Parenting Fail

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

32-year-old stepmother sets 15-year-old straight after teen tells her she's a “gold digger with a uterus”: 'I never tried to replace her mom, but I’ve been a consistent, caring adult in her life'

Brad Dickson

Entitled Mom never let her son eat fish growing up, he gets even when she pays him a visit to Japan: 'All the food was fish, and mum just had to eat it'

Ben Weiss

19-year-old threatens to kick entitled stepmom and stepsister out of the house he inherited: 'She doesn't get me to order me around'

Ben Weiss

29-year-old mother tells off 26-year-old "fun auntie" sister for correcting her in front of her 6-year-old and feeding him candy before dinner

Brad Dickson

Dad asks ex-wife to unenroll their 10-year-old son from private school because he can't afford to send his 8 and 10-year-old stepchildren to private school: 'I won't deny my kids good things because they can't afford for her children.'

Emmy Pratt

Husband asks wife and teen daughter to turn off music from a concert he insisted he join them for despite mom planning a girls night: 'So we ride home in silence'

JR Atkinson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 15, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

40-year-old stepmother asks 18-year-old to babysit 9-year-old stepbrother during her own father's memorial service: 'You lost a husband of 5 years. I lost the man who raised me my entire life. You do the math'

Brad Dickson

Siblings refuse to hand over portions of their inheritance to sister in need after her husband plans to sell their late mother's house and pocket the profit: ‘[He] wouldn't hear us out’

Lana DeGaetano

17-year-old clashes with mother for not allowing her to "no-call no-show" to her volunteer job among other irresponsible behavior: 'We let her throw a house party recently where it was supposed to be 25 people and at least 100 kids came'

Brad Dickson

‘He was always our father’s favorite’: Man cuts off contact with family after 30+ years of ‘golden child’ brother's exclusionary tactics

Lana DeGaetano

'He would shut off the hot water while I was in the shower': Husband bans wife, 12 and 14-year old sons from showering more than twice a week, claims it's for the environment

Emmy Pratt

'My 19-year-old can't spell or write': Unschooling mom with illiterate 12-year-old and adult kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees

Emmy Pratt