Parenting Fail

31-year-old divorced mom of a 9 and 11-year-old refuses to meet with ex-husbands 2nd wife who wants to usurp her as the mother figure in her children's lives: 'They told me to get used to hearing her called mom because they would not stop it.'

Emmy Pratt

Father buys son a luxury car for his 16th birthday, then his ex-wife scolds him for refusing to financially contribute to her new family: ‘Why would I be the one to buy them a car?’

Lana DeGaetano

'Please don't put your toes in my spaghetti': A Glorious Thread of Anecdotes from Tired Toddler Moms That Perfectly Sum Up the Terrible Twos

Ely Bulnes

14-year-old destroys neighbor's flower pots, mom makes him clean and replant everything to take accountability, but dad accuses her of going too far: ‘Making him do physical work was too embarassing’

Ely Bulnes

17-year-old forced to babysit stepmother's kids for 6 hours on his day off, he leaves the house instead, forcing the stepmother to cancel her plans: 'She was trying to guilt-trip me about canceling'

Brad Dickson

28-year-old son refuses to take on $250k debt from his parents’ two unstable family businesses, but might end up to selling their family home to make ends meet: ‘If I co-sign for this debt, I'm legally responsible for it’

Lana DeGaetano

34-year-old mom forbids 13-year-old daughter from cutting her waist-length blonde hair to impress her 14-year-old crush: 'She called me an overbearing mom'

Emmy Pratt

Single mom allows her kids to skip their uncle's celebration of life because their father's new girlfriend will be in attendance: ‘[My son] expresses that he does not want her there’

Lana DeGaetano

Parents pressure 32-year-old daughter to fix the rift between her 36-year-old estranged identical twin sisters: 'They said I'm the person who could bring them together'

Emmy Pratt

‘It is not my responsibility to fund someone else's child’: Self-supporting woman refuses to make monthly financial contributions to her brother and his pregnant wife, her mother ostracizes her as a result

Lana DeGaetano

24 Parenting Memes That Accurately Describe a Day in the Life of the Modern Mom

Ely Bulnes

37-year-old aunt gifts $7K to her 17-year-old niece for college, 40-year-old mom spends it all on her prom and asks aunt to give her $2K: 'I told her no. And now it’s a full-on meltdown.'

Emmy Pratt

35-year-old roasts her boyfriend's 19-year-old son for complaining that his mom doesn't clean the house enough after she lost her mother and her husband

Emmy Pratt

Stepdad refuses to acknowledge his 6-year-old stepdaughter after divorcing her mom, only spends time with his 18-month-old biological daughter: 'I feel she’s no longer my responsibility'

Emmy Pratt

17-year-old refuses to invite her stepmother to her graduation party, leading to the resurfacing of older disagreements in the family: '[Her dad is] threatening not to show up at all if [her stepmother] isn’t welcome'

Brad Dickson

‘Feral Child Summer’ is the Millennial Parenting Antidote to iPad Babies

JR Atkinson