Parenting Fail

Grandma sneakily puts 27-year-old granddaughter's home in her name but refuses to make her half of the payments, granddaughter sneakily removes Gran's name years later: ‘[She] does any and everything in her power to keep you down’

Lana DeGaetano

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Aunt refuses to buy 13-year-old nephew a birthday present because he didn't acknowledge her birthday: 'He didn’t tell me happy birthday or acknowledge me in any sweet way'

Brad Dickson

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (March 25, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Estranged mother admits to intercepting her son's college acceptance letters 15 years ago and lying that he did not get into any colleges: 'She didn't want me to succeed at something before my brother did'

Emmy Pratt

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24-year-old musician forbids parents from bringing his 10-year-old and 7-year-old siblings over to his place because they break his belongings: 'My parents are hurt saying that my brother and sister should be more important than money/possessions'

Brad Dickson

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18-year-old stepdaughter schools stepmother after she tries to declare that she's her "real" mother now: 'Technically I’m your mom now. I’ve done more mothering in the last 8 years than she did in 10'

Brad Dickson

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Parents force 17-year-old girl to watch 4, 7, and 8 year old siblings despite the fact that she works 3 jobs: 'I finally put my foot down and told my parents off how their kids are not my kids and I should not be expected to parent them'

Brad Dickson

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17-year-old's mother calls security to kick entitled woman's screaming kids out of the store: 'How dare you teach ME how to parent!'

Ben Weiss

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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

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'I ended up using a Cash App loan to cover the meal': Mom insists son take her to Chili's, forks the bill over despite him not having money to pay it, leaving him with $.30 in his bank account

JR Atkinson

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‘I ended up using a Cash App loan to cover the meal’: Entitled mother pawns restaurant bill off onto her adult kid, despite making it clear they cannot afford eating out

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled parent outraged when a fellow mom refuses to drive them roundtrip to her own daughter's birthday party: 'I can't, I'll be hosting a party'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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

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16-year-old son rejects mother's apologies after she abandoned him and his younger brother for her affair partner's kids: ‘She didn't just cheat on dad but she was picking the guys kids over her own’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She was not happy’: 21-year-old daughter refuses to inform controlling mother of an internship she landed abroad due to her mother's reaction to her last opportunity

Lana DeGaetano

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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

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