parenting

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

Dad decides to return the Christmas gift his kids got him so that he can use the money for his boys' trip, mom refuses to let him go through with it: 'Our kids were so excited'

Bar Mor Hazut

24-year-old daughter cuts parents off before her wedding after years of favoritism towards her entitled older sister, parents refuse to back down: ‘They claim they were loving parents’

Bar Mor Hazut

Mom accuses her 11-year-old son's 5th grade teacher of being unprofessional for writing him a letter congratulating him on improving his class participation: 'She wrote something like, I am really proud of how brave you have been lately.'

Emmy Pratt

17-year-old begs dad not to date until she goes to college after years of him cycling through girlfriends: 'I just want him and I to spend time together.'

Emmy Pratt

‘Main character’ older sister spends entire life belittling her younger sister, so the youngest decides to clap back: ‘Something in me just snapped’

Lana DeGaetano

Mom forbids 6 and 8-year-old daughters from celebrating Christmas because her father passed away on Christmas in 2022: 'Why is she so keen to ruin the best time of our lives?'

Emmy Pratt

Recent college graduate gets job while living with parents, protests when they demand most of his income: 'I'm cutting everything I can'

Ally Perry

17-year-old refuses to contribute $250 of his own savings to his younger brother's present despite parents' guilt trips and ultimatums: 'I used to love [my family] but we're basically strangers who live under the same roof'

Brad Dickson

‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (December 27, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

17-year-old refuses to accept the car her parents gifted her because they expected her to drive her 12 and 14-year-old siblings around: 'They told me I'm being ungrateful.'

Emmy Pratt

Entitled sister criticizes couple's parenting style, so they tell her she's no longer welcome to live under their roof: ‘[She said] that I'm too soft’

Lana DeGaetano

Grandma refuses to babysit her 4 and 6-year-old grandchildren on Christmas, so her son and daughter-in-law can go to a football game: 'They want me to watch the kids from noon until they come to dinner.'

Emmy Pratt

28 Star Trek Puns and Dad Jokes That Boldly Go Where Groans Have Gone Before

John Summers

18-year-old daughter finds out mom spent $30,000 fund that was legally hers, she refuses to attend Christmas with mom in response: ‘She has a wide history of impulse spending’

Bar Mor Hazut

25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week

JR Atkinson