Parenting Fail

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Karin Aldea

Entitled sister-in-law tells woman to stop eating her nightly scoop of ice cream so her daughter won't be tempted to eat some, woman refuses: ‘I deserve my little treats’

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old gets chastised for not helping her dad's new girlfriend, who is pregnant, after the woman was unkind to her: 'She's extra bitter that dad's so focused on making our relationship work instead of on her'

Brad Dickson

‘You'd think she was begging for charity’: Entitled cousin expects woman to give them her graduation gifts during the post-grad celebration, woman's aunt enables the entitled behavior further

Lana DeGaetano

27-year-old aunt signs her 10-year-old nephew up for ballet classes against his father's wishes, she gets the silent treatment for encouraging his "girly" interests: "He's a good father, but he isn't very supportive"

Ely Bulnes

Adopted child learns that their birth mother has left them a large sum of inheritance money, adopted siblings demand an equal cut despite having no relation: 'They want to split it three ways!'

Brad Dickson

Man's father-in-law expects him to make home renovations worth over $130k while paying rent and without putting their second home in his name: 'Now everyone is upset and apparently it's all my fault’

Lana DeGaetano

'Girl, what? I'm not a daycare': Mom dumps her 9 and 6-year-old at the neighbor's house unannounced, expecting them to babysit for free because they have no kids and 'no real responsibilities'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Woman bars stepdad from going by a name that means ‘father’ with her newborn son: ‘[We] are uncomfortable with our son calling him this’

Lana DeGaetano

17-year-old son repeatedly reminds new stepmother, formerly his late mother's best friend, of her part in his father's infidelity: ‘She was supposed to be mom's best friend and she was a backstabber who cheated with my dad instead’

Lana DeGaetano

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Ely Bulnes

19-year-old son expects dad's girlfriend to pay for his vacation after treating her and her 15-year-old daughter with hostility for the 3 years his dad has been with her: 'You’re not my family. You never will be. [D]on’t expect anything from me'

Brad Dickson

‘I wasn't living with him and his kids’: 17-year-old kid moves in with grandparents after neglectful mother allows her boyfriend and his 2 children to ‘trash’ their room repeatedly without consequence

Lana DeGaetano

Single mom expects her 26-year-old sister to leave work 15 minutes into her shift so she can help watch her two children, sister refuses and sets strict boundaries: ‘I was yelled at and then hung up on’

Lana DeGaetano

Stingy parents refuse to pay 19-year-old babysitter for the time that their child was sleeping: “We feel weird paying full price if you didn't really do anything”

Ely Bulnes

Grandparents introduce son's affair partner as 'the mother of our precious grandson,' son flips out that she didn't correct them even though it's true: 'I just didn't want to cause a scene or embarrass anyone'

JR Atkinson