Parenting Fail

Mom complains that her 2-year-old can't properly use an iPad yet: 'My 4-year-old has always used a tablet for games and occasional tv time and has never problems'

Emmy Pratt

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Parents debate whether rise in competitive youth sports has led to decline in children's physical fitness: 'I hear they're doing tryouts for 3rd graders now'

Emmy Pratt

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40-year-old mom hides her birthday form her boyfriend of 8 months, refuses to tell him she doesn't want to celebrate: 'The kids are telling me I should'

JR Atkinson

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Man's brother visits his home for Labor Day and brings his new wife and 9-year-old stepson, who disrespects him the entire visit and throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way: ‘As guests, there is a level of conduct and respect they need to follow’

Lana DeGaetano

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'This is exactly why I'm against large families': Parents force 17-year-old son to share a room with toddler, be responsible for his bedtime routine and criticize him when it goes wrong

JR Atkinson

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Parents travel to attend their daughter's law school graduation abroad, only for the mother to make the entire day about herself: ‘I felt scolded, embarrassed, and overshadowed throughout the day’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents suspect that jobless 18-year-old daughter is sabotaging interviews to stay unemployed, they promise to stop paying for her phone unless she starts helping out around the house: 'She isn't taking it serious'

Ely Bulnes

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Entitled 30-year-old woman demands younger sister babysit her newborn 20+ hours a week for free, after she refuses due to working a full-time job, her whole family turns against her: 'Family doesn’t charge family'

Emma Saven

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‘I will literally not be in it for even a year, but I'm supposed to shell out hundreds on a wall?’: Entitled step-dad expects teenage children to pay for their bedroom walls while their home undergoes unnecessary renovations

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old constantly steals her 19-year-old sister's possessions, parents buy her whatever she wants to stop her from stealing: 'My parents fund her Starbucks, skincare, clothes, and everything else'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother refuses to give ex-boyfriend's new kids her 15-year-old son's school supplies, ex-boyfriend then tries to play the ‘family’ card: ‘It's not my job to buy these other kids supplies’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom reads her 16-year-old daughter's diary and kicks her out because she wrote that she doesn't see her stepdad as family: 'He's just the guy my mom is married to.'

Emmy Pratt

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23-year-old kid refuses to attend father's 10th wedding anniversary party after they were barred from attending the actual wedding, in addition to several years of emotional neglect: ‘After that, I started getting excluded from so many things’

Lana DeGaetano

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4-year-old suddenly refuses to sleep in his room, months later, sleuthing mother finds out the cause: a Marvel poster: 'Evil face is gone!'

Ely Bulnes

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'HALF THE COLLECTION [was] missing': Woman's future nephews force her 8-year-old daughter to hand over her Pokémon card collection, so the woman steals them all back and then some

Lana DeGaetano

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43-year-old mom spends 20-year-old daughter's college tuition on gambling debts, pressures her to not tell her dad about it: 'If my tuition isn't paid by 6 PM, I lose my slot'

Emmy Pratt

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