Parenting Fail

Parents and girlfriend's entire family get mad at guy for taking birthday cake away from their spoiled 2-year-old who is sticking his hands in the cake: ‘Everyone glared at me like I was the most evil [person] on earth’

Brad Dickson

13-year-old lies about his mom having a new boyfriend so that his dad will take full custody of him, dad doesn't find out about lie until months later: 'She wasn't dating anyone and my son had lied about her mother no longer wanting him at home'

Emmy Pratt

Mother refuses to force 16, 14, 12, and 3-year-old children to play inside with their introvert cousin, her sister accuses her children of excluding him: ‘My kids don't like to watch TV’

Lana DeGaetano

Mother refuses to bring her kids to celebrate Mother's Day with her ex-husband, his new wife, and their new baby: ‘The kids make a point of spending as little time as possible with her’

Lana DeGaetano

Mom kicks 20-something-year-old daughters out of her house for ignoring their sick 7-year-old half-brother when they were supposed to be babysitting him: ‘They argued that I was making them act like they are the parent and placing responsibility on them’

Brad Dickson

Mom steals $5K from her son's bank account to buy MLM products, family criticizes son for calling the police on her: 'I'd been saving money because my dog needs liver surgery'

Emmy Pratt

‘I try to take control of my own life, and suddenly I’m the villain?’: Entitled mother cancels daughter's Sweet Sixteen birthday party, despite the daughter paying for everything herself

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old eats half of 14-year-old cousin's $140 birthday cake before the party, doesn't get invited back the next year, mom refuses to step in: ‘[The cake] cost me around $140’

Brad Dickson

‘I loved hearing someone finally call them on it’: 15-year-old son refuses to defend parents from favoritism allegations after years of being treated as second-best to his 17-year-old brother

Lana DeGaetano

26-year-old daughter cuts off family after 20+ years of parental favoritism toward her 34-year-old half-sister: ‘My parents [are] not going to change’

Lana DeGaetano

“Boys will be boys”: 32-year-old mom scolds friend's toddler when she catches him not playing nicely with her daughter, his mom snaps at her for “parenting” her child

Ely Bulnes

5-year-old crashes into 17-year-old and his 47-year-old mom on his bike, gets chewed out by teen for riding bike in a forbidden zone: 'His mom starts laying into me about how dare I scold her child'

Emmy Pratt

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 6, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

47-year-old father asks son to cosign $500k loan, but refuses son's demands to make him sole beneficiary on father's insurance policy in return: [He] called me a greedy brat’

Lana DeGaetano

Boyfriend moves mother-in-law's expensive birthday cake away from 2-year-old nephew who was sticking his hands into it, prompts massive tantrum from the toddler: 'Everyone glared at me like I was evil and rushed to placate the kid'

Emmy Pratt

40-year-old Stepmother refuses to pay 20-year-old stepdaughter's college rent despite paying for her own 19-year-old daughter's rent and being married to the stepdaughter's father for 12-years: 'My husband has no idea I'm paying my daughter's rent'

Brad Dickson