The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (March 11, 2025)

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Mar 11, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

There are some texts you never want to receive from your parents. I always get filled with dread when my mom texts me, "Are you home?" I'm not one of those zoomers who is afraid of talking on the phone, so her asking, "Can I call?" doesn't frighten me at all. I know my mom wouldn't text me tragic news or call to inform me of said tragic news if I was out in public. So when she says, "Are you home?" I can only assume that someone has passed away or is ill. 

Some texts are so tragic that you'll never forget them. My friend was listening to one of her favorite Nicki Minaj songs when the text came in that her aunt had passed away, and now she can't listen to that song anymore without feeling weird about it. To me, the more unmemorable a text is, the better. 

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  • The following texts are a bit more memorable than most people would like texts from their parents to be. The kids receiving the texts took to the internet to confirm whether their parents were acting insane, and although I'm not a doctor, there seems to be something fishy going on. 

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    via Joshua Hoehne

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    My dad after I went to live with him and it only lasted a week
    via u/PepperedFlakes
  • 03
    Week was great, until I woke up one morning and told him I didn't feel good and that I didn't know if I'd make it to school, to which he responded with spraying me with a squirt bottle until I cried, mocked me crying, said my life wasn't bad, refused to leave while I begged and screamed at him to leave me alone until my throat
    via u/PepperedFlakes
  • 04
    went raw, and told me he didn't have long left to live (he has cancer), and then told me he was "sorry it didn't work out" in a solemn voice like he wasn't the problem when I went to pick up my stuff. I'm 17 by the way.
    via u/PepperedFlakes
  • 05
    Thu, Jan 23 at 8:47 PM What time are you coming home? Pook? Mon, Jan 27 at 5:51 PM Miss you already kid Everything OK? Mon, Jan 27 at 7:19 PM You all set back in? Still miss you Wed, Jan 29 at 3:14 PM Hey good how you doing? Did you make it to school today? Thu, Jan 30 at 9:19 AM Pook? Sat, Feb 1 at 11:04 AM Hey can you please answer me
    via u/PepperedFlakes
  • 06
    Sat, Feb 1 at 12:47 PM Hey kid what do you want me to do with your sweater coat pencil crayons earrings Etc cat swing We'll come get them Wednesday probably, we're busy Okay Call before you come please Mon, Feb 3 at 5:58 PM Hey kid. How are you? Want to chat? Tue, Feb 11 at 11:13 AM Still wondering how you are doing? Thu, Feb 13 at 9:31 AM Poooookkkkkaaaahhh Thu, Feb 13 at 12:08 PM Are we going to go driving soon? Or wait till the snow is gone? Okay Read 2025-02-01
    via u/PepperedFlakes
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    Hey Sat, Feb 15 at 5:03 PM how are you? Please call or text and let me know how you're doing Thu, Feb 27 at 2:39 PM Hey kid you ever going to talk to me again? Monday 11:04 AM Hello? Tuesday 11:32 AM Pook? Wednesday 9:31 AM Hey kid just so you know I'm not going away Thursday 11:58 AM Hey kiddo just checking in Hi kid Today 8:30 PM
    via u/PepperedFlakes
  • 08
    My mother thinks my 16yo sister needs to pray about downloading an app I recommended
    via u/DommyMommyMint
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    My younger sister is 16 and my mother controlls her phone very strictly. I've recently been using the Finch app and really enjoying it and as I no longer live at home, I thought it might be a cute and fun way to connect to my sister.
    via u/DommyMommyMint
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    This is how my mother responded when she asked for permission to download it. For reference, I do text my sister regularly so this app wouldn't be our only point of contact, just something to enjoy together. And yes, my mother is very religious.
    via u/DommyMommyMint
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    3 I will pray about it. Momma It will ask for more of your time. Do you already feel like you don't have enough time for your piano, Duolingo, personal prayer time? Do you want another daily accountability tool? I wonder if it would be better if (me). wants to just check in with you herself? That would be real relationship. Would you let me know your thoughts? + iMessage
    via u/DommyMommyMint
  • 12
    Who was wrong here(besides the your an a**hole message)
    via u/SeriousGrab6233
  • 13
    This is a conversation from me (20 M) and my father he is always extremely authoritative and really never gives me any option to say no or give my opinion on things he still likes bossing me around and is under the assumption I should always comply with what he says
    via u/SeriousGrab6233
  • 14
    But basically, we were at a sporting event for two whole days watching my brother compete and he stayed over the night with his team and someone needed to pick him up. My dad always phrases things he says as a demand for example the text about "your girlfriend isn't coming, cause I don't want her to".
    via u/SeriousGrab6233
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    I do understand what he means and that he wanted to just spend quality time but the way he phrases everything and speak towards me makes me never want to hang out with him Do you think I was wrong for responding the way I did to him or should I have just sucked it up and went with them
    via u/SeriousGrab6233
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    I want you to come with me tomorrow morning to pick up your brother. Just you and me. If he wants to stay and watch some sport, we will stay and watch some Sporty or we'll just come home if that's what he chooses. I wanna leave here at 6:30. Why would GF not come. I didnt want to go back down really Because I don't want her to come. It's not about what you wanna do I'm asking you to come with me Ok well I dont want to come Delivered Well then your an a h le. + iMessage ↓
    via u/SeriousGrab6233
  • 17
    Is my mom insane??
    via u/abbyzheartz
  • 18
    Hi, I'm 14F. I was supposed to go on a trip with my other judgemental family without my mom down to a tropical place. I took a shower and shaved my armpits, did whatever else but didn't shave my legs since the water went cold. When I came out, I told my mom this and she said "really abby?" And when I said yes she sighed and said "okay, whatever."
    via u/abbyzheartz
  • 19
    Obviously I was confused why she was upset and I got these messages from my mom. I repeatedly told her I'm not shaving my legs. She came up to me when I was getting ready and said "so you're really not gonna shave your legs?" At this point I was extremely frustrated and said "did you not hear me? No." She got really mad and said "wow, go f away. I went up to her and yelled at her, saying it was my choice. yourself" and walked
    via u/abbyzheartz
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    At this point she brought up how she didn't want the family to comment on that (even though I've told her many's of times I didn't care) and brought up how I'm insecure about my stomach and "why would I want to bring more attention to myself by not shaving".
    via u/abbyzheartz
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    I started to yell at her saying she's created every one of my insecurities (ex: when looking for dresses online for the trip she would say "that's too tight it won't look good" and make me pick flown dresses to hide my stomach.) At this point, she said “great, thanks for letting me know how you feel" and so I ask what does she mean and she started to cry saying "you basically said you hate me."
    via u/abbyzheartz
  • 22
    There are so many more incidents like this happening with my mother, this is one of the more recent ones. Am I the insane one? Or my mother?
    via u/abbyzheartz
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    2 2:18 L Mom > 100 Sat, Feb 22 at 7:53 AM When the water warms back up shave your legs And pls don't leave everything to me to do Mom I'm out of the shower now I don't wanna go back Why don't u try getting off that phone for a few hours Tomorrow u won't be showering before leaving for the day at the resort. You need to shave your legs Sat, Feb 22 at 9:15 AM
    via u/abbyzheartz
  • 24
    my dad's christmas text at 1:43 am while i was sick with the flu (he also called me a minute earlier)
    via u/Kiwi_Bird04
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    TFW 8:51 AM 100% Wed, Dec 25 at 11:54 AM Merry Christmas love you very much and hope you're happy and healthy! Thu, Dec 26 at 1:43 AM So now you can't even be decent enough to exchange a Merry Christmas with me? Is that how you were brought up? That's how you want this to end? Your mom told me that I can't reach out to you because it makes you anxious...yet you won't even meet me halfway with any effort or even common respect or decency? So if this is how you want it to end between us then that'
    via u/Kiwi_Bird04
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    TFW 8:51 AM 100% Thu, Dec 26 at 7:26 AM i'm sorry, mom and i have been really sick with the flu and we haven't really done anything for the past few days. we didn't do anything for christmas and i didn't even really realize it was christmas until today. we literally spent christmas and christmas eve in bed in two separate rooms. i'm still sick and it's difficult for me to get back to people when they text or call me because i'm sleeping. Well I hope you feel better soon and if you need anything
    via u/Kiwi_Bird04

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