parenting

Helicopter parents pressure 35-year-old son to stay home and turn down a better job offer: '[It pays] $23k more than my last job'

Ben Weiss

11-year-old daughter gets rejected by stepdad when she asks to start calling him Dad, strangers on the internet come to her defense and reprimand him: ‘Listen to her’

Bar Mor Hazut

Parents book vacation with 3-year-old daughter, sister-in-law protests and insists she and her mom should take her on holiday by herself: 'Those people are not suited to go on holiday alone with a child'

Ally Perry

‘It's her problem now’: Mom tries to trick their 29-year-old daughter into taking over $300,000 in debt, but she refuses, evicts them from the house she inherited from Dad, then goes no contact

Jesse Kessenheimer

'She gave me two options and one option is never happening': Man's new wife wants to adopt his daughter so ex-wife can no longer be in the picture, man says he'd rather divorce her than force his daughter into adoption

Baiz Hoen

Man refuses to pay child support, his parents divert money intended for his first home towards the baby instead: "We didn't raise you like this"

Ely Bulnes

82-year-old grandmother invites new boyfriend to dinner, family disapproves causing daughter to go no contact: '[He] wants to be called grandpa'

Ben Weiss

‘The accidental cupid’: Woman recalls petty 'love letter' prank she pulled as a kid in primary school, discovers her ‘victims’ are now happily married with kids

Elna McHilderson

29 Best Parenting Memes of the Week for Witty Moms and Dads Parenting The Best They Can Parent Through the Cold (January 25, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

22 Witty Motherhood Memes for Dark-Humored Moms Barely Holding It Together

Jesse Kessenheimer

Mom defends 13-year-old daughter in strongly worded email to terrible teacher: 'I'm sorry, but that is not a lesson I feel comfortable teaching my daughter'

Ben Weiss

Woman refuses to let father walk her down the aisle, he accuses her of holding a grudge, but she stands her ground after years of his absent parenting: “He started a new family and barely stayed in touch”

Briana Viser

15-year-old tells her parents that she doesn't regard her 6-year-old foster sister as a sibling, despite foster sister's wishes: 'Her birthday wish was that I loved her back'

Brad Dickson

Mother refused to let 20-year-old daughter's boyfriend stay in their house during the holidays, daughter gets payback by doing the same years later: ‘My house, my rules’

Bar Mor Hazut

16-year-olds forced to sacrifice teenage years to help with younger siblings, they put their foot down, only to be guilt-tripped by parents: “You’re being selfish”

Briana Viser

Dad faces roasting for claiming babies are boring, kids don't become fun until they're 3 years old: 'Not much for a man to do until they can roughhouse and form ideas'

Ally Perry