Parenting Fail

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

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

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

'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

‘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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

‘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