Parenting Fail

“Boys will be boys”: 32-year-old mom scolds friend's toddler when she catches him not playing nicely with her daughter, his mom snaps at her for “parenting” her child

Ely Bulnes

40-year-old Stepmother refuses to pay 20-year-old stepdaughter's college rent despite paying for her own 19-year-old daughter's rent and being married to the stepdaughter's father for 12-years: 'My husband has no idea I'm paying my daughter's rent'

Brad Dickson

'Leave immediately!': Guy's girlfriend invites her sister's family to his place without permission, kids trash his apartment

Ben Weiss

11-year-old asks 20-year-old babysitter for a cup of coffee, babysitter asks her dad if she's allowed to have it, leaving dad enraged that he questioned her: 'Did you think my daughter is a liar?’

Emmy Pratt

18-year-old, oldest of 3 siblings, calls out her mom and 16-year-old brother for "parentifying" her and forcing her to be a de facto parent to him and their 12-year-old sister: 'My mom laughed'

Brad Dickson

Mom refuses to control her 8 and 5-year-old children in a movie theater, ignoring other theater-goers' protests: 'They’re kids. I can’t keep them still. If you don’t like it, you can leave'

Brad Dickson

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

'SIL looks like she's ready to cry "Well...I feel selfish"': Mom of infant asks brother-in-law to change her baby's diaper even though she is right there, brother refuses and gets iced out

JR Atkinson

Husband calls out wife for enabling and inciting 16-year-old daughter's newfound unhealthy habits, accuses her of being a friend more than a parent: ‘For God's sake, she's your child, not just a friend!’

Lana DeGaetano

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 29, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Child refuses to attend grandmother's funeral because she didn't treat them like a ‘real grandchild’, then calls father out on hypocrisy when he remembers her as a good person: ‘She treated us with a lot of toxicity’

Lana DeGaetano

Parents deny 13-year-old daughter the right to go to private school because she isn't good at STEM like her 15-year-old sister is: 'We are not going to be sending her there'

Ben Weiss

25 Painfully Relatable Memes for Moms in Need of Some Me Time

Ely Bulnes

Parents refuse to let 17-year-old go on school Marine Biology trip after telling her to refuse $45 "handout" for the fee from her teacher: 'They have been calling me ungrateful and spoiled'

Brad Dickson

Dad withdraws 15-year-old daughter from competitive gymnastics against her mom's wishes because she doesn't want to be in the gym 14 hours a week and her body hurts: 'She thinks my daughter will be become lazy and want to hang out with friends'

Emmy Pratt

'As a mother of a child with celiac disease, I am shocked': Parents drops off 9-year-old with gluten allergy at an acquaintance's house with no food instructions, won't reimburse them for food cost

JR Atkinson