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Dad defends his parenting tactics, clashing with his brother-in-law when he mocks the rules he set for his kids on family vacation: 'Go ahead and assume I never want parenting advice from you'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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17-year-old refuses to accept the car her parents gifted her because they expected her to drive her 12 and 14-year-old siblings around: 'They told me I'm being ungrateful.'

Emmy Pratt

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18-year-old daughter finds out mom spent $30,000 fund that was legally hers, she refuses to attend Christmas with mom in response: ‘She has a wide history of impulse spending’

Bar Mor Hazut

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16-year-old son finds out the reason for his parents' divorce, leading him to move in with his dad full-time, mom accuses him of ruining the family: ‘You should have minded your own business ’

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Aunt takes in 20-year-old niece after her parents raise her rent fees, leaving parents furious at aunt after discovering she also demands rent: ‘I'm teaching her financial literacy’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (December 20, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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Grandma refuses to babysit her 4 and 6-year-old grandchildren on Christmas, so her son and daughter-in-law can go to a football game: 'They want me to watch the kids from noon until they come to dinner.'

Emmy Pratt

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17-year-old's absentee father strictly forbids them from attending a concert, but the teen laughs and denies his authority: 'Now he wants to suddenly parent me during his twice-yearly visits?'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week

JR Atkinson

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Grandma accidentally gifts 8-year-old granddaughter a gift card instead of a toy, mom refuses to give the gift card back: 'It seems really wrong to take back a gift from a child.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom defends 15-year-old daughter's right to drive around with her friends at night, dad is infuriated at his wife's permissive attitude: 'She left around 7:45 and I asked she be home at 10'

JR Atkinson

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Stepmom refuses to buy any Christmas presents for her 10-year-old stepdaughter because her husband is lazy: 'If he wants his daughter to have gifts, he must buy them himself.'

Emmy Pratt

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15-year-old quits barista and babysitting jobs to focus on volunteering for college, parents protest she won't pay rent any more: 'Neither my brother or sister has ever contributed'

Ally Perry

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'She asked me if I would pick her daughter up every Friday and babysit until 8 p.m.': Mom shuts down ex-husband and his mistress after they demand free childcare for his affair partner’s kid

Isabella Penn

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‘She had broken my trust again’: Helicopter mom digs through her 27-year-old son's things when she visits his apartment, so her son puts a lock on his bedroom to deter her

Lana DeGaetano

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New mother refuses to lend money to help her in-laws fix their car, claims she needs to provide for her newborn, husband takes his parents' side: ‘He has held a grudge’

Bar Mor Hazut

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