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Absent father doesn't spend time with son for 11 years, worries he is trying to bribe him into living with him when he is 14: 'His stepdad treats him worse than the other kids'

Ally Perry

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Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: 'No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant'

Ally Perry

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'The fallout was immediate': Parents plan surprise 30th birthday at daughter's house without asking her for permission, call her selfish when she declines to attend

JR Atkinson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (January 21, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Entitled new mom demands her 20-year-old cousin fork up their entire savings to cover baby costs, guilt-tripping them into foregoing their dream of studying abroad: ‘She said my dream is just a ’luxury' compared to her needs'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'She's not my child': 19-year-old aunt gets ditched with her 2-year-old niece whenever Mom is tired of parenting, so she refuses to babysit ever again

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘In big bold letters, "DAD"…’: Kids carve their names in their father's truck, uncle has the perfect way to teach his 2 young nephews a valuable lesson in petty revenge

Elna McHilderson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (January 20, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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16-year-old steals $50 of prescription beauty products from her sister-in-law, ends up with egregious skin irritations as a result: ‘She blamed me [but] I hadn’t expected her to dig through my drawers’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'She looked at me like I had three heads': 16-year-old daughter refuses to help mom with housework, claims mom should take on the 'motherly duties', leading mom to start paying her for the help

Bar Mor Hazut

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16-year-old girl breaks her dad's ex girlfriend's beloved vase out of revenge for dating her dad, goes to her for advice after her dad starts dating a meaner woman: 'Tia calls her names, Jane calls her names back'

Emmy Pratt

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23 Best Parenting Memes of the Week for Witty Moms and Dads Parenting The Best They Can Parent All the Time (January 18, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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Dad-of-3 welcomes new baby with wife, expects her stop their clingy 4-year-old to while she deals with their 3-year-old and 2-week-old: 'I don't want to be bad cop every time'

Ally Perry

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Mom grounds 15-year-old daughter for 4 months and bans her from her cheerleading competition after she mocked 16-year-old classmate for having reading problems: 'You’ll also apologize to Zoey in front of the [youth] group'

Emmy Pratt

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28-year-old daughter refuses to share her inheritance with her six older siblings, declining to sell her late mother's house to split up the profit: ‘I want to live in it like my mom had intended’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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25 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (January 16, 2025)

JR Atkinson

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