kids

‘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

Husband wants to name his 3rd child after his mother, doesn't understand why wife refuses: 'I really truly fear that it will cause issues in our marriage'

JR Atkinson

Parents demand 21-year-old daughter take 18-year-old sister along on her solo trip to Europe, daughter refuses, leaves alone without giving the family details: ‘I have worked hard for this'

Bar Mor Hazut

Parents throw tantrum when dog owner refuses to let their bratty kids ride his golden retriever: 'No asking, no eye contact, just an unspoken expectation that their children were entitled to use my living, breathing pet as a ride'

Emmy Pratt

4-year-old kid causes raucous at restaurant, server disciplines him, parents throw a fit at the manager: ‘You weren’t parenting, so a server did it for you’

Ben Weiss

Dad confronts entitled mother and grandmother who refuse to move after sitting in his daughters' seats at the movie theater, manager steps in and kicks the family out: ‘You can sit somewhere else’

Bar Mor Hazut

63 and 65-year-old parents gaslight their daughter into letting them to move into her newly renovated granny flat, she refuses: ‘And I was going to pay because they were saving their money for travel’

Jesse Kessenheimer

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (June 23, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

17-year-old puts pregnant stepmother in her place when she asks for help after trying to take her mother's place despite their failing relationship: ‘She reminded me that I knew my mom for less than five years, and I had known her almost as long now’

Brad Dickson