Parenting Fail

17-year-old forced by mother and stepfather to spend his inheritance on his step-siblings: 'The money is a lot. Like I could [easily] be debt-free going to college […] My mom knew about the money but can not access it.'

Brad Dickson

Woman sends boyfriend's 6-year-old to bed hungry because he won't eat her cooking, boyfriend calls her 'ignorant': 'I wouldn't hold his children to different rules'

JR Atkinson

Guy threatens to go low contact with parents after they plan to dip into their retirement savings to ‘bail out’ his older, ‘family screw up’ brother: ‘I can't keep watching this cycle’

Lana DeGaetano

Entitled grandmother reaches out to daughter after being estranged for 20 years to meet newborn: 'She suddenly wants to play grandma? I was so angry!'

Ben Weiss

’He was never around me enough for me to care about him’: 15-year-old son decides to move away with mother without saying goodbye to his estranged father and half-siblings

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old stepdaughter lays claim to stepmother's heirloom bracelet, says she already considers it to be hers after being told she couldn't have it: '[She] later told my husband I was treating her like she wasn’t family, and now he’s on her side too'

Brad Dickson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (March 18, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

15-year-old commanded by stepmother and father to sign a "family contract" declaring devotion to their new blended family: 'They want us to not only accept the wedding but to accept each other as family and commit to being close'

Brad Dickson

‘She is a sad excuse for a mom’: Pregnant daughter ‘cuts ties’ with mother after she refuses to watch her grandchild during multiple family emergencies

Lana DeGaetano

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (March 17, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Entitled aunt expects 30-year-old oldest child to be her cold-hearted grandmother's caregiver, despite enduring grandma's mistreatment as her ‘helper’ years earlier

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old son calls out estranged father for 15 years of neglect in front of his new wife and 5 stepchildren, who all refuse to leave him alone: ‘I have shut down all attempts to have a relationship’

Lana DeGaetano

Mother refuses to take disobedient stepson to Disney with her toddler and her side of the family, husband's ex-wife tries to badger her into caving: ‘I'd have no real down time’

Lana DeGaetano

21-year-old woman helps her mother by shaming 11-year-old kid sister into cleaning her room, saddened to find their relationship changed: 'My sister now hates me, but if it makes Mum’s life easier, I can live with that'

Brad Dickson

25-year-old daughter cuts off her critical mother after ‘lifelong’ feud and comparisons to her ‘golden child’ older brother: ‘She had her chance to be a mom, and she blew it’

Lana DeGaetano

33-year-old man ends 5-year-long relationship after his girlfriend refuses to discipline her 10-year-old daughter who pathologically lies: 'There are no real consequences for her actions.'

Emmy Pratt