Parenting Fail

Self-centered 42-year-old mom refuses to tone down her outfit for her 18-year-old daughter's high school graduation: 'It's an objective fact that I'm pretty according to most people.'

Emmy Pratt

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20+ Tried and Tested Parenting Hacks Moms and Dads Wish Someone Had Told Them Earlier

Ely Bulnes

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38-year-old stepmom plans a 10-day family vacation without 16-year-old stepdaughter Kayla, dad grows furious and refuses to exclude daughter: "She'll spend the whole trip sulking"

Ely Bulnes

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Stepmother gets shut down by 17-year-old stepdaughter after forcing her to go to family therapy to get the teen to admit that she is an adequate replacement for her mother: 'She was never second best [...] because she was never in the running'

Brad Dickson

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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

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Dad restricts 19-year-old daughter's laptop use because he doesn't believe she's spending 8-10 hours a day doing homework: 'I don't understand why every assignment needs a computer or laptop.'

Emmy Pratt

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Woman attends family friend's funeral instead of brother's baby shower, her mother gives her the silent treatment despite brother confirming he's not upset: ‘She's hurt this was my choice’

Lana DeGaetano

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Dad encourages his kid to kick a stranger's chair on a plane because he wouldn't give up the window seat, then the traveler gets payback upon disembarking: 'Mr. Kicker just acts like I've inconvenienced HIM the entire flight'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: 'I've gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up'

JR Atkinson

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Dad passes off $10,000 gift to 18-year-old daughter as her inheritance, she later finds out it was the child support that he refused to pay her mother: "[My mom] never saw a dime of it"

Ely Bulnes

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"I looked like the worst mom today": Mom stops including fruit in 7-year-old daughter's school lunches because they just end up in the trash, teacher berates her for packing only processed food

Ely Bulnes

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31-year-old man tells 3-year-old son about his late bio grandmother, his father tries to force him into keeping quiet about the past to spare his second wife's feelings: ‘He's going crazy’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘He was never going to tell her’: Kid exposes father's affair to their mom while on an upstate family vacation, father blames kid for ‘destroying the family’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom pressures 18-year-old daughter to give her 20-year-old brother $2700 to cover his rent: 'I don’t believe I’ll see that money again'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Why do I have to be punished because of their allergies’: Mom and stepdad only allow kid to eat what their dairy and shellfish-allergic step-siblings eat, even on special birthday occasions

Lana DeGaetano

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Mother refuses to force her son to pick up and drop off his stepsister at camp after her ex-husband insists he do so: 'He told me as a mom I should want our son to be kind'

Lana DeGaetano

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