Parenting Fail

Woman refuses to babysit sister's 7-year-old and 5-year-old every weekend while their parents go out, sister goes no-contact to punish her: 'She even guilt-tripped me by saying the kids would be disappointed'

JR Atkinson

Mom asks unemployed 23-year-old son to do 10 hours of housework in exchange for bailing him out of debt, son wants to count the 5 hours he spend attending a concert with her: 'Stop enabling him'

JR Atkinson

6-year-old's absent father comes back into the picture and invites her and mother to Christmas dinner, chaos ensues: 'I am making sure he never has contact with my child'

Ben Weiss

'Mom would just let her cry it out in her nursery alone': 16-year-old comforts her baby sister when she's crying while teething, mom gets angry at her for convincing the baby that she's her mom

Emmy Pratt

Stepdad helps his 9-year-old stepson buy birthday gifts for his mom after his deadbeat dad forgot, dad takes credit and mom calls stepdad a liar when he tells her the truth: 'She said I was acting like a needy man baby'

Emmy Pratt

Mother-in-law demands to be in the delivery room when her grandchild is born and to move in to help with the baby, gets upset when daughter-in-law refuses: 'This is your experience, not hers'

JR Atkinson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 17, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

25 Parenting Memes for Long-Term Married Couples on the Arduous Yet Joyful Journey of Raising Kids

Ely Bulnes

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (December 16, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

20-year-old who can't drive accepts job 45 minutes away, balks when mom refuses to drive them back and forth: 'This is just not a job your kid can accept'

JR Atkinson

Mother allows kid to bother exhausted airplane passenger throughout 2-hour flight, internet discusses the importance of effective parental oversight: ‘Not her child. Not her responsibility’

Lana DeGaetano

Foster mom says she's glad her 9-month-old foster daughter is an orphan so she'll be easier to adopt in front of the babies 14-year-old sister: 'It's so nice to adopt babies. That way they're not all messed up and disobedient later on'

Emmy Pratt

Aunt refuses to accommodate 3-year-old's allergies for monthly family dinner, tells sister-in-law to 'put the kid in a plastic bubble': 'You seem to have a bone to pick with a 3-year-old'

JR Atkinson

19-year-old son refuses to leave school in order to fund 21-year-old sister's college education, who blew through parents' $20K gift in 3 months: ‘I immediately refused’

Lana DeGaetano

Husband throws a fit after wife chooses their 13-year-old daughter's omelette in a cooking competition over his, claims she's babying her: 'Big man baby'

JR Atkinson

Mom records 16-year-old daughter jumping on the trampoline and posts it on social media to mock her: 'She got upset, telling me to lighten up and take a joke'

Emmy Pratt