Parenting Fail

'He said it looks like a shrine. Cult like': 29-year-old dad forces his 16-year-old brother to remove all the posters from his room before his 6-year-old arrives

JR Atkinson

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Homeschool mom brags about her 4-year-old not knowing her numbers and letters and her 8-year-old who can't read chapter books: 'So sick of this lazy hippie homeschooling mentality'

Emmy Pratt

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25+ Cringe-Tastic Kid Moments That Made Parents Regret Ever Leaving The House

Emma Saven

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Nephews ruin uncle's $100 Sonic the Hedgehog collectibles with Sharpie marker, their mom refuses to take accountability or reimburse him: 'It's time to grow up anyway'

Ely Bulnes

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23-year-old remote worker refuses to continue babysitting 3 and 5-year-old nieces at sister's every whim, family insist that 'You are at home anyway'

Ely Bulnes

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16-year-old forced to give up bedroom for 6-year-old nephew's visit but refuses to remove "scary" posters, internet helps him find a middle ground: 'I'm not ripping down a permanent poster for people I don't want in my room'

Ely Bulnes

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19-year-old brother tells his 24-year-old single mother sister to raise her own child if she has a problem with how he is helping her after she critiques his assistance: 'He got mad and said that I have no right to judge her parenting'

Brad Dickson

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25-year-old germaphobe dreaming of motherhood thinks she'll be able to train her future children not to be dirty and gross: 'She thinks if we just work at it, we have a spotless house and a spotless kid.'

Emmy Pratt

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'I had zero remorse': Mother treats her daughter to Korean BBQ because they both share a love for Asian cuisine, but her husband insists the rest of the family attend and tries to ruin their dining experience

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled family expects pregnant woman to sacrifice half of her $50k house deposit to buy her sister an apartment, she refuses: ‘We wouldn’t be able to buy our house as the mortgage repayments would be too expensive’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents force older siblings to pay for 20-year-old sister's flight to Disney, she refuses to go out of solidarity for siblings: 'My parents are extremely wealthy doctors who own their own business. None of us kids are financially comfortable.'

JR Atkinson

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Update: 16-year-old discovers that her father has taken $300 cash from savings jar on top of the rising rent that he has been charging her, her boss agrees to help her: 'He said that since I’m his daughter, he’s entitled to the money I make'

Brad Dickson

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Parents demand that 22-year-old daughter pay over $1,000 in rent and utilities in their apartment abroad while 26-year-old golden child brother lives rent free, they lash out when she threatens to move: 'They called me ungrateful'

Ely Bulnes

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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

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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

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'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

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