Parenting Fail

Man secretly DNA tests brother's child and accidentally exposes a family secret: 'I bought a DNA test kit and swabbed Leo while I was babysitting'

JR Atkinson

Kid moves mom's bug-infested crockpot outside after it sits on their kitchen counter for months filled with expired food, mom accuses them of trashing the crockpot for no reason: ‘[She told me] to buy her a new one’

Lana DeGaetano

High strung mom asks tutor to teach her 3-year-old son math for 4 hours a week: 'How long does it usually take for him to get better?'

Emmy Pratt

18-year-old hides from his mother at his graduation when she refuses to stop pressuring him to perform a mother-son dance with her in front of his peers: 'I thought he was just being shy'

Ely Bulnes

'I won't even be civil with him': 16-year-old son refuses to acknowledge dad's affair partner, tells him he doesn't care about his new stepchildren

JR Atkinson

Mom of a 3 and 7-year-old sobs in TSA line after airport security directs her husband to a different line: 'I was managing both kids' backpacks, I kept dropping and spilling things'

Emmy Pratt

Parents reject 20-year-old daughter's plea to adopt a cat, but then allow her 17-year-old sister to keep one instead: ‘I've been wanting [one] for years’

Lana DeGaetano

18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

Brad Dickson

24-year-old magician interrupts dad's retirement dinner to perform magic routine, accuses older brother of being jealous when he advises him to read the room: 'People came to celebrate dad, not for a magic show'

Ely Bulnes

18-year-old only child cuts off parents because they prioritized their disorderly foster kids over their own son: 'My extended family told me it was disgusting to turn my back on my parents'

Emmy Pratt

Entitled parents blame family member after their 18-year-old daughter fails to board a flight they were all on: ‘She's stuck alone in the airport terminal until the next flight’

Lana DeGaetano

Aunt and uncle call out 21-year-old niece for 'flaunting her wealth' in front of her 20-year-old cousin, call her a 'brat': 'We came back to finding Danica crying in her hotel room'

JR Atkinson

Parents hide Yale and West Point athletic scholarships from their 17-year-old son, don't tell him about them until he's 24: 'You aren't that smart anyway'

Emmy Pratt

'You should be grateful I raised you': 48-year-old mother lashes out at 18-year-old daughter who complains about having to clean up after everyone, after discovering old food left in the oven by her mother's untidy boyfriend

Emma Saven

Mom of an incoming University of Arkansas freshman asks fellow parents how to help her daughter remember her key to her dorm: 'Remembering to take a key everywhere she goes is going to be a lot.'

Emmy Pratt

Accountant advises his parents to exclude his financially incompetent sibling from their will after sibling leaves them stuck with a $100k student loan: ‘My dad started getting harassed by the loan servicer’

Lana DeGaetano