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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (December 20, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Dad defends his parenting tactics, clashing with his brother-in-law when he mocks the rules he set for his kids on family vacation: 'Go ahead and assume I never want parenting advice from you'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Aunt takes in 20-year-old niece after her parents raise her rent fees, leaving parents furious at aunt after discovering she also demands rent: ‘I'm teaching her financial literacy’

Bar Mor Hazut

Stepmom refuses to buy any Christmas presents for her 10-year-old stepdaughter because her husband is lazy: 'If he wants his daughter to have gifts, he must buy them himself.'

Emmy Pratt

Remote employee makes $100K working only 5-7 hours a week after automating most of his work tasks: 'Is it smart to ride out a low-stress, high-flexibility job?'

Emmy Pratt

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

Mom defends 15-year-old daughter's right to drive around with her friends at night, dad is infuriated at his wife's permissive attitude: 'She left around 7:45 and I asked she be home at 10'

JR Atkinson

Stay-at-home mom of a 11 and 14-year-old complains that her husband making $130K gives her only $1000 of 'fun money' every month: 'If you feel poor, maybe it's time for you to get a job.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad promises 14-year-old son a Japan trip if he maintains a 3.5 GPA and saves $3000 by the time he's 18, reneges on offer after he maintains a 3.7 GPA and saves $5000: 'Let's do a road trip somewhere in the US instead.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad horrified by his family's tech addiction changes wifi password and says it's ‘down,’ family has the most wholesome offline weekend: ‘Everyone needed the break, even if they didn’t realize it.'

Elna McHilderson

Cheating father declares he's bringing the other woman to family Christmas, 28-year-old daughter hosting refuses and cancels the festivities: ‘[My] dad turned my home into a test of loyalty…’

Elna McHilderson

17-year-old goes on a girls trip with besties, only to discover her father having a romantic dinner with another woman: '[He] begged me not to tell my mom'

Ben Weiss

Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: 'My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.'

Emmy Pratt

30-year-old son refuses to let parents move in with him after they get evicted, claiming he can't house their 9 pets, they decide to live in their car instead: ‘They say it's all my fault’

Bar Mor Hazut

Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: 'He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad shames mom for going to a concert when their 10-year-old daughter is sick during his custody time: 'He's saying I'm being selfish and I should skip my trip so he doesn't catch whatever she has.'

Emmy Pratt