Parenting FAILS

Aunt demands 13-year-old niece's $500 backpack, one of 50 that she owns, starting rift in the family: '[She] thinks I'm being selfish'

Brad Dickson

'You're not a part of their family': 20-year-old mom asks 16-year-old brother to babysit every night unpaid, won't refer to him as 'uncle,' only as 'babysitter'

JR Atkinson

'Spending quality time with us doesn't matter to him': Inattentive husband asks 38-weeks pregnant wife to leave his birthday party early, wife refuses to attend

JR Atkinson

'You're just leaving your child to fend for herself': Unwitting parent learns neighbor has been driving her 10-year-old to school for 6 months, chews her out for undermining her parenting

JR Atkinson

Mom refuses to take 18-year-old daughter to doctor when she's been sick for a month, refuses to give her necessary document to go to doctor herself: 'She started crying saying that how could I go against her better judgements'

Emmy Pratt

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (October 22, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

Mom makes 16-year-old daughter sleep in the same room as colic baby brother and get up with him during the night, grandma strongly disagrees: 'I never made my girls take care of one another when they were younger'

Emmy Pratt

'Do you like to refuse to show empathy?': Judgmental grandmother refuses to take care of 3-year-old and 4-year-old while her son takes 1-year-old on a trip, calls it 'favoritism'

JR Atkinson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (October 21, 2024)

Emmy Pratt

Husband gets angry when wife says 'What's the story macaroni' to her 5-year-old and 4-year-olds, tells her it's 'childish': 'Tell him to lighten up'

JR Atkinson

30+ Amusing Parenting Tips for Folks Who Are at Their Wit’s End

Ben Weiss

Toxic woman buys 14-year-old girl a dress a size too small as an 'aspirational dress,' faces backlash from girl's mom: 'She's the only one in her friend group who hasn't had a boyfriend'

JR Atkinson

Dad spends his 16-year-old son's inheritance from his late mother on his 4-year-old daughter's medical treatment, grandparents stop helping dad: 'They said he had some nerve stealing their daughter's money and spending it on his child'

Emmy Pratt

Parents force pregnant 15-year-old to drop out of school and raise the baby against her wishes: 'I just want to give the baby up for adoption, but they won’t listen to me'

Emmy Pratt

Step-mother won't drive 12 and 13-year-old step-daughters to dance class 50 minutes away, painting her as the villain, she wonders if she's wrong: 'Their mom's negativity changed how they treat me'

Brad Dickson

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (October 15, 2024)

Emmy Pratt