parenting

‘[He] isn't my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn't her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him

Lana DeGaetano

'This set off a domino effect': Mom bans kids from bringing their expensive toys over step-sibling jealousy, so they choose to live with dad who respects their boundaries

Isabella Penn

Twin gets snubbed out of his brother's engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: 'I was only invited for optics'

Jesse Kessenheimer

High school chemistry teacher tells a 16-year-old boy and his mother that he's ‘not smart,’ he gets satisfying revenge 14 years later when he bumps into her after graduating with his doctorate: ‘As fate would have it…’

Elna McHilderson

Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: 'I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids'

Emmy Pratt

'If she moves in, I move out': Bratty sister-in-law "can’t stand the drama" of her roommate, so she demands to stay in her brother's tiny apartment; his wife and mother of their toddler refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

22-year-old daughter blocks mother and goes no contact after finding a secret tracking app on her phone, family begs her to forgive mom: "It's not like you were doing anything worth hiding, right?"

Ely Bulnes

Overwhelmed husband kicks wife's family out of his home after they continually extend their stay day by day, treating his house like a free hotel: "I want everyone gone!"

Ely Bulnes

17-year-old son refuses to attend mom's 40th birthday party after mom confronts him about breaking up with his girlfriend, dad takes son's side: ‘You owe him an apology’

Bar Mor Hazut

20-Parenting Laughs of the Week for the Funniest Mom and Dad (July 19, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

25 Summer Parenting Memes for Moms Wishing for Back to School Day

Briana Viser

Stepmother demands that 16-year-old stepson stay to care for her children even after she and his father are separated: 'She tried to say she had raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to keep me in her and my half-siblings' lives even if dad isn't'

Brad Dickson

13-year-old stepdaughter cries after her step-mother puts more effort into decorating her 3-year-old brothers room than her room: 'She accused me of playing favorites because he's “actually mine."'

Emmy Pratt

‘Reasonable’ dad throws reason out the window when entitled guy starts yelling at his kids for playing ball, ends up getting the guy fined and removed: ‘Knowing where this was going, I smiled…’

Elna McHilderson

Entitled mom demands money from 29-year-old daughter immediately after she buys her first home, daughter refuses to financially support mom: ‘Now she won't speak to me’

Bar Mor Hazut

37-year-old birthday girl bans vegetarian food from her party, refuses to let sister order herself pizza without meat, driving her to skip the celebration: "She needs to let me live how I like"

Ely Bulnes