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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (February 24, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Woman discovers parents secretly took out $14,000 in student loans in her name, leaving her in debt with a destroyed credit score

Etai Eshet

Mom ruins daughter's wedding by crying and "speaking her truth" about the groom, bride refuses to forgive her despite family pressure: "She thinks I settled because he's not a doctor or lawyer like she wanted"

Ely Bulnes

Mother-in-law throws crying tantrum over daughter-in-law’s no-shoes rule, and sends father-in- law to complain when emotional manipulation fails to work: ‘she feels like I’m “trying to assert dominance” over her in her son’s home. (Our home, actually.)’

Etai Eshet

32-year-old sister-in-law pretends she was fired after quitting her job to move in with brother, gets kicked out when wife discovers the truth: ‘‘She didn't want to have an irresponsible reputation but still wants to stay with us to "sort things out."’

Etai Eshet

Father refuses to force his 11-year-old son to play a sport against his wife's wishes, stops funding son's lessons to do what's best for his kid: ‘He was sad’

Lana DeGaetano

Mother-in-law calls her son 73 times during his wife's C-section because she wanted him to leave the hospital and go to her because she's sick: 'I told her it's not my fault she married and had kids with a deadbeat and to leave us alone'

Emmy Pratt

'I feel like as adults we should be able to handle stuff on our own': Boyfriend asks his mother for advice, but her dislike for his girlfriend has her wondering if she should leave

Baiz Hoen

Man demands brother feed his picky-eater children before family dinners after they refuse every meal, constantly insult his wife: ‘I told him we weren’t running a short-order kitchen and that my wife puts effort into these meals. He ended up not coming’

Etai Eshet

20-year-old refuses to let her childhood crush court her because of the cruel things his mother has said about her, mother harasses her for rejecting him: 'I woke up to a bunch of mean voicemails and texts from her'

Emmy Pratt

'You better hope your fingers are broken or else I'm not helping you pay for anything': Mom is casually cruel college-aged daughter when she breaks 3 fingers, urges her to ignore it

JR Atkinson

Single dad cuts contact with 16-year-old son after kicking him out, only to reach out 8 years later and beg to move in with him, son turns him away: ‘After all I did for you?’

Bar Mor Hazut

Bride invites cousin’s ex-wife and bans his kids, pushing him to skip her wedding only to change her mind last minute: ‘All the drama got me rather exhausted with the whole situation’

Etai Eshet

Mom demands 15-year-old daughter change her last name to stepdad's, daughter insists on keeping late father's name, leading to a family dispute: ‘Don't tell me what to do’

Bar Mor Hazut

Woman calls out her creepy sister who married 3 widowers with kids in a row to fulfill her dream of being a mom, much to the amusement of her 14 and 16-year-old stepchildren: 'I told [my dad] she won't ever be our mom and her sister was right'

Emmy Pratt

'My boss called my mom': Employee quits, boss refuses to accept their resignation, calls employee's mother to step in

Ben Weiss