend stay at apartment rent-free, friend insists host get rid of beloved cats: 'You need to do something about the cats'

JR Atkinson

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Dad faces judgment for refusing to include son's 9-year-old friend in activities because he isn't fully potty trained: 'That is not my responsibility'

Ally Perry

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Foster mom forces 19-year-old daughter to move out of her room to clear up space for new foster kids, daughter refuses to cooperate: ‘There's no way you're serious’

Bar Mor Hazut

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5-year-old daughter stays home alone for hours after 17-year-old stepsibling refuses to babysit when no one else is available: 'That's not a problem for me to fix'

Bar Mor Hazut

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