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29-year-old daughter refuses to attend Christmas after family raise price of white elephant gift exchange to $250: 'I started feeling like I was being pushed out of the tradition because of my financial situation'

Ally Perry

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30 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (December 19, 2024)

JR Atkinson

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Parents insist on keeping in contact with the ‘daughter’ they gave up for adoption over 20 years ago, she refuses to go along, leading to an intense confrontation: ‘You're not my parents’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Father kicks out 22-year-old stepson after stepson ‘pranks’ him by wrapping all his work supplies with duct tape, mother sides with son: ‘He's just a kid’

Bar Mor Hazut

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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 Pratt

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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

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

Emmy Pratt

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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

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

Emmy Pratt

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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

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Man receives $50,000 work bonus, fiancée demands that he give half of it to her parents to pay off their mortgage: 'Now I’m getting guilt tripped'

Ally Perry

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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

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'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

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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

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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

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'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

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