raising teens

Fast food boss continually schedules high schooler at 10 AM on school days, asks them to skip their Senior Prom

JR Atkinson

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Husband and wife stay out until 3 AM, are accosted by mother-in-law who was watching their 12 and 16-year-old: 'I don’t like [...] being treated like a child sneaking in'

JR Atkinson

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Mom refuses to let her 13-year-old daughter sleep at a friend’s house after meeting the girl’s stepdad, and gets accused by the friend’s mom of lying and judging her family

Etai Eshet

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Mom insists 15-year-old daughter be the bigger person after an argument with her 40-year-old stepdad: 'Ma'am, I am literally 15.'

Emmy Pratt

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Stepmother allows 15-year-old stepdaughter to go to school wearing stinky pajamas: 'I figured she's old enough to dress herself.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘She chose my birthday to fight about this’: Teen turns mom’s birthday Starbucks stop into a loud public yelling argument about hating her own name

Etai Eshet

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Mom kicks out 18-year-old son so her boyfriend of 3 months can move in: 'I deserve love after being alone raising you for 18 years.'

Emmy Pratt

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Stepmom breaks up with her fiancé after 8 years of her 14-year-old stepdaughter treating her like dirt: 'My life is better now that his daughter isn't around me.'

Emmy Pratt

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Parents pressure teenage daughter go to expensive out-of-state school instead of her in-state choice, call her a 'spoiled brat' for accepting their help: 'I want to know I can stand on my own two feet'

JR Atkinson

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16-year-old decides to live with her dad because her mom forced her to share a bedroom with her 7 and 10-year-old half sisters: 'My mom told me I'm destroying so many of my relationships with my childish brain.'

Emmy Pratt

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16-year-old promises to give her mom 25% of her earnings if she ever became a published author, mom holds her to that promise 6 years later: 'She threatened to sue me over it if I ever did get published.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (December 6, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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Dad forces his 5 sons to play sports, gets angry when his 8-year-old prefers studying gemstones over playing baseball: 'He told me he doesn't want to play sports and started crying.'

Emmy Pratt

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Single mom resents 17-year-old daughter for going on a school trip and leaving her alone for her 60th birthday: 'She hasn’t acknowledged the fact that I will be completely alone for my birthday.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 29, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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17-year-old refuses to babysit out-of-the-blue for her entitled aunt, mom defends her teen daughter: '[My Aunt doesn't get] to decide what I do with my time.'

Elna McHilderson

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