Parenting Fail

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (April 28, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Uncle promises to help pay for niece's college tuition, goes back on his word 8 years later now that he has his own child: 'Michael Scott did the exact same as you'

JR Atkinson

Stepfather and mother try to coerce 17-year-old to spend his inheritance from his father on his step-siblings' education: 'I said no and I told them I wouldn't change my mind'

Brad Dickson

Ex-husband demands to AirTag 8-year-old son while he's on Europe trip with mom, won't share his location with her: 'He will be at least 10 hours of travel away'

JR Atkinson

Mom bans her 6-year-old son's friend from coming over for play dates because the friend is still not fully potty trained: 'He told me he needs me to wipe'

Emmy Pratt

'This is my house, if you don't like my rules get out': Man defends kid and tells in-laws to leave after they publicly shame their 8-year-old for accidentally spilling a drink at family BBQ

Isabella Penn

5-year-old guest takes birthday boy nephew's new toy, uncle takes it back despite parents' protests: 'I took the toy back and returned it to [my nephew]'

Brad Dickson

34-year-old man refuses to financially assist irresponsible sister in debt after she blows through a $20k loan under her father's name on a failed business: ‘[She] hadn't made a single payment on her loan in the past SIX MONTHS’

Lana DeGaetano

'Weird parenting choice but okay': Entitled mom encourages her 3 kids to ransack a stranger's Easter egg hunt, stealing over half of their hidden eggs before getting called a bad mom by the 32-year-old woman to whom they belonged

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I was their judge. I was their jury’: 36-year-old son claps back at family after they try to worm their way back into his life despite disowning him 15 years prior

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old tells 14-year-old half-sister she's not allowed to spend time with her father when he visits after she insists on tagging along on their outings: 'My dad isn't her dad and that she's got her own'

Brad Dickson

Entitled wife repeatedly leaves her husband to fend for himself with 3 kids, guilt-tripping him into staying behind so she can live her life: ‘She went on 3 trips abroad without me’

Jesse Kessenheimer

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 22, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

17-year-old puts Stepmother in her place after she upstages her mother's memorial and makes it about herself: 'Whenever mom got mentioned by anyone she tried to change conversation'

Brad Dickson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (April 21, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

21-year-old plans solo trip to Disney, controlling mom won't allow her to go by herself: 'I live with her and contribute to the house. I pay internet, streaming services and even rent'

JR Atkinson