children

Adult child abruptly ends vacation with 80-year-old parents after they couldn't join hikes: 'I said that I was tired of catering to them, they said that they had to cater to me for years'

JR Atkinson

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

JR Atkinson

Dad and stepmother insist 17-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter cut ties with dad's ex-girlfriend, with whom they have a deep connection: 'Me and my sister never got close to [my stepmother] like we did [with dad's ex-girlfriend]'

Brad Dickson

7-year-old purposefully dumps water on babysitter's $1000 laptop, parents don't offer to replace it: 'I freaked out and told the parents'

JR Atkinson

Father refuses to let 14 and 16-year-old kids join his vacation to Europe after they side with their mom during the custody dispute: ‘You chose to spend your time with your mother, you got what you wanted’

Bar Mor Hazut

52-year-old husband forces wife to cook restrictive meals for his 17-year-old daughter, leaving her kids to only eat what she does: 'My kids are sick of it and so am I'

JR Atkinson

Daughter refuses to pick her parents up from the airport after they yell at her for making them wait 30 minutes, she tells them to get a taxi instead: ‘They have stonewalled me since’

Bar Mor Hazut

After two 9-year-old boys get into incident on the school playground, one boy's mother publicly blames therapist-mom for the incident, accusing her of being unfit parent and therapist out of spite: 'You therapists think you’re better than everyone else'

Emma Saven

17-year-old son stops doing chores and refuses to be free babysitter for his 8 siblings after parents announce their having their ninth: 'I protested'

Isabella Penn

Mom demands 7-year-old son apologize to their cat after yelling at it for stealing his food from his plate, dad claims she took it too far: ‘I’m teaching him empathy’

Bar Mor Hazut

Parents demand 16-year-old daughter allow her 15-year-old sister to use her prom dress, daughter insists she should be the one to decide: 'It's my dress, I bought it'

Bar Mor Hazut

Mom blames 17-year-old daughter for her divorce from teen's stepfather when the teen rejects her stepfather as a father, despite him being in her life since she was 10 years old: 'He told mom he couldn't live without being a parent'

Brad Dickson

‘What we have going on here is irresponsible, unsanitary and illegal. This is pet cruelty and normalizing neglect of animals.’: Father tries to save his children and pets from their neglectful, hoarding mother and their unsafe living environment

Laurent Shinar

Family pressures relative who works in e-commerce company to misuse their work access to grant them favors, relative refuses to help: 'Following their demands would be a career-ending move'

Bar Mor Hazut

Mom sells $20k worth of son's baseball cards without telling him, he cuts her off until she pays him back: 'She offered me $2,000 to “make it even,” which felt like a slap in the face'

JR Atkinson

Father refuses to allow ex-wife's new husband to take his 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son out alone, citing child safety risks: ‘To me he's just a stranger’

Lana DeGaetano