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Strict father makes family take 'Navy showers' when visiting their house, call out son-in-law's 20 minute showers: 'This is a ridiculous rule for well-off people to impose'

JR Atkinson

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (January 9, 2025)

JR Atkinson

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Step-grandmother continually posts pictures of 8-year-old and 5-year-old children despite being told not to, parents refuse to let her see them: 'Your kids, your rules'

JR Atkinson

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Unschooling mom enrolls 7-year-old son who's still in diapers in 1st grade, is convinced he'll be too smart for the class: 'She wants to email the teacher ideas because 1st grade curriculum is too simple'

Emmy Pratt

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (January 2, 2025)

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Couple surprises parents with 10-day Italy vacation, 15-year-old sister throws a fit when she's not invited despite it being an adults-only trip: 'My parents have put us in an impossible situation'

JR Atkinson

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Parents make daughter buy family's groceries since age 12, dad refuses to contribute and weaponizes incompetence when forced to: 'Your parents are terrible. Both of them'

JR Atkinson

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'You don't shame or hide things that should be celebrated': Mom lashes out when daughter-in-law announces pregnancy in front of her other, favorite daughter-in-law who has had trouble conceiving

JR Atkinson

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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (December 26, 2024)

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Mom confronts dad of teenage daughter's boyfriend for breaking up with her daughter 'the wrong way,' dad says her daughter 'isn't special': 'You really need to work on your empathy'

JR Atkinson

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Woman refuses to babysit sister's 7-year-old and 5-year-old every weekend while their parents go out, sister goes no-contact to punish her: 'She even guilt-tripped me by saying the kids would be disappointed'

JR Atkinson

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Mom asks unemployed 23-year-old son to do 10 hours of housework in exchange for bailing him out of debt, son wants to count the 5 hours he spend attending a concert with her: 'Stop enabling him'

JR Atkinson

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

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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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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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Aunt refuses to accommodate 3-year-old's allergies for monthly family dinner, tells sister-in-law to 'put the kid in a plastic bubble': 'You seem to have a bone to pick with a 3-year-old'

JR Atkinson

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