Parenting Fail

17-year-old clashes with mother for not allowing her to "no-call no-show" to her volunteer job among other irresponsible behavior: 'We let her throw a house party recently where it was supposed to be 25 people and at least 100 kids came'

Brad Dickson

‘He was always our father’s favorite’: Man cuts off contact with family after 30+ years of ‘golden child’ brother's exclusionary tactics

Lana DeGaetano

'He would shut off the hot water while I was in the shower': Husband bans wife, 12 and 14-year old sons from showering more than twice a week, claims it's for the environment

Emmy Pratt

24-year-old woman disowns problematic stepmom due to years of ‘aggressive’ behavior toward her, revokes her ‘grandma’ title: ‘She'll be grandpa's wife they never see’

Lana DeGaetano

'My 19-year-old can't spell or write': Unschooling mom with illiterate 12-year-old and adult kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees

Emmy Pratt

Homeowner puts an entitled parent in their place after catching the neighbor's son trespassing on her property, then Dad arrogantly defends his kid: 'IT'S FINE FOR KIDS TO DO THAT!'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Entitled mother expects child to give her $90k of their $100k inheritance, child second-guesses if they should go against their grandma's last wish: ‘My grandma changed the will to spite [her]’

Lana DeGaetano

Parents leave 16-year-old home on her birthday weekend to study while they take her 13-year-old brother on a ski trip: 'You have too much homework'

Brad Dickson

34-year-old single dad hurt and grounds 16-year-old daughter after overhearing her confession that she "manipulates" him: 'She told her friends about how easy it is [...] so that she can get anything that she wants from me'

Brad Dickson

‘This is NOT normal’: 24-year-old married woman removes parental tracking from her phone after parents judge her comings and goings, they unjustifiably retaliate

Lana DeGaetano

Parents don't congratulate 15-year-old daughter on making the national debate team finals, praises her older brother for doing his PE assignment instead: 'He did a compulsory assignment and he gets all the praise in the world'

Emmy Pratt

‘I'm just tired of everything falling on me’: Mother of 6, 4, and 1-year-old children ‘blows up’ on husband after he fails to get their child to overnight camp on time

Lana DeGaetano

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 8, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

16-year-old puts presumptuous stepmother in her place after she demands to be called “mom”: 'She said that she's my mom because she's at home with me every day and is married to my dad'

Brad Dickson

‘My dad would be disgusted with what she did’: 17-year-old son refuses to defend his mother against paternal grandparents after she gives his late father's belongings away to her new stepchildren

Lana DeGaetano

'I do more than most fathers': 37-year-old husband fails to take care of 6-year-old and 4-year-old for a couple hours while wife is away, gets upset when wife calls him out

JR Atkinson