kids

Brother and sister-in-law name their baby an identical "matching" name to couple's already-born baby, forcing them to change their baby's name: 'We'd pretend to keep the original name until there was zero risk of SIL changing my nephew's name'

Brad Dickson

Stepmother stops 18-year-old stepdaughter from using one of her cars after daughter's car breaks down, insisting she needs to get a job instead: 'She is now a lazy adult'

Bar Mor Hazut

Server shuts down mom who tried to guilt stranger into sharing her custom birthday cake with her son: 'He's a kid, don't you think it would mean more to him?'

Isabella Penn

Son-in-law hides a vasectomy from his disapproving MIL for 47 years, spends a lifetime loving his wife instead of giving her grandkids: ‘We just kept her hanging’

Jesse Kessenheimer

21 Funniest Parenting Memes of the Week for Witty Moms and Dads Doing the Best They Can (June 28, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Four siblings inherit a $700k rental home, but the youngest brother unilaterally evicts the 16-year tenant, who then maliciously complies with a court order that costs them $150k: 'His 3 siblings split the proceeds and he got nothing'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Mom learns harsh lesson in parenting after promising her child could play with a random 20-something-year-old's cane and gets denied: ‘Who does that?!’

Elna McHilderson

39-year-old dad plans a once-in-a-lifetime trip to his homeland with his family, then the in-laws tag along and complain about how much they have to walk: 'Half a mile in, he was struggling'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I am not the backup child’: Parents demand 16-year-old son follow their strict life plan for him after his ‘golden child’ 18-year-old brother drops out of college, son refuses their ‘help’

Bar Mor Hazut

Mom bans dad from reading bedtime stories to their kids after he renames fictional villains after her family members: 'My husband has never been on good terms with my family.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad misses 14-year-old daughter's ballet performance in favor of 1-year-old son's daycare drop off, mom demands he sort out his priorities: ‘He didn't show up at all’

Bar Mor Hazut

25-year-old son refuses to take in half-siblings so they would not be sent to foster care, despite family's claims he is the only one who should step up: ‘It made them angry with me’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘[I] showed up with food, not a shovel’: House guest gets a bait-and-switch, getting invited to a family BBQ just to be coerced into yard work; he refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (June 26, 2025)

JR Atkinson

18-year-old asked to babysit her 25 and 28-year-old stepsister's children during 3-day vacation: 'There was a lot of back and forth on this'

Remy Millisky

'She’ll come when I say she will!': 38-weeks pregnant woman stands up to her overbearing mother-in-law who insists she 'hold the baby in' until she's ready to present herself as a grandma

Jesse Kessenheimer