kids

Helicopter mom tries to con college RA into opening up her kid's door while they are in class, kid tells her off: ‘[It] was mortifying’

Lana DeGaetano

Love is in the air: Kids in local hospitals paint pebbles for penguins at Edinburgh zoo to use as gifts, staff sets up a livestream for children to watch from home

Blake Seidel

Mom refuses to pay babysitter the agreed-upon amount after she returns home earlier than expected, babysitter demands full payment: ‘What's the big deal?’

Bar Mor Hazut

9-year-old picky eater finds loophole in grandmother's strict dinner policy: 'Whatever is served to you gets eaten, no exceptions, no negotiating.'

Ben Weiss

Teacher calls out students for using AI to answer simple fill-in-the-blank questions during guided lecture: 'It’s just…dystopian at this point'

Ben Weiss

Dad wants to forbid 7-year-old granddaughter from playing with collectible 90s Barbie he gave her as a birthday gift: 'Kids don't want toys they can't play with'

JR Atkinson

Employee leaves at 2 PM daily to pick up kids from school, manager complains they only work 5 hours a day: 'There wasn't much indication of willingness to change'

Ally Perry

Mom demands grandma cut short 5 day vacation to babysit 4-year-old and 6-year-old, gets offended when she tells her she's disappointed: 'I wouldn't ask if I wasn't desperate'

Ally Perry

Mom refuses to give out son's savings account information after grandmother demands the details so she can make a deposit: 'Just give me cash'

Bar Mor Hazut

19-year-old aunt spends $3500 on her niece's 15th birthday and $100 on her nephew's 10th birthday, family criticizes her for not 'loving' her niece and nephew equally: 'My nephew loved his gifts for his birthday.'

Emmy Pratt

Husband and wife stay out until 3 AM, are accosted by mother-in-law who was watching their 12 and 16-year-old: 'I don’t like [...] being treated like a child sneaking in'

JR Atkinson

Neighborhood kids think they're entitled to using new homeowner's trampoline whenever they want: 'Maybe you shouldn't of gotten a trampoline if you didn't want neighborhood kids on it'

Ben Weiss

24-year-old screams at aunt for letting her 5-year-old play with her $2000 laptop like it's a toy, aunt calls her 'selfish' for lashing out: 'My aunt jumped and looked at me like I was the crazy one'

JR Atkinson

Dad proposes separating his bickering twin sons by moving one of them into his stepson's room, his wife vetoes the idea immediately: ‘This isn’t my son’s responsibility to fix’

Lana DeGaetano

'Why do kids cry when they wake up': 25+ of the funniest parenting tweets of the week

JR Atkinson

29-year-old Mom of 1.5-year-old living with 35-year-old in-laws and 2 nieces discovers husband invited ex-boss's family of 4 to stay with them: 'I'm getting more and more upset'

Remy Millisky