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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (May 19, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Mother asks her 20-something-year-old son, who is still living at home after graduating, to help with cooking the family meals: 'He is not in school or working, he has a lot of free time'

Brad Dickson

Estranged bio mom tries to force 17-year-old to reconnect with her, her new husband, and kids through lawyers and legal threats, but he refuses any relationship, crushing her blended family fantasy: ‘I don't feel guilty, we're not family’

Etai Eshet

17-year-old tells her 9-year-old foster sister that she ruined Mother's Day because she clung to her mom the whole day: 'Lola was overwhelmed, so she made my mom stay in her room with her.'

Emmy Pratt

Woman cuts ties with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law after grandma secretly adds peanuts to a pie to test her allergic 14-year-old’s “resilience,” resulting in an ER trip: ‘I was quick to grab the EpiPen. We were rushing to get Macy to the hospital’

Etai Eshet

23-year-old woman plans a long-awaited family beach trip with her parents and 21-year-old sister, purposely not inviting her 19-year-old stepbrother Jake after he ruined the last summer’s amusement park vacation: ‘ Jake tagged along. It was a DISASTER’

Etai Eshet

Sister demands brother loan her $10k to help fund her wedding, his fiancée refuses, claiming the money must go to their own wedding: ‘We’ve worked really hard’

Bar Mor Hazut

Mid-30s couple head towards divorce after Mother’s Day dinner turns out to be instant cup noodle ramen despite wife’s clear expectations for the holiday: "How does a grown human act like this?"

Ely Bulnes

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

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

Woman refuses to loan 31-year-old boyfriend $1,200 after she finds out he’s secretly given over $4,000 from their shared household funds to Lexi, his unemployed 26-year-old sister: ‘She spends her money on festivals and Uber Eats’

Etai Eshet

Childless dog mom chastises 64-year-old mother-in-law for sending Mother's Day gift baskets to other moms and not her: 'She clarified I have two grandkids by her already'

Ally Perry

32-year-old first-time mom to a 7-month-old baby refuses to hand over her carefully collected baby gear to her 30-year-old sister-in-law’s third kid: I just don’t feel like parting ways with things that I purchased or were gifted from my baby shower’

Etai Eshet

30-year-old husband leaves 29-year-old wife stranded at the hospital after surgery, goes on a hike with his mom instead: “She was here for support, not vacation”

Ely Bulnes

Creative Home cook refuses to attend her mother-in-law’s Mother’s Day dinner after being shamed for budget-friendly meals by her husband and his mom: ‘I told him he can cook for himself, packed a bag, grabbed our daughter, and went to stay with my sister’

Etai Eshet

'You are not entitled to my bank account': 29-year-old broke sister demands older brother help her out with rent, he claims it is becoming a pattern and refuses, parents take sister's side

Bar Mor Hazut