Parenting Fail

56-year-old mother "borrows" and ruins 19-year-old daughter's makeup by mixing it together: 'She has a history of using my makeup without asking me and 99% of the time she uses products incorrectly and damages them'

Brad Dickson

Stepdad forces 10 and 12-year-old stepkids to never mention their late father in front of him, mom can't understand why they don't want a relationship with him 17 years later: 'Frank yelled at my sister because she mentioned dad in her graduation speech.'

Emmy Pratt

40-year-old father and teacher leaves 15-year-old daughter's musical early, family refuses to go to the musical at the school where he works: ‘He had not bothered to sit through his own daughter's [performance]’

Brad Dickson

Soon-to-be dad tells estranged family to get lost after they try to weasel back into his life solely because he and his wife have a kid on the way: ‘Where were they when I needed them?’

Lana DeGaetano

25 Parenting Memes for Moms and Dads Who Need Their Own Designated Nap Time

Ely Bulnes

Ex-wife chastises father for not comforting 15-year-old daughter more after she stole her 16-year-old stepsister's heirloom necklace: 'Any more comforting would be coddling, and she needs to learn from this'

Brad Dickson

Woman refuses to invite husband's family to her 4-year-old's birthday party after his mother tells her daughter she was a mistake: ‘I felt heartbroken for her’

Lana DeGaetano

‘The house is in shambles’: Stepson poorly renovates a home his stepmom fixed up for him, so she gives her bio children bigger homes and refuses to satisfy his request for a better house

Lana DeGaetano

Parents get mad at mother for giving 13-year-old girl's softball team pizza and "junk food" at a sleepover: 'It’s 15 girls, so I figured it was easiest because these [foods] feed a lot of children'

Brad Dickson

36-year-old stepmom forces 18-year-old stepdaughter to babysit her 3-month-old baby onto her without asking, won't take no for an answer: 'I have woken up to her crib in my room'

Emmy Pratt

18-year-old daughter ‘abandons’ mother after 10+ years of emotional neglect from her mom, stepfather, and stepsiblings: ‘I know I'm not wanted by the majority of people there and I don't need to expose myself to that anymore’

Lana DeGaetano

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 1, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

18-year-old daughter refuses to free baby-sit her stepmother's 3-month-old baby, her bio father tries to reinforce a live-in nanny role: ‘My dad says I’m being ungrateful’

Lana DeGaetano

21-year-old's estranged father writes her a big check after years of no child support, his new wife demands she give the money back: ‘She said it was money that was meant to go on her kids’

Lana DeGaetano

Parents buy 16-year-old daughter a new car for her birthday, give 19-year-old son a book and a gift card after refusing to help him buy a used car: 'They accused me of being jealous of my sister'

Emmy Pratt

17-year-old refuses to babysit 27-year-old sister's 3 children aged 6, 4, and 2 years old after sister says jokes that she's “basically a live-in nanny”: ‘I was so mad that I decided right then and there that I was done’

Brad Dickson