parenting

'Me: overstimulated from the noise, My kid: newly interested in the ocarina he got for Christmas': 23 of the best parenting tweets of the week

JR Atkinson

Entitled high schooler hands his teacher an invoice demanding a higher grade as payment for his emotional labor in a project he didn’t submit: ‘I know teens can be dramatic, but this one still makes my eye twitch’

Etai Eshet

40-year-old grandparents pay their live-in 20-year-old daughter's bills, scolding her when the single mom spends money on a vacation: 'We are financially supporting her and also footing $1000s in legal fees'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Young girl and puppy found resting happily together when worried father goes searching for his lost daughter, his heart full of relief: 'Please let her have the puppy!'

Briana Viser

'I feel like a "cash cow"': German man feels used as his girlfriend quits stable job for failing business, refuses to send 2 and 4-year old kids to full-time childcare, and pressures him to marry for financial security

Etai Eshet

40-year-old mother to young child left exhausted by husband insisting on turning on bright lights and leaving his phone buzzing all night, calling her requests for quiet “controlling”: ‘It wakes me up, though it does not seem to bother him’

Etai Eshet

Mom of 11-year-old twins refuses school's demands to provide identifiers so that teachers could tell the kids apart: ‘That can easily be done by asking the child his name’

Bar Mor Hazut

58-year-old father buys 26-year-old daughter a luxury bag she doesn't want, sends her the bill for it weeks later: 'It's WILD that he's trying to make you pay for a gift he bought you'

JR Atkinson

Dad complains of anger when spending more than 70 minutes a week with kids, bemoans having to play baseball with 4-year-old son on a Saturday: 'I just don't want to be there'

Ally Perry

Father of 4-year-old admits to wanting to play with child for "ten minutes each day," sparking parenting debate: 'The truth is I just don't like being around kids for very long'

Remy Millisky

Son leaves mother at airport with no ticket or plan after she refuses to leave his house and follow travel plans, ending 40-year pattern with silent goodbye: ‘She’s 70 now and has zero contact with 2 of her 3 kids’

Etai Eshet

Wealthy son loans father money to keep his business, until son discovers father removed him from his will, leading son to sell the loans to dad's business competitor: ‘I saddled him with debt’

Bar Mor Hazut

Parents pressure teenage daughter go to expensive out-of-state school instead of her in-state choice, call her a 'spoiled brat' for accepting their help: 'I want to know I can stand on my own two feet'

JR Atkinson

10-year-old brother throws a tantrum after trying to blow out the candles on 18-year-old sibling's cake, sibling leaves their own party after mom takes brother's side: ‘Everything went downhill’

Bar Mor Hazut

Grandmother scolds son for playing with his 2-year-old daughter, falsely claims they are neglecting 4-month-old son: 'She said we're spoiling her to the detriment of our son, and that he needs it more'

JR Atkinson

Aunt refuses to homeschool nephew after discovering he struggles with school, despite being a homeschool teacher for her own kids, his dad calls her out

Bar Mor Hazut