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25 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (September 18, 2025)

JR Atkinson

Mother draws backlash for telling her 15-year-old son that he couldn't take his stepmother to his mother-son football team event: 'She's not his mom, nor did she have the respect to call/text me and ask how I felt about it'

Brad Dickson

Stay-at-home mom wins $1000 jewelry store gift card and buys meaningful gold ring, sparks tension with husband after not selling it to fund truck repairs or family expenses: 'It’s not like we’re hurting for money'

Emma Saven

18-year-old refuses to pay rent when her parents demand it after she has already moved out: '[My aunt said] my parents really needed this and deserved it for raising me [but] I want nothing to do with them'

Brad Dickson

'Your mother sounds insufferable': Mom sneaks cinnamon in apple crumble 18-year-old is baking despite their known hatred of it

JR Atkinson

Teacher bemoans her 2nd-grade students cannot tie their shoes or eat an apple without it being sliced: 'I’ve been teaching since 2011, and I’ve seen a decline in overall capability in today’s kids.'

Emmy Pratt

Mom refuses to pay for the damage her 5-year-old twin boys made after they drew on aunt's walls in her house, claiming it's not their fault: ‘You are punishing creativity’

Bar Mor Hazut

17-year-old daughter refuses to let mom's husband adopt her, mom blames her when he files for divorce: ‘You need to make it up to him so he wouldn't go through with the divorce’

Bar Mor Hazut

'It’s always a struggle for him': Dad complains when mom asks him to watch 1 and 2-year-old for 30 minutes while she cooks dinner after work

Ally Perry

'I had my revenge': Noisy family keeps him up all night, so sleep-deprived dad tricks loud hotel guests into chasing fake free breakfast

Isabella Penn

Mom demands dad pay for their 2-year-old to go to daycare when he's paying $900 in child support, and his mother watches him during the workday for free: 'The daycare here would cost about $250-$300 per week'

Emmy Pratt

Entitled dad tries to force a stranger to give his Nintendo Switch to his 6-year-old daughter, but the gamer refuses: ‘How is it my job to entertain your child?’

Jesse Kessenheimer

29-year-old daughter refuses parents' demand to move in with her after dad loses his job, payback for years of them telling her she'd ‘never make it on her own’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘Mom raised three great kids… and then there’s you’: Brother uses mom's birthday toast to insult sibling, leading to sibling walking out of dinner, family takes brother's side

Bar Mor Hazut

32-year-old coworker demands that 25-year-old employee give her his scheduled PTO days so that she can vacation with her 2 young children, telling him it's more important for her cause she's a parent: 'It's not my responsibility to fix her mistake'

Brad Dickson

Next-door neighbor's 3 kids repeatedly play in and trash homeowner's front lawn, the mother of the children refuses to accommodate: ‘One of them knocked over a planter and just left it’

Lana DeGaetano