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29-year-old adoptee receives contact from bio family, faces pushback when he doesn't want to meet them: 'For me there's nothing missing'

Ally Perry

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‘She tried calling me but I kept walking’: 17-year-old son refuses to miss work and babysit his 3 younger siblings after his father insists his job isn't important, causing his stepmother to miss an appointment

Lana DeGaetano

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Father refuses to let 14 and 16-year-old kids join his vacation to Europe after they side with their mom during the custody dispute: ‘You chose to spend your time with your mother, you got what you wanted’

Bar Mor Hazut

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52-year-old husband forces wife to cook restrictive meals for his 17-year-old daughter, leaving her kids to only eat what she does: 'My kids are sick of it and so am I'

JR Atkinson

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'[It's] our college fund': Grandparents save $250,000 for their 15 and 17-year-old grandkids, but their former daughter-in-law sues them to claim the money for her new family's medical treatment

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Daughter refuses to pick her parents up from the airport after they yell at her for making them wait 30 minutes, she tells them to get a taxi instead: ‘They have stonewalled me since’

Bar Mor Hazut

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17-year-old son stops doing chores and refuses to be free babysitter for his 8 siblings after parents announce their having their ninth: 'I protested'

Isabella Penn

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Teacher confiscates 13-year-old diabetic student's glucose monitor because it went off during class, signaling a health crisis: ‘No electronics, period’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents demand 16-year-old daughter allow her 15-year-old sister to use her prom dress, daughter insists she should be the one to decide: 'It's my dress, I bought it'

Bar Mor Hazut

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New mom wakes from a nap to find her newborn missing because her mother-in-law snuck in to “help” with the baby, MIL forced to return her emergencies-only key: 'She can't just let herself in'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Parents praise their oldest golden child and ostracize their ‘black sheep’ son for years: ‘I'm chasing the shadow of my family's approval’

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman receives an angry email from her sister-in-law, detailing her 7-year-old daughter's food mess that she left under their dining room table earlier that evening: ‘I… was quite shocked and offended by the intensity of judgment and shaming’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom sells $20k worth of son's baseball cards without telling him, he cuts her off until she pays him back: 'She offered me $2,000 to “make it even,” which felt like a slap in the face'

JR Atkinson

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Father refuses to allow ex-wife's new husband to take his 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son out alone, citing child safety risks: ‘To me he's just a stranger’

Lana DeGaetano

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Stepmom invites herself to mother-son dinner with 15-year-old stepson's football team, biomom wants her to stay away: 'This is going to be really really hard for you'

JR Atkinson

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26-year-old sister refuses to give $20,000 of her inheritance to the oldest sibling to bankroll her exorbitant wedding, family feud ensues over their late father's will: ‘She said Dad would want me to ‘share’'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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