parenting

Stepdad helps his 9-year-old stepson buy birthday gifts for his mom after his deadbeat dad forgot, dad takes credit and mom calls stepdad a liar when he tells her the truth: 'She said I was acting like a needy man baby'

Emmy Ward

Comments

Mother-in-law demands to be in the delivery room when her grandchild is born and to move in to help with the baby, gets upset when daughter-in-law refuses: 'This is your experience, not hers'

JR Atkinson

Comments

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 17, 2024)

Emmy Ward

Comments

Drama ensues when a 28-year-old daughter throws her parents' Christmas decorations in the garbage after she agrees to store a lifelong collection of holiday trinkets and heirlooms: 'The stuff was taking up space'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Comments

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (December 16, 2024)

Emmy Ward

Comments

Traveler makes a spoiled 6-year-old cry after refusing to switch seats on the plane, but he stands his ground through the kid's tantrum and the parent's unveiled guilt trip: ‘I paid extra for this seat!’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Comments

Paternal grandparents try to get custody of their 2-year-old granddaughter after her mother refuses to let her travel by herself to spend Christmas with them: 'Now Clara is bigger and can travel without [her mom]'

Emmy Ward

Comments

20-year-old who can't drive accepts job 45 minutes away, balks when mom refuses to drive them back and forth: 'This is just not a job your kid can accept'

JR Atkinson

Comments

'I don't think it's right to take money from them': Dad Refuses to Share Biological Kids’ Inheritance with Stepkids, In-Laws Accuse Him of Favoritism

Isabella Penn

Comments

Woman cancels her pretentious parents' 30th anniversary party after they blacklist her husband for being a waiter: 'Their friends would be there and they didn't want to be 'embarrassed''

Jesse Kessenheimer

Comments

Mother allows kid to bother exhausted airplane passenger throughout 2-hour flight, internet discusses the importance of effective parental oversight: ‘Not her child. Not her responsibility’

Lana DeGaetano

Comments

Foster mom says she's glad her 9-month-old foster daughter is an orphan so she'll be easier to adopt in front of the babies 14-year-old sister: 'It's so nice to adopt babies. That way they're not all messed up and disobedient later on'

Emmy Ward

Comments

'Like empty bottles or soda tabs': Woman is gifted literal garbage for Christmas by her in-laws, then decides to get even by fabricating a sob story that causes them to think twice about their next “gift”

Jesse Kessenheimer

Comments

The 23 Best Parenting Memes of the Weekend for Witty Moms and Dads Parenting the Best They Can All Week (December 14, 2024)

Elna McHilderson

Comments

Selfish in-laws spit on their son-in-law's compromise and give him an ultimatum, making him choose between his parent's Christmas and their holiday party: ‘Linda and Greg have flat-out disinvited us from Christmas’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Comments

Childless man in his 30s laments how friends becoming parents changes relationships: 'People don't care about your life anymore'

Ally Perry

Comments