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'She told me I was "erasing" her son's identity': New mom demands that everyone call newborn by his elaborate full name, considers limiting contact with 30-year-old brother for using nickname

Ely Bulnes

40-year-old dad tells wife he's traveling 10,000 miles to go to Burning Man in South Africa while she stays home with their 5-month-old baby: 'He needs a break and parenthood'

Emmy Pratt

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (March 31, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Forgetful fiancé's favoritism between 2-month-old and 1-year-old daughters upsets 26-year-old mom: 'He's acting like it's no big deal’

Etai Eshet

Daughter refuses to pay for dad's 70th birthday party after sister fails to include her in the planning, gets the silent treatment from family in response: ‘I'm biting my tongue’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘She flipped out screaming’: Sneaky sister shows up unannounced to sibling’s property, demands taking cat she abandoned years ago, and mail that’s been tossed after sitting for months

Etai Eshet

25-year-old expectant mother refuses to involve parents in her baby's life because they prioritized her sister's torturous friend over her for years: ‘[I] made it clear’

Lana DeGaetano

Mother-in-law runs a secret DNA test hoping to uncover a scandal ends up being laughed at over the results: ‘I just lost it laughing. Like, full-on, can’t-breathe, tears-in-my-eyes laughing’

Etai Eshet

Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband's family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: 'Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved'

Emmy Pratt

Mother accused of favoritism after she buys 17-year-old daughter an apartment but refuses to do the same for stepson: 'My girl will just always come first’

Bar Mor Hazut

'He was a stranger to me': Dad abandons 4-year-old son to be raised by his grandparents after his mom passes, wants him back when he's 10 so his 2nd wife can be his 'mom'

Emmy Pratt

Single mom defends 17-year-old daughter from aunt's "petty" cake request: '[I] made it clear I'm not giving her money'

Remy Millisky

17-year-old takes all of the photographs of his late mother because his dad's 2nd wife doesn't want them in the house, wife yells at him for taking too many: 'She said 1 or 2 made sense but it felt like a big [insult] to her that I was taking them all'

Emmy Pratt

16-year-old exposes father’s affair-marriage, 35-year-old stepmother has crying meltdown at their housewarming party: ‘I always knew he loves his new family more than me’

Etai Eshet

Dad scolds his 16-year-old daughter for being more excited about her mom's pregnancy than her stepmoms, grounds her when she calls her stepmom a homewrecker: 'I have little respect for them and their blended family they force down my throat'

Emmy Pratt

New mom refuses to allow mother-in-law to babysit after MIL keeps undermining her parenting decisions, family dispute ensues: ‘She started to play mommy with my son’

Bar Mor Hazut