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14-year-old girl can't read above a 1st grade level, can't understand why literacy is necessary in life: 'When I’m an adult, I’ll just know how to read'

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8th grader takes career aptitude test, results say he'd be fit for working in gambling: 'Bookie was never a career choice when I took these tests in high school'

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16-year-old constantly steals her 19-year-old sister's possessions, parents buy her whatever she wants to stop her from stealing: 'My parents fund her Starbucks, skincare, clothes, and everything else'

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15-year-old refuses to answer normal questions his 21-year-old brother asks because he thinks he'll use his answers against him: 'If he asks where I am going when I go out, I don’t tell him. If he asks me what I'm cooking, I don't tell him'

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18-year-old refuses to be the guardian of his 12-year-old stepsister because he already committed to caring for his 14-year-old brother: 'My stepdad said I'm perfectly capable of doing it for both'

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18-year-old nursery employee leaves greenhouse without telling his boss because the temperature was 130 degrees: 'I cannot work in conditions above 115 degrees'

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17-year-old girl calls out her mom for ignoring her because she wishes her daughter had been born a boy: 'She'd talk about how she'd love to have a little boy of her own.'

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Dad refuses to call his 16-year-old daughter Anastasia by the nickname 'Ana,' freaks out when she calls him 'George': 'My dad will call me Anastasia intentionally to make me upset.'

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Entitled mom demands library patron move from the computer he's using so that her 16-year-old daughter can use it: 'You’re an adult. You can work anywhere. She’s a child.'

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14-year-old constantly mocks her 16-year-old sister for being adopted, older sister discovers that they're actually both adopted: 'My parents said don't tell my sister or she'll be devastated'

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16-year-old threatens to tell his dad's coworkers about his affair with his current wife because his dad won't budge on strict custody arrangement: 'The whole time my parents have been broken up I wanted to live only with my mom.'

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24 and 27-year-old couple abandons their son because they weren't ready to be parents, wants him to treat their 3 younger kids like siblings when he's 17: 'I wasn't interested in them or their kids, none of them are my actual family'

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Dad withdraws 15-year-old daughter from competitive gymnastics against her mom's wishes because she doesn't want to be in the gym 14 hours a week and her body hurts: 'She thinks my daughter will be become lazy and want to hang out with friends'

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18-year-old refuses to be the guardian of his 12-year-old stepsister because he already committed to caring for his 14-year-old brother: 'My stepdad said I'm perfectly capable of doing it for both'

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14-year-old ignores her 17-year-old sister after she starts calling her "her brother" because the younger sister likes to work on cars with her older sister's boyfriend: 'She started yelling and accusing me of trying to steal her boyfriend'

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Single dad berates his 15-year-old son's 17-year-old girlfriend after he finds them together after he forbade them from dating until his son's grades improved: 'If I ever catch you two together again, it won't be pretty for either of you'

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