Parenting Fail

Homeowner puts an entitled parent in their place after catching the neighbor's son trespassing on her property, then Dad arrogantly defends his kid: 'IT'S FINE FOR KIDS TO DO THAT!'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Entitled mother expects child to give her $90k of their $100k inheritance, child second-guesses if they should go against their grandma's last wish: ‘My grandma changed the will to spite [her]’

Lana DeGaetano

Parents leave 16-year-old home on her birthday weekend to study while they take her 13-year-old brother on a ski trip: 'You have too much homework'

Brad Dickson

34-year-old single dad hurt and grounds 16-year-old daughter after overhearing her confession that she "manipulates" him: 'She told her friends about how easy it is [...] so that she can get anything that she wants from me'

Brad Dickson

‘This is NOT normal’: 24-year-old married woman removes parental tracking from her phone after parents judge her comings and goings, they unjustifiably retaliate

Lana DeGaetano

Parents don't congratulate 15-year-old daughter on making the national debate team finals, praises her older brother for doing his PE assignment instead: 'He did a compulsory assignment and he gets all the praise in the world'

Emmy Pratt

‘I'm just tired of everything falling on me’: Mother of 6, 4, and 1-year-old children ‘blows up’ on husband after he fails to get their child to overnight camp on time

Lana DeGaetano

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 8, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

16-year-old puts presumptuous stepmother in her place after she demands to be called “mom”: 'She said that she's my mom because she's at home with me every day and is married to my dad'

Brad Dickson

‘My dad would be disgusted with what she did’: 17-year-old son refuses to defend his mother against paternal grandparents after she gives his late father's belongings away to her new stepchildren

Lana DeGaetano

'I do more than most fathers': 37-year-old husband fails to take care of 6-year-old and 4-year-old for a couple hours while wife is away, gets upset when wife calls him out

JR Atkinson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (April 7, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

'Left her on read': Entitled mom RSVP's 'Yes' to a kids party then demands 3-days prior that her fellow parent change the date because her kid suddenly has better plans

Jesse Kessenheimer

56-year-old mother "borrows" and ruins 19-year-old daughter's makeup by mixing it together: 'She has a history of using my makeup without asking me and 99% of the time she uses products incorrectly and damages them'

Brad Dickson

Stepdad forces 10 and 12-year-old stepkids to never mention their late father in front of him, mom can't understand why they don't want a relationship with him 17 years later: 'Frank yelled at my sister because she mentioned dad in her graduation speech.'

Emmy Pratt

40-year-old father and teacher leaves 15-year-old daughter's musical early, family refuses to go to the musical at the school where he works: ‘He had not bothered to sit through his own daughter's [performance]’

Brad Dickson