Parenting Fail

Bride-to-be refuses to do a father-daughter dance to please her absent father, family accuses her of being unnecessarily ‘cold’ to him: ‘Is it really wrong for me to not want to pretend...?’

Lana DeGaetano

17-year-old tells her 9-year-old foster sister that she ruined Mother's Day: 'She completely ruined Mother’s Day for us by clinging to my mom'

Brad Dickson

Neighbor upset her kids weren't invited to 25-year-old mother's 7-year-old daughter's birthday party, begins posting passive-aggressive messages on community social media page: 'She's posting this heinous stuff about how teen moms are unfit parents'

Brad Dickson

60-year-old grandma plans vacation for herself while 12 and 10-year-old grandchildren are in school, daughter chews her out for not being available to babysit: 'She should not be assumptive'

JR Atkinson

14-year-old puts fake spider in his shared bathroom to scare his 17-year-old sister who spends hours getting ready and taking selfies before school, making him late: 'My parents are saying I traumatized her'

Emmy Pratt

‘I want my privacy’: Daughter refuses to sleep on Airbnb couch with her boyfriend during 6-night family vacation, parents accuse her of ruining the trip if she books another place to stay

Lana DeGaetano

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