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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 13, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

'At least my kids still talk to me': Stepmom gifts family heirloom necklace to her 18-year-old stepdaughter she's raised since she was 4, aunt claims she shouldn't have gotten it because she's not biologically related

Emmy Pratt

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (May 12, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

‘I just wanted something that was mine for once’: 19-year-old daughter leaves her birthday dinner after her parents make it all about her sister, displaying a pattern of favoritism that goes back years

Lana DeGaetano

Homeowner vigorously defends his lawn from neighbor's 9-year-old, who is digging holes in his yard while looking for “buried treasure,” parents get defensive and refuse to step in: ‘This is my yard. You can’t dig here’

Brad Dickson

Woman refuses to let ex-husband's new trophy wife be in their 18-year-old daughter's graduation photos, according to the daughter's wishes: ‘This isn’t your moment to be included in’

Brad Dickson

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