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18-year-old girl neglects to pay $100 to retrieve her towed car, her father pays if for her and her mom flips out, takes away her keys: 'Her dad thinks I am being too harsh'

JR Atkinson

'It just felt fake': Stepmom corners her 20-year-old stepdaughter into publicly declaring a ‘family pledge’ during her and Dad's vow renewal ceremony, ends up getting humiliated by her refusal

Jesse Kessenheimer

Mom demands 16-year-old take care of his 2 half-siblings and 5 step-siblings and share a room with 3 of them, gets angry when he decides to move in with his dad instead: 'She told me now I was being extra selfish'

Emmy Pratt

22-year-old woman shows up unannounced to drop off her father’s 6 and 4-year-old kids from his 2nd family, expecting her sister and mother to babysit for free, gets upset when they both refuse: ‘Mom simply didn't answer the door’

Etai Eshet

'My parents think I should go through with it since the engagement has already been announced to family': Bride-to-be cancels wedding after her 32-year-old lawyer fiancé lied about being able to pay for 70% of the wedding

Emmy Pratt

'Not now! Stand up': Woman gives her her man-child boyfriend of 2 years an ultimatum after he rudely steals his sister's spotlight at her wedding to publicly propose

Jesse Kessenheimer

Dad demands ex-wife raise his 4-year-old son as if he were her own, convinces son to call her ‘mom’, she refuses to go along: ‘I don't want him at my home’

Bar Mor Hazut

Neighbor upset her kids weren't invited to 25-year-old mother's 7-year-old daughter's birthday party, begins posting passive-aggressive messages on community social media page: 'She's posting this heinous stuff about how teen moms are unfit parents'

Brad Dickson

60-year-old grandma plans vacation for herself while 12 and 10-year-old grandchildren are in school, daughter chews her out for not being available to babysit: 'She should not be assumptive'

JR Atkinson

‘My girlfriend thinks it’s hilarious’: Man accidentally says ‘I love you’ to girlfriend's dad, amused dad refuses to let him forget it by ending every interaction with a love declaration

Bar Mor Hazut

‘You have to cancel your wedding and pay for mine’: Baby sister calls dibs on a summer wedding but never plans anything, then retaliates when her sister ‘steals her idea' of a summer nuptial

Jesse Kessenheimer

Family therapist fires dad and his 2nd wife for treating his 16-year-old son so poorly, teen tells entire family about the firing: '[My dad] told me I'm trying to humiliate them' '

Emmy Pratt

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 13, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Brother and sister track down their absent biological father, demanding to know why he never reached out, he claims he had no idea they even existed: ‘They don't believe me’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Hi, kids. I'm sorry that I have some bad news': Daughter sends a cat meme in the family group chat, finds out that her parents are divorcing, and awkwardly, the hilarious cat remains the last thing sent in the group

Mariel Ruvinsky

14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: 'I told my mom that she is mocking me for not knowing how to speak our native language'

Emmy Pratt