Parenting Fail

22-year-old daughter blocks mother and goes no contact after finding a secret tracking app on her phone, family begs her to forgive mom: "It's not like you were doing anything worth hiding, right?"

Ely Bulnes

Stepmother demands that 16-year-old stepson stay to care for her children even after she and his father are separated: 'She tried to say she had raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to keep me in her and my half-siblings' lives even if dad isn't'

Brad Dickson

13-year-old stepdaughter cries after her step-mother puts more effort into decorating her 3-year-old brothers room than her room: 'She accused me of playing favorites because he's “actually mine."'

Emmy Pratt

Grandfather sticks up for 16-year-old after his parents criticize him for his video game career aspirations, his golden child 14-year-old brother refuses to accept he's not everyone's favorite: ‘He gets spoiled rotten’

Lana DeGaetano

41-year-old dad takes a lower paying job to have more time for rock climbing, prioritizing his hobby over his kids and leading wife to feel like a single mother: "I honestly thought he was having an affair"

Ely Bulnes

‘Nothing would make me share the same airspace as him again’: 21-year-old son refuses to reconcile with his older stepbrother, who terrorized him to no end when they were children

Lana DeGaetano

‘"You’re the only one not on your phone tonight"’: 30-year-old daughter puts cellphone on ‘Do Not Disturb‘ during a family dinner, her mother scolds her for refusing to get her phone to share photos of her recent travels

Lana DeGaetano

"What kind of boy enjoys things that are meant for girls?": Grandma throws out $200 worth of 14-year-old grandson's baking supplies, dad bans her from their house until she appologizes or replaces everything

Ely Bulnes

Mom demands that her 25-year-old daughter share her location with her, daughter refuses to compromise her privacy: 'All the other moms have their kids’ locations.'

Emmy Pratt

Mischevious neighbor terrifies 6 and 4-year-old siblings with garden gnome they believe is alive, their mom snaps and throws it away after weeks of relentless pranking: "I finally have peace"

Ely Bulnes

27-year-old daughter refuses to keep sending mom money to help with her bills when she finds out she lent $2,000 to her 30-year-old single brother with a full time job: "He needed it more than [you]"

Ely Bulnes

21-year-old daughter lashes out at dad's new 50-year-old girlfriend for trying to parent her by calling her birthday dinner outfit inappropriate for her age: "[You] need to act your age"

Ely Bulnes

Man's ungrateful brother, his wife, and 2 kids ignore him after he makes a home-cooked meal for all of them, so he throws the dinner in the garbage: ‘I wasn’t their servant’

Lana DeGaetano

'I have zero interest in ever meeting her new husband': Estranged mom tries to use gift from her affair partner as an olive branch at son's wedding, is upset when son refuses to accept it

JR Atkinson

Mom invites "class clown" to daughter's 13th birthday despite her protests, dad refuses to punish teen when she yells at bratty guest for destroying her cake: "This is why I didn't want you here!"

Ely Bulnes

24-year-old and their fiancé contemplate moving out of shared home because their parents and adult siblings turned a short stay into a permanent living situation: ‘It's time to finally move forward with our own life’

Lana DeGaetano